Drive Angry is sort of an "intentionally corny" movie. Slightly similar to "Death Proof" in a couple of ways. Throw in some "Constantine" too. As long as you don't take it seriously, it's decent.
It's the kind of movie where a guy gets blown back by a single bullet. Where the "hero" can somehow avoid getting shot even when two cops unload from 10 feet away. Where cars can do improbable stunts, and the chick always has perfect hair and makeup no matter what she's just been through.
I'll be honest -- you take away Amber Heard and the movie would suffer. But whatever. Nicholas Cage plays his standard character -- softly spoken, with plenty of squinting and a slightly strange walk. The special effects are pretty poor, but there is hardly any in the entire movie so it's fine.
I can't really call it a good movie, but it didn't make me want to stop watching.
Drive Angry - 4 out of 5 (3 out of 5 if you don't like watching Amber Heard)
-Gray
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Friday, August 12, 2011
[Movie] "Hanna" review
Hard to describe this without basically describing the entire movie. It's pretty basic. Watch the trailer here on YouTube. It's basically about a girl that gets trained from birth to be a hunter/killer/survivor or something. Then some paedophile woman from the FBI called Cate Blanchette is trying to kill her, or catch her, or something.
Eric Bana plays the father of the kid. In my mind, Eric Bana is always going to be Poiter, so it's hard for me to accept him as a German-accented assassin in this movie. Typecasting -- it's a bitch.
The albino teenage girl who stars in the film does a pretty good job I suppose.
All in all, it's a bit art-house for my tastes, but I still enjoyed this film. I recommend it if you like East European movies with slightly dubious pacing but good acting and scripting. And who doesn't?
Hanna - 3 out of 5
-Gray
Eric Bana plays the father of the kid. In my mind, Eric Bana is always going to be Poiter, so it's hard for me to accept him as a German-accented assassin in this movie. Typecasting -- it's a bitch.
The albino teenage girl who stars in the film does a pretty good job I suppose.
All in all, it's a bit art-house for my tastes, but I still enjoyed this film. I recommend it if you like East European movies with slightly dubious pacing but good acting and scripting. And who doesn't?
Hanna - 3 out of 5
-Gray
[Movie] "Pandorum" review
If you enjoyed any or all of the following films:
1) Alien
2) Event Horizon
3) Sunshine
... then please watch and enjoy Pandorum.
Pandorum is a sci-fi thriller, which feeds you information just quickly enough to keep it interesting. It's fairly low-budget but if you put Dennis Quaid into a movie with some deep-space creatures, then count me in. It's a recipe for success. You've got some nasty alien things, a lot of moodily-lit spaceship corridors, some solid acting, and a much more interesting story than 90% of the crap that makes it into theatres these days.
Pandorum - 4 out of 5
-Gray
1) Alien
2) Event Horizon
3) Sunshine
... then please watch and enjoy Pandorum.
Pandorum is a sci-fi thriller, which feeds you information just quickly enough to keep it interesting. It's fairly low-budget but if you put Dennis Quaid into a movie with some deep-space creatures, then count me in. It's a recipe for success. You've got some nasty alien things, a lot of moodily-lit spaceship corridors, some solid acting, and a much more interesting story than 90% of the crap that makes it into theatres these days.
Pandorum - 4 out of 5
-Gray
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