lionel25

I saw this movie 2 days ago in a very rainy day. I wanted to escape worries of the day-to-day life, and I gave this movie a shot without really knowing what I should expected from it. And what a surprise! This movie was a great adventure fantasy movie with a good plot, a coherent universe and sweet characters. Probably the movie was targeted principally for kids but as an adult I never got bored a minute. I think that nowadays we do not have enough of these movies that main purpose is to create a viable alternative universe and allow you travel fro a few hours far away from your place. And this one does, so don't hesitate if you tired of watching City of Lost children for the 25th time, or you know all the dialogues of Dark City by heart, a must!

Difficult to comment such a movie... If you review it at the time it went out or nowadays, the appreciation is going to be very different. Indeed when it went out the movie was pretty violent and dark, with very incisive dialogues, but now compare to what we similarly make today ("In Bruges" for example), it looks quite old-fashioned. However if you put aside the lack logic in police procedures and some "loose" in the pace, many things are still extremely good. First of all some of the dialogues are still and always be memorable. Secondly there are some great acting skills that still impress today. For example, Clint Eastwood is truly amazing there, playing an inspector who is fair but doesn't make any concessions. In conclusion, a must see if you a cinema enthusiast, or a fan of Clint Eastwood, otherwise you should probably see something more recent.