Worth watching just for the presence of Kevin Costner and Kenneth Branagh, and some cool action sequences. Chris Pine looks too boyish to be Jack Ryan, and Keira Knightley merely fills in the blanks.

Decent plotline, decent time-waster.

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"Deep in the Darkness" 7/10

The less you know about this movie going into it, the better.

Decent acting and a pretty good story during the build-up. Too bad most of it falls apart when the action begins halfway in.

Could have been a semi-decent film, if not for that eyeroller of a climax and the events thereafter. Borrows plenty from Taken with a bit of Red thrown in, and it could have been great after that sucker punch twist 30 minutes into the film.

Nic Cage sleepwalks through the most part, except for the grieving where he really touched my most sensitive nerve (being an emotional Dad of a girl myself). Rachel Nichols is a real hottie and is miscast, so is Peter Stormare. Needed better casting choices for those 2 roles. The best part of the film is it's background score - it's so impressive I'll have to download it and set it as my ringtone.

As things stood, a promising film let totally down by it's second half. Sorry Sean, you have to do better.


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Men In Black 3 6/10

Has Sean posted here in recent years?

No, i don't believe so.

We're not worthy anymore.

I'm intrigued...

I'll have to keep in mind next DVD rental. I don't want to read anything about it. I have a late 20's horror fan who might watch. Are there any nude/sex scenes?

There is a short sex scene, but i don't recall the nudity.

Midnight Movie -

This movie has one of the best ideas I've seen in a recent horror movie. It has been used before in movies like The Ring and a few others that I can't remember right now. But the idea of a horror movie character leaving the movie, in conjunction with the setting of a theater should make for a perfect horror movie. It should have inspired the people involved to make something great. However, other than that idea everything possible is wrong with this movie. You can toss just about everything but that idea. There are a few small moments where you think the movie might turn out ok. A couple of crude jokes and scenes. And at times the actors seem to be having fun. There is a theater girl who does a good job with little dialog. I think she's fairly popular from a few other shows. But other than those small moments, it uses standard and even the worse type of horror stuff. The actors, villain, set design, all of it aren't used in the best possible way. Perhaps you can blame the setting on the budget. The actors are the only people in the theater. No extras at all. So the theater is vacant except for the people who will be killed. Slashers are usually known for bumbling cops. But this movie has one of the worst cops I've ever seen. And the actor plays it straight too which is the worst part. The movie even has a few unneeded twists at the end. I don't know why either. It doesn't do anything for the character's growth or give you an uneasy feeling like the end of good horror movies. Instead of twists the movie could have explained how the events were happening. There is a good scene when a cop shows up at the theater and can't see or hear the people inside. But the people can see him. The idea is solid but the whole setup is never fully explained. Not that it needs to be fully explained but it would have been better than the stupid twists. In a way, this is the perfect horror movie for a remake. Using the same idea with a better budget and actors.

Old Boy 2013

5/10


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This was directed by Spike Lee. The cinematography and directing work are good, lead actor Josh Brolin is good... it's just the story parts and logic are preposterous. One knows when a film is trying to be taken seriously, and what parts seriously; and when that's unsuccessful, it can be disastrous.

The ending climax, which is the big reveal of the film, is about the worst offense: the antagonist Adrian locks up the alcoholic anti-hero Joe for 20 years because Joe told everyone at school Adrian's sister was screwing her father in the school green house. She commits suicide. Adrian's father was sleeping with his daughter, wife & Adrian. And when it comes out, he shoots his family & self to death, but Adrian survives.

Adrian is rich, put Joe in locked room for 20 years, kills Joe's wife, & has Joe's baby daughter Marie raised by employees who would make Marie fall for a guy like Joe. Adrian releases Joe so that Joe will sleep with Marie who he doesn't know. When that happens, Adrian watches, tells Joe what he did... this is revealed as Adrian's goal, Adrian thinks Joe now understands what Adrian went through, and Adrian can kill himself in peace now. Say wha?

Does Adrian believe he lives after death, or otherwise he could have just killed himself DayOne to end his distress... Does Adrian think this 20 year-in-the-making incestuous encounter sets him up well for peace after suicide? Sure, he's insane, people are irrational creatures, still doesn't make the film satisfying.