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Was a book that was written back in the 90's about relationships & the problems encountered by men & women. It was often used as source material by a girlfriend that I had dated at the time. This movie reminds me of that book.

Boy meets girl, boy falls for girl & he manages to win her heart. But boy looses girl & to win her back, a sailing adventure is devised to explore the world. What could go wrong on a romantic cruise for 2 at the mercy of the sea? Of course things don't go to plan & both are miserable together with no where to hide from each other on the small boat.

Firstly I read some of the reviews before going into this & the reviews were extremely polarized. There were only 2 positive reviews with everyone else slagging it. After watching the movie, I'm not sure everyone saw the same movie as I did.

First off I can definitely say that I enjoyed this movie. There is a good amount of backstory done through flashbacks. Ed Harris plays the domineering, misogynist father whose larger than life persona is seen in flashbacks & his effect on his son's present relationship. We see this relationship from a He said, She said point of view that was done quite well . I enjoyed the pacing & each scene held my attention.

So does a book about relationships in the 90's have any relevance today? Well the issues that people face today haven't really changed much. Are women still viewed as the weaker sex? Because that is how she is viewed by him.

When on the island, he assumes that she must be hungry with supplies running low. So he tries to catch fish to woo her back but he fails in his execution. And unlike Survivor, there is no immunity necklace to stave off elimination. It was funny when he shows up with some sardines & she's eating lobster. So Are Men from Mars & Women from Venus? The director would like you to believe so, & really there is nothing wrong with that.

If you enjoy movies like One Week, Copenhagen, or Pieces of April for example...then give this a shot. Its worth a watch.

I was intrigued by the storyline & read some of the reviews first which seemed very polarized, so I decided to go ahead anyway. First off this movie heavily borrows elements from so many other movies that I'm not going to summarize the plot.

And that is the problem with this movie. Going from chapter to chapter in this movie, you would swear that you are watching the Matrix, Bourne Identity, Total Recall, Mission Impossible 2, Resident Evil, Old Boy cycled through repeatedly in various order. That is not necessarily a bad point if executed well but in this case, the storyline was too confusing to keep my interest.

The director overcompensated for the lack of storyline by giving the viewer over the top action in my opinion was way too excessive. To the point that it seemed repetitive & over done. Case in point the taxi cab chase scene & the train scene. Both scenes were chase scenes of the hero by various government agencies on motorcycles or trucks flanking the cab/train on both sides. Our hero is fighting the villains by jumping through the cab/train to the other side back & forth repeatedly.

The 2 scenes shot for shot were just too similarly done & too excessive to the point that I kept asking myself, didn't I see this before? Another scene was of our hero in the sauna. It was as if the director only wanted to outdo Old Boy by a factor of 3.

Yes it was well shot & executed but for me it was just too gratuitous. That by the end when the reveal came that tried to tie up all the loose ends, it never really does because its just more action to distract us from going wtf did I just watch to numb our brains cells even more with the over the top ending that borders on fantastical.

I like my movies to have a good storyline & plot with enough action balancing everything out. If you like movies with this in mind, then this isn't the movie for you...The Gray Man, anyone? If action is all you're after & plot is an afterthought, then this should fit the bill for you.

This movie tries to capture the spirit of classic movies like Beau Geste but fails to do so with a very unfocused script that had me pulling my hair out at times because the characters where just so unbelievably unreal in their roles. And this is due to a bad script with poor execution.

The story focuses on the start of WW1 & how the Germans & British had conscripted the locals into their war efforts. If this was the movie's focus, then it would have been a novel idea. But instead the movie's plot is about Germany's invasion plans of Africa somehow falling into the hands of the British. Eric Roberts plays the Captain in charge who must get the plans delivered to the next outpost so as to warn them of the Nazis plan of attack. He is accompanied by his niece & the remaining survivors. Can they make it & warn of the impending Nazi attack?

Because this script was so unfocused, the characters were flipping in their character roles going from scene to scene. One minute they are smart & intelligent & then they are just plain stupid in the next & switch back & forth again. An example is that there is a Nazi spy & several instances the spy does something that clearly reveals himself but the captain just ignores it. When it is finally revealed, the captain states that he knew all along who the spy was???

And the dialogue in parts was bad soap opera bad that I actually felt sorry for the actors having to do it. So many things in this movie didn't make sense. It was a wasted effort, just barely watchable that I didn't really care in the end who made it or not. Watch if you have nothing better to do as there is no real big payoff here.