leeroy321
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This film reduced me to tears of laughter. I've just returned home from seeing it at the Edinburgh film festival and can honestly say this is one of the best movies i've seen this year. I could just list all of the best bits of the movie in this review, but i'd rather you all just went to see it for yourselves.
As a parody/homage of the blaxploitation movies of the 70's, this is perfect. If I didn't know better, i'd think this was actually made in the 70's. Its full of cool little details, the decor, the fashion, the hair styles, the Isaac Hayes/Curtis mayfield style music that details the plot in the lyrics (sometimes scene specific), the grainy picture and the intentionally dodgy camera-work, crash zooms, boom mics in shot etc. During the fight scenes, Michael jai white's kung fu yell is a spot on impersonation of Jim Kelly's (he of Enter the Dragon fame).
Like all the best spoofs, all the actors play it completely straight. White is perfectly cast as Black Dynamite, and if there is any justice in the world, this movie will make him a star. I can almost imagine Samuel L playing this part, but I doubt he could have played it as well as white did. The scene that crystallised his performance for me, was when, during a long speech, a boom mic pops in to shot right next to his face. During the scene, the cameraman is continually trying to adjust the shot to hide the mic. Dynamite continues with his speech as if nothing is going on, but just before he is finished talking, he quickly glances at it, then finishes his speech. The way he plays it is perfect and had everyone in the cinema in fits of laughter.
I said earlier that this is the best spoof since airplane, but I actually think this may be better. In airplane, the jokes were quickfire, but hit and miss, but in black dynamite, every joke hits its mark, and its just as quickfire as airplane. The tone is set pretty quick ( when an undercover agent is caught out cos he cant talk jive properly) and doesn't let up until the credits have rolled. I was still laughing hours after I left the cinema just thinking about it.
Watching this made me wonder how the Austin powers films were such big hits. They were a similar kind of parody but nowhere near as funny, and at the end of the day, aside from a couple of amusing cameos, a one man show (and not a very good one at that). If this doesn't at least do Austin powers numbers, I will be very disappointed, as it deserves the success. Very rarely does a film make me laugh so hard I cry, and this movie did it several times, and its not just me, I think everyone in the cinema had the same experience. Go and see this first chance you get, I cant recommend it enough.
As a parody/homage of the blaxploitation movies of the 70's, this is perfect. If I didn't know better, i'd think this was actually made in the 70's. Its full of cool little details, the decor, the fashion, the hair styles, the Isaac Hayes/Curtis mayfield style music that details the plot in the lyrics (sometimes scene specific), the grainy picture and the intentionally dodgy camera-work, crash zooms, boom mics in shot etc. During the fight scenes, Michael jai white's kung fu yell is a spot on impersonation of Jim Kelly's (he of Enter the Dragon fame).
Like all the best spoofs, all the actors play it completely straight. White is perfectly cast as Black Dynamite, and if there is any justice in the world, this movie will make him a star. I can almost imagine Samuel L playing this part, but I doubt he could have played it as well as white did. The scene that crystallised his performance for me, was when, during a long speech, a boom mic pops in to shot right next to his face. During the scene, the cameraman is continually trying to adjust the shot to hide the mic. Dynamite continues with his speech as if nothing is going on, but just before he is finished talking, he quickly glances at it, then finishes his speech. The way he plays it is perfect and had everyone in the cinema in fits of laughter.
I said earlier that this is the best spoof since airplane, but I actually think this may be better. In airplane, the jokes were quickfire, but hit and miss, but in black dynamite, every joke hits its mark, and its just as quickfire as airplane. The tone is set pretty quick ( when an undercover agent is caught out cos he cant talk jive properly) and doesn't let up until the credits have rolled. I was still laughing hours after I left the cinema just thinking about it.
