Relata la vida de Jack Harris, uno de los pioneros del comercio por Internet, mientras lucha con su moral y lucha por no ahogarse en un mar de estafadores, mafiosos, adictos a las drogas y e... Leer todoRelata la vida de Jack Harris, uno de los pioneros del comercio por Internet, mientras lucha con su moral y lucha por no ahogarse en un mar de estafadores, mafiosos, adictos a las drogas y estrellas del porno.Relata la vida de Jack Harris, uno de los pioneros del comercio por Internet, mientras lucha con su moral y lucha por no ahogarse en un mar de estafadores, mafiosos, adictos a las drogas y estrellas del porno.
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The cast is pretty impressive with James Caan and Kevin Pollack also lending their talents. Everyone played their part well especially Giovanni Ribisi's performance as the coke'd up "Wayne Beering". His mannerism's and habit's were entertaining.
Overall I loved this film for what it was, a dark comedy centred around the internet porn industry. The soundtrack is great, which i might add is very "Scorsese esque". Loved the use of 2 Pac's California Love =) It's an intelligent film full of dark humour about pornography. My only gripes with Middle Men would be the pacing of the story, i feel if they had a longer runtime it would have flowed through effortlessly. They are minor issues though, they balanced the comedy well with the crime elements of the plot. It should be said that "Middle Men" is very underrated, and I would recommend it to fan's of dark humour and pornography, which after watching this movie, is every male living on the planet. Check it out, you won't regret it.
Buck and Wayne are two genius guys who actually don't know that they are about to become millionaires by creating world's first porn site which requires a membership payment to access. They seem to be having everything but lacking some important aspects like living sober and teamwork. Though they come up with this great idea they practically manages to screw everything up within months by not knowing decent business ethics and keeping up the promises to the partners. This is where Jack Harris comes in who is a legit business man and a problem solver who turns the already million dollar porn business in to new heights by creating a middle party online billing concept. These 3 people who ultimately become victims of their own success, and digs deep in to unknown territory getting involved with very dangerous people.
The story telling is quite catchy in 'Middle Men'. It's fast phased and cannot be backtracked if you miss a line yet gives mood to the whole plot. It starts from the end and finishes from the end. The middle is the beginning! Buck and Wayne played by Gabriel Macht and Giovanni Ribisi respectively are two unique characters. They practically create the cash and demolish everything skillfully. Jack on the other hand played by Luke Wilson is an intelligent businessman who stops at nothing when he wants to achieve something. The whole plot is a struggle between these 3 people who just fails to find common ground even though they keep on earning millions of money by doing the same thing.
There is a kind of rush throughout the movie. This is created strongly using sex and money hand in hand with crime and desire. You will feel like each of these people are time bombs which is about to blow up eventually. Yet they exist like they will live forever. Except Jack who does a very smart move by creating an opportunity of out a grave danger.
A good load of entertainment and some background info on how internet porn and billing has come to light from 80s. It's never good to forget the history coz the future is shapes upon it!
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Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht humorously play two drugged out "geniuses" with lots of ideas but no sense. When they create internet commerce and apply it to pornography they need straight man Jack Harris (Wilson) to turn it into a legit business. But before long they get him caught up in a world of money, drugs and porn stars, and then everybody needs help climbing out of that. Even the film. It loses some of its structure as we meet Russian mobsters, beautiful women and more money than you can even keep track of.
"Middle Men" is particularly well acted and interesting enough especially about a recent historical story that isn't very well known, that it can mostly be forgiven for its poor structure and confusion of genres. In between the documentary and pornography, we have comedy, crime and drama, and most other genres you can name.
It's oddly not explicit about the AV industry, but it's more about business and dealing with the mob.
There is a mix of genres, a little bit of everything without losing too much quality or reality. Even being dated doesn't seem to affect the movie's quality. The heart of the movie is the comedic writing for these serious situations in a very Like Wilson type of fashion.
Its a great watch in chaotic story telling and a nice balance of multiple storylines.
Would I watch again? - Yes, I definitely would
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- TriviaBased on the true story of Christopher Mallick, one of the producers of the movie. He still owns an Internet billing company.
- ErroresWhen Buck and Wayne are looking at their computer after their first sale in 1997, the blue and green task bar of Windows XP, which was not released until 2001, is clearly visible at the bottom of the screen.
- Citas
Jack Harris: [Narrating] If I've learned one thing, it's that business is a lot like sex. Getting in is easy, pulling out is hard.
- Bandas sonorasWho Do You Love
Written by Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Performed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Courtesy of Rounder Records
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- Middle Men
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- Presupuesto
- USD 20,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 754,301
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 325,641
- 8 ago 2010
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 754,301
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 45 minutos
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- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1