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Another enjoyable viewing of this MASTERPIECE!
Essential viewing for all cinefiles.
Directed by John Crowley, this British conspiracy thriller focuses on Martin Rose (Eric Bana) and Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebcca Hall), lawyers (and ex-lovers) tasked with defending a radicalized Turkish individual accused of detonating a bomb in central London. The duo discover an MI5 conspiracy, government corruption and cover up, which puts their lives in danger. This is an interesting and reasonably suspenseful but low key procedural style film which touches on the topical subject of the surveillance culture (Nine Eyes sort of stuff). It doesn’t develop its premise all that well but is still worth a watch due to the performances, which are all engaging. This is not a film for fans of action and explosions, but is still makes for interesting viewing on account of how the tensions builds. Jim Broadbent, Ciaran Hinds and Julia Stiles also star in minor roles.
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Knight & Day (2010)
This Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz action romance comedy is a difficult film to categorize. It plays in part like Charade, but is chock-full of action and explosions and at times also resembles a cheap MI parody. While on first read that may appear to be a contradiction (and it is), the film (just) works, even as it subverts expectations. That’s a testament to director James Mangold, as well as the charisma of and chemistry between the two leads, who are very entertaining to watch. Cruise plays Roy Miller, a CIA agent trying to protect a geek scientist (Paul Dano) who has invented a revolutionary & powerful battery. As can be imagined this valuable item is desired by several individuals, some unsavoury, including characters played by Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis & Jordi Molla (all wasted here unfortunately). Diaz is June, an innocent bystander who gets caught in the crossfire and proves to be surprisingly adept and handy, despite being a bit ditsy and daft too. Think Bullock in Speed. It’s quite a fun way to spend a few hours, even if the action sequences are way over the top, CGI infested and mindless. I would have preferred if they had laid off 'all this running around' (to quote Silva), and focused more on the more intimate and slower scenes. That to me is when the film is at its best, but such moments are few and far between. Gal Gadot has a blink and you’ll miss it role.
I agree, it's not a bad film. Very light and fun as long as one doesn't approach it with any expectations.
1. Blue Velvet
2. The Elephant Man
3. Eraserhead
4. The Straight Story
5. Mulholland Drive
6. Lost Highway
7. Inland Empire
8. Dune
9. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
10. Wild at Heart
1-3 are all-time favorites, 4 is very good, 5 is decent, then the rest are mostly disappointing but feature certain fascinating things.
How did it go watching: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, without watching the show? Isn't it a continuation of sorts?
I am thinking of finishing Lynch work, so far i've seen:
Blue Velvet
The Elephant Man
Eraserhead
Mullholland Drive
Lost Highway
Really liked that one aswell. In my top 5 of the year.
I can’t even remember much of Fire Walk With Me, other than that I didn’t care for much of it. Looks like you’ve already seen most of the best Lynch films; I’d suggest Straight Story, but the others I personally don’t care for a lot.
Good choice. It could become mine potentially; definitely an awesome film experience.
There's nothing else like it. Incredible imagery and the film just gets under the skin. The industrial soundtrack goes a long way in the effect this film has.
Yep. Lynch's films always have incredible sound effects. They really do transport the viewer into his world.
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Eraserhead
Blue Velvet, Inland Empire, Lost Highway, and Wild At Heart are all fairly much on the same plane for me (which is to say I still think they're great), but if forced to rank them I'd place them in that order.
Also, Twin Peaks: The Return was incredible. If I can cheat my response for 'best 2017 film,' I'd answer TPTR.
I can't think of anyone whose films I look forward to listening to more than his.
I’ve never gotten round to watching this famous Brian De Palma directed outing (based on a screenplay by Oliver Stone) before. Perhaps I've resisted because gangsta flair isn’t normally my cup of tea, I’m not sure. Anyway, I finally got round to it tonight. This is a quite violent and garish film, which rests primarily on the central performance by Al Pacino as ambitious & foul mouthed Cuban thug Tony Montana (shipped off to the US along with boatloads of other Cuban criminals by Castro in the early 80s). Pacino is all hyper-offensive aggression and scenery chewing bombast here. Montana is a gutsy passionate coiled spring of a man who isn’t afraid to live dangerously and seize opportunity. As soon as he arrives in the US with best buddy Manny (Steven Bauer), he looks for ways to move ahead, and ingratiates himself with a local Florida drug kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) by doing a dirty deed and knocking off a Cuban rival for him. Montana starts to build his empire on the back of this alliance. He later falls for and bags Frank’s girl Elvira (Michelle Pfieffer in an early role), while also harbouring some incestuous (or at the very least irrationally overprotective) feelings for his sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – overacting as usual). After reaching the top of the Florida drug game, Tony begins to run into trouble as he snorts too much of his own product, lets greed get the better of him, and lets down a Bolivian drug dealer (who also happens to be his chief narcotics supplier), Alejandro Sosa (brilliantly played by the smooth Paul Shenar). Ironically, it is an act of mercy which eventually leads to Tony’s downfall, and the end is deliciously exaggerated & graphic. The film has supporting turns by some excellent actors, including F. Murray Abraham, Harris Yulin, Mark Margolis & Pepe Serna. It’s not a bad film, but isn’t really my thing. A bit satirical and OTT.
That image of the guy getting hanged from the helicopter is a striking one.
Man this movie is amazing and smart and just wow it... is a smart slasher film with lots of great emotions and everything just brilliant
best movie I have seen this year
if you like slasher films THIS is a movie you need to see
its like the last action movie done right
Films I have seen in 2018
1, The Final Girls
2. Taken
3. Before Sunrise
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. Before Midnight
6. Before Sunset
Before series
1. Before Sunrise
2. Before Midnight
3. Before Sunset
Taken Series
1. Taken
Liam Neeson (sort of) retrospective series
1. Taken
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Delta Force is much much better afa anti terror films are concerned
Vacation 4/6 , okay but thought Chevy would have a bigger role and not just 2-3 mins
Scarface is certainly OTT. Directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone were you expecting something subtle?!!!!
Its a violent, silly and crass film but hugely enjoyable. It embodies the 80's perfectly.
Saw it at the cinema in 1984. It was the first 18 certificate film I'd seen at the cinema and this 16 year old at the time thoroughly enjoyed it!
Interesting bit of trivia, Steven Spielberg directed some of the big climactic shoot out.