Watching this made me wonder how the Austin powers films were such big hits. They were a similar kind of parody but nowhere near as funny, and at the end of the day, aside from a couple of amusing cameos, a one man show (and not a very good one at that). If this doesn't at least do Austin powers numbers, I will be very disappointed, as it deserves the success. Very rarely does a film make me laugh so hard I cry, and this movie did it several times, and its not just me, I think everyone in the cinema had the same experience. Go and see this first chance you get, I cant recommend it enough.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved transporter 1, and the 2nd was entertaining enough (it missed the point a bit , plot wise, but got by on its action), But I thought this 3rd entry was terrible, and heres why.
The plot is a ridiculous, over the top mess. I know what you're thinking, a transporter movie is supposed to be over the top and thats fine, its what i was expecting, but there is no logic. Its hard to explain without giving away plot points but his character has changed and is no longer the no nonsense frank we met in the first movie, he is now a total pussy. Also, he has no motivation to jump in to action as he is given ample opportunity to kick the villains ass about 10 minutes in to the film but doesn't take it for some reason. Frank is also excellent on a bmx, so much so, he should have a go at the xgames. Did he learn this in special ops?.
The leading lady is just irritating and if this was the frank martin of the 1st movie, he would have knocked her out and locked her in the boot of his car about 5 minutes in. And his policeman friend, tarconi, crosses the line from turning a blind eye to franks exploits, to actively helping him. The characters just don't ring true to the original.
The action scenes are terrible compared to the other 2 movies. I'm sure the choreography is fine but the problem is you can't see it because they have adopted a shaky camera and crap editing. It seemed very rushed. Both of the main fight scenes amount to nothing more than statham with 10 goons circled around him. No invention whatsoever. There is nothing in this one that even comes close to the bus depot fight in the first, or the firehose fight in the second. It seems corey yuen is given less to do in each instalment and the series is really suffering as a result.
The car chases suck. One takes place on a long straight road at what seems like about 40 mph, sped up in post production, with no obstacles, traffic (except for a truck) ,stunts or anything even remotely inventive happening, just really terrible editing.
Everything that was great about the first 2 movies has been ejected from this one. If I wrote a list of everything they did badly or contrary to the other movies, it would probably be longer than the script. I don't know how much input luc besson had, I'm guessing not much. I'd be surprised if he even read the script before it went in to production. He's usually so reliable.
If you loved the first movie, don't waste your money on this one. With a bit of luck, they will let corey yuen direct the (inevitable) 4th instalment.
The plot is a ridiculous, over the top mess. I know what you're thinking, a transporter movie is supposed to be over the top and thats fine, its what i was expecting, but there is no logic. Its hard to explain without giving away plot points but his character has changed and is no longer the no nonsense frank we met in the first movie, he is now a total pussy. Also, he has no motivation to jump in to action as he is given ample opportunity to kick the villains ass about 10 minutes in to the film but doesn't take it for some reason. Frank is also excellent on a bmx, so much so, he should have a go at the xgames. Did he learn this in special ops?.
The leading lady is just irritating and if this was the frank martin of the 1st movie, he would have knocked her out and locked her in the boot of his car about 5 minutes in. And his policeman friend, tarconi, crosses the line from turning a blind eye to franks exploits, to actively helping him. The characters just don't ring true to the original.
The action scenes are terrible compared to the other 2 movies. I'm sure the choreography is fine but the problem is you can't see it because they have adopted a shaky camera and crap editing. It seemed very rushed. Both of the main fight scenes amount to nothing more than statham with 10 goons circled around him. No invention whatsoever. There is nothing in this one that even comes close to the bus depot fight in the first, or the firehose fight in the second. It seems corey yuen is given less to do in each instalment and the series is really suffering as a result.
The car chases suck. One takes place on a long straight road at what seems like about 40 mph, sped up in post production, with no obstacles, traffic (except for a truck) ,stunts or anything even remotely inventive happening, just really terrible editing.
Everything that was great about the first 2 movies has been ejected from this one. If I wrote a list of everything they did badly or contrary to the other movies, it would probably be longer than the script. I don't know how much input luc besson had, I'm guessing not much. I'd be surprised if he even read the script before it went in to production. He's usually so reliable.
If you loved the first movie, don't waste your money on this one. With a bit of luck, they will let corey yuen direct the (inevitable) 4th instalment.
