jonnywalker-70280
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I enjoyed the film. It's a straight forward action flick that does what it needs to be a solid film.
Mackie and Idris have great chemistry throughout. And being Mackie is technically the bigger star, he plays a supporting role to a young up and comer that is capable of holding his own, and in this film it shows.
These kinds of films are necessary. Through out Hollywood history, these are the films where new talent gets to show what they can do and new stars are born. Both in front of and behind the camera. The casting is solid, with all supporting actors bringing a performance that serves the story.
Overall, I liked the directors approach to tackling the moral question in the film. And how the main actors, especially Damson, really got physically with their acting to convey, either through subtle or large reactions to new information or self realizations, how they were feeling with out verbalizing it in all cases.
I ask the people giving it bad reviews saying it's dull and constantly repeats the plot outright, who do you think the film is really targeting? You, the cinema aficionado, or the casual viewer who might be as young as 16-17 that hasn't seen an extensive collection of action films, never mind general cinema, to be able to tell whether this is bad or not. If I saw this when I was 15-16-17, or even young or a little older, I'd be entertained and probably other people it was solid.
It was a fun watch and I hope all the Haters next time just turn on the criterion collection channel and watch "Heat" on repeat so they get their fix of "quality cinema" to maintain their titles as film auteurs.
Mackie and Idris have great chemistry throughout. And being Mackie is technically the bigger star, he plays a supporting role to a young up and comer that is capable of holding his own, and in this film it shows.
These kinds of films are necessary. Through out Hollywood history, these are the films where new talent gets to show what they can do and new stars are born. Both in front of and behind the camera. The casting is solid, with all supporting actors bringing a performance that serves the story.
Overall, I liked the directors approach to tackling the moral question in the film. And how the main actors, especially Damson, really got physically with their acting to convey, either through subtle or large reactions to new information or self realizations, how they were feeling with out verbalizing it in all cases.
I ask the people giving it bad reviews saying it's dull and constantly repeats the plot outright, who do you think the film is really targeting? You, the cinema aficionado, or the casual viewer who might be as young as 16-17 that hasn't seen an extensive collection of action films, never mind general cinema, to be able to tell whether this is bad or not. If I saw this when I was 15-16-17, or even young or a little older, I'd be entertained and probably other people it was solid.
It was a fun watch and I hope all the Haters next time just turn on the criterion collection channel and watch "Heat" on repeat so they get their fix of "quality cinema" to maintain their titles as film auteurs.
This film felt like cinema at its finest. The moral and psychological dilemma's the main character, Louis, was going through played out in a beautiful nuanced way. Jeffrey Wright once again becomes the character he is playing in a way that makes you feel for them. Great film among the noise.