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Really surprisingly good follow up to the masterful original. A tense action packed affair that is paced supremely well, with some good twists and turns along the way.
Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro are dependably excellent as usual and the young actress Isabela Moner who plays Reyes daughter is incredible.
Looking forward to seeing this again soon.
The Killer Elite doesn't get much love nowadays. I wouldn't classify it as Peckinpah's best films, but it's a vigorous post-Watergate study in moral corruption and betrayal, and it makes great use of its Bay Area locations (I live in San Francisco, so I'm biased!).
Peckinpah's most intense critical champion, Pauline Kael, gave the film a rave:
This is a fantastic review. Back in the day I didn't much care for the movie. Not enough hand to hand for me. But NOW I see it as a really good film. It's also interesting to find out it was originally gonna be an R... restrained Peckinpah... who saw that coming? Of course I own it.
Interesting reading, @Revelator – thanks for sharing! It does indeed have a post-Watergate feel to it, which is nicely represented n the plot; it could even have been explored further, but this is an action flick of course, so you wouldn't expect them to do so. I wouldn't be surprised if I find The Killer Elite better on the second viewing.
Also worth mentioning that I found Arthur Hill very good in this film. Perfect casting!
Was after watching something brainless but entertaning. It delivered with the brainless part.
God knows how much WB spent on this drek and to release it in cinemas? Have they no shame?!!!
With not an original bone in it's body this re-uses ideas from all of the Jaws movies and even fails in the so bad its good category. With a woeful script and acting to match.
It doesn't even have a big gore factor that would liven things up. In fact the victim count is miserably low. At least the makers of Piranha 3D made theirs an exploitation film
Then we come to the worst aspect of this turkey. The 'special effects'. The CGI is abysmal. when you think Jurassic Park is nigh on 25 years old you wouldn't have believed watching this that effects work had advanced at all. In fact JP's effects are far superior to this films laughably unrealistic cartoon shark.
Thankfully i didn't pay to see this. Anyone paying to see this at the cinema you have been warned!
I had incredibly low expectations for THE MEG and it failed to even meet those. Extremely disappointing. The book was great - it had no pretenses as to its own worth. Pulpy, cheesy violence. Perfect in-flight reading.
Just means we'll get more of this crap foisted on us because of extremely easy to please and tasteless audiences.
Me and my wife sat down and watched Solo.
It was even better than I remember it!
I don’t get all these complaints like ‘ooooooh we don’t NEEEEEED a Han Solo movie’. While I can appreciate however the desire to keep a character like him a mystery, to all the people who’ve avoided this movie for that reason: this is barely an origin movie. You learn a thing or two, yes, but it’s very much a stand alone adventure movie that stars young Han Solo- and that’s awesome if you ask me!
I really hope we get another movie with Alden— perhaps that could be the Boba Fett movie they’ve teased. (If any of it’s still happening....)
Out of all the new Disney Star Wars movies, I liked Solo the most
I'll never understand the hate for Solo. It's a fun, entertaining film, pure popcorn entertainment. It hurt absolutely nothing.
Ron Howard is a miracle worker; to come in and re-shoot 80% of a film, with the clock ticking , is a feat few directors could have pulled off so successfully.
I saw no tonal or editorial problems in the final cut of this film as I did with Justice League. But then, Howard had a lot more leeway than Whedon did.
It's also more his film. Joss Whedon was never allowed to really craft Justice League into his own movie, it had to basically remain Zack Snyder's movie. Ron Howard was pretty much told to reshoot everything his way.
Continuing my viewing of Walter Hill movies (in between watching series one of True Detective)
This was Hills first western. Another retelling of the Jesse James gang, the gimmick here is using real brothers to play the leads. James and Stacey Keach play the main roles, and David and Keith carradine the Younger brothers, plus Dennis and Randy Quaid in smaller roles. The Carradines come off the best, mainly David who is terrific as Cole (he has a great knife fight in a bar). Production standards are of Hills usual high standard, Ric Waite lensing (he worked with Hill again on 48 Hrs) and for the first of man y collaborations, Ry Cooder scores (Hill had to fight the studio to get him) and he does marvellous work. Not Hills best by far, but enjoyable. The finale, the infamous Northfield Minnesota raid, is brilliantly staged, with great sound effects.
One of my all-time favourite Western films. Never tire of watching it. Just wish there was a decent blu-ray with a 5.1 soundtrack, this film is crying out for it.
Jack ‘o Diamonds I’ve know you a long time
The end credit song is fkg ace. Love Ry Cooder on this and Hill’s Southern Comfort.
No Blade of Grass (1970). Directed by Cornel Wilde.
Mad Max meets a cup of Earl Grey Tea in the British countryside. It is a bit trippy but it does somewhat remind me of what's going on in our society with the rise of old beliefs and fears. Enjoy.
I haven't seen the film, but I was jusy reading a bit about its production history. Interesting stuff.
Uh... where to start?... If you like slow-burn thriller/horrors, something akin to the 70s way of filmmaking, you'll like this. If you also enjoyed TGR, you will understand the sensibilities of this filmmaker and you can go in expecting something very unconventional, dark, exceptionally disturbing.
I was mesmerized for the two hours.
And felt very dirty afterwards.
You've been warned!
I prefer it to Blade Runner by a mile,but again,i fail to see what the fuss is all about,apart from a great history lesson on 70's NYC.
Agreed, wipes the floor with SP, SF and QoS. Bond 25 needs to at least match Fallout in terms of sheer exhilaration and excitement.
I love both, but my preference is the opposite.
Django Unchained
Out for Justice
Justice League
The Wild Bunch
'Wipes the floor' is a bit over the top. Fallout was great entertainment but won't have the endurance of QoS or SF which improve on each viewing. Oh and they are BOND movies!
I disagree with this, very humbly. Being a Bond movie isn't enough to put above superior fare. That's not to say Fallout is better than all Bond flicks, but to have this mentality is what results in films like DAD, SP, etc. It's complacency.
Bond might be invincible in the long run, sure - but when it comes to quality of individual films, Fallout deserves its praise. It will hold up in the long run even if Cruise and co. can't top it with the next film.
I like Spectre a lot more. Hopefully we all enjoy BOND 25, but it should feel self-assured rather than the non-stop clock is ticking pace of M:I.
Because it's a Bond film?
Excellent horror flick!
Darkman trilogy
Oh well... Not exactly good, now is it?
Green Room
Very interesting film, bringing Captain Picard and young Checkov together for a pretty dark and nihilistic thriller.
Not even the first one?