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I´d like to add that one basic point of interest in Mann´s crime-related films has always been to watch professionals do their work and not really knowing where the whole thing is going to. Be it James Caan´s Thief, or Manhunter´s borderline-psycho Graham, or McAuley´s crew in Heat, or their antagonists from the LAPD, or Cruise in Collateral, or Miami Vice, or Dillinger and the FBI, all those stories heavily involved the beauty of watching the cracks do their thing and witness the slow unfolding of a picture. A concept not at all unlike Dashiell Hammett detective stories. And those were good detective stories ;-).
We are obviously the Michael Mann fans here. And I'm glad to read some love for Blackhat. I wonder if we're ever going to see a new film of his. He is over 72 by now...
@DaltonCraig007, Mann seems to have a knack for variety and pursuing his own vision, which is not always congruent with box office success. But he´s got to take care of his pension like everyone else, so let´s hope that someone offers him big bucks for another big crime film :-).
Very good film, based on the trailer, you'd think the film is full of action, but it isn't, which may be why the film got panned by a lot of people. They may not be a lot going in during the 100 minutes, but it is never boring, the film is quite hypnotic. Breathtaking locations and cinematography, and fantastic acting from Clooney. Well worth a watch if you are looking into a hitman movie that's quite unique in the movie world today.
The Love Punch (2013)
A total blast this was! The plot is ridiculous, the film is ridiculous, but Brosnan, Timothy Spall and Emma Thompson are visibly enjoying themselves, it's hard not to enjoy the film and laugh with them for 90 minutes. To put it simply, Brosnan in this film seemed to have the same amount of fun as Moore had during MR.
Been a while since I've last seen it. This is certainly one of my favorite films of all time. Cage and Travolta bring the A-Game in this, they are a joy to watch, John Woo's directing style is A-Class. The film is 2+ hours of pure, total, uncompromising entertainement. Man, the 1990's were a good decade! I could see this film a hundred more time, it's a solid 10/10 from me.
Robert Mitchum tops the fine cast in this ok 80's political thriller.
Peter Hacker (Mitchum), is a US ambassador to Israel. His wife, Alex (Burstyn), is having an affair with a member of the PLO (Testi). A third party has evidence of the affair, and is trying to blackmail Hacker, to get him to back down from his attempt to bring peace to the people of the Middle East. Peter's head of security and right hand man, Frank (Rock Hudson, in his final screen role), does what he can to shield Peter from a potential sh*t storm blowing his way.
First, and foremost, this is a political thriller. But being a Golan-Globus produced, J Lee Thompson directed film, there is some action involved.
@chrisisall, it´s sad to hear of your loss! Be strong and let him live on through your good deeds!
I saw that in the cinema, didn t know a thing about the film. Can t remember a thing about it, either.
Can't remember a thing about it.
Recommended.
J.Edgar - At times boring, at times interesting. A very good cast. I thought I hadn't seen this before, but noticed very quickly I had. Ooops. Guess it hadn't made a huge impression or anything - despite actually being pretty good in various sorts of ways.
U-571 - A submarine film. WW2. Not necessarily bad, but... just not for me. In many ways predictable and cliched (and the music was a war film yawn).
Van Damme's latest 'crash, bang, wallop actioner' has a little more emotion than you might expect.
JCVD is in china to donate one of his kidneys to his sickly niece. That is, until he gets sozzled one night, and wakes up in a bath filled with ice cold water, and a fresh wound on his back. Against the clock, Van Damme hits the streets, and anyone who gets in his way, to get back what was taken from him. Not the best Van Damme film, though not the worst either.
Finally saw this. I've always liked Anton Corbijn as a photographer. I like him as a music video maker. And so on. An interesting film maker, too. The movie is slow-moving, has little dialogue and at times not music, either. The compositions are beautiful. Very much a Corbijn work. Clooney as the lead is very good.
Leap Year
Utterly predictable silly movie. Not too bad, though, considering the genre - and having seen This Means War recently... well, compared to that this was excellent.
Mama
An okay horror film.
28 Days Later
Personally I don't like being given alternative endings. Decide what you wanna do with the ending and stick to it. I actually preferred the "what if" version that came after the credits, it fits the film and its story much better, and isn't such a cliché. Apparently the director and the writer consider that the true ending as well. Stupid test audiences. And it's even more stupid to decide how movies should end like that. (If audiences had decided, for instance, how Casablanca would end, well... it would have been different for sure, and worse as well. Etc. - Obviously I'm not comparing the two movies in any way... that was just an example of why audiences shouldn't be allowed to decide endings.)
American Gangster
An excellent cast, obviously, and I'm sure it was well made and all. Somehow I just didn't really care about the story or the characters that much, though.
An impressive, facetted documentary about the late Amy Winehouse, managing to add a lot of personality to the sad story we all know from the media. An incredibly sweet girl slowly slipping into wrong decisions, without the documentary justifying anything or taking sides. Pulls you down quite a bit in the second half, but seeing the home vid footage taken shortly before she became famous gives a strong balance.
If you like music docs, watch this.
@Tuulia, I can associate with your feelings concerning American Gangster. Lots of fantastic elements, yet it somehow didn´t manage to pull me in.
The Alternative opening scene was interesting, kind of ties into dialogue from Avengers Assemble
Possibly something of a companion piece to It's a Wonderful Life. While both come from opposite sides of the Atlantic, each combines spiritual fantasy with brutal reality (both films were released shortly after the end of WW2, which features heavily in the narrative of the two stories).
Niven is excellent as the pilot who, after bailing out of his burning plane and surviving when he should have died, is caught between our world and the afterlife. A charming, well mannered gentleman one associates with that wartime generation (although he looks significantly older than 27 year old he is portraying).
Cardiff's painting-like cinematography is captivating and his holds up surprisingly well.
So... women being kidnapped, tortured and cut to pieces. Rrrrright. And a recovering alcoholic ex-cop investigating. How original. I like Liam Neeson, always have, and he's a good actor - which was obvious even in this - I just wish he did more... well, actually good movies.