Somehow this movie escaped me when it came out in the theaters (not that I go to theaters anymore!).
Next stars Nic Cage, Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore. I don't want to give too much away, but it was really good. Surprisingly so for a movie that didn't get much press.
(wife just chimed in that she really liked it)
The IMDB page is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/
The premise is kind of cool, and the ending sequence fight is great (again, I don't want to give anything away). I especially liked the credits (you'll have to see what I mean). Another cool part was the Neo-esque bullet dodging. And finally, a Mementoish flashback.
Watch it, all these allusions will make more sense. The only downer was a scene with a really unfortunate costume design for Biel. She needs to stick to tight leather... (Blade 3). If you watch it, tell me if you agree (you'll have to also guess the scene).
The only funny thing about the movie is that for Hollywood to have bad guys (we can't have Nazis for every movie these days) is that they picked everyone *except* Arabs. Really. I think this list of bad guys is this: Russian. Korean. German. French. All working together, and all apparently knowledgeable in the other languages, and all ready to fight to the death for some unknown cause.
For HT enjoyment, there's a fantastic Nic-created avalanche that will give your sub and visual cortex a good workout.
I know that CGI is all the rage these days, but it's got to be done well enough that I believe what I see (contrast this to Transformers when you could tell that the lead character was speaking to a point in space). I didn't notice anything that was amiss- which was cool.
The wife and I have a combined score of 4 out of 5 (which is high on our scale. 5 means we must buy it, 3 is worth watching again.)
Next stars Nic Cage, Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore. I don't want to give too much away, but it was really good. Surprisingly so for a movie that didn't get much press.
(wife just chimed in that she really liked it)
The IMDB page is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/
The premise is kind of cool, and the ending sequence fight is great (again, I don't want to give anything away). I especially liked the credits (you'll have to see what I mean). Another cool part was the Neo-esque bullet dodging. And finally, a Mementoish flashback.
Watch it, all these allusions will make more sense. The only downer was a scene with a really unfortunate costume design for Biel. She needs to stick to tight leather... (Blade 3). If you watch it, tell me if you agree (you'll have to also guess the scene).
The only funny thing about the movie is that for Hollywood to have bad guys (we can't have Nazis for every movie these days) is that they picked everyone *except* Arabs. Really. I think this list of bad guys is this: Russian. Korean. German. French. All working together, and all apparently knowledgeable in the other languages, and all ready to fight to the death for some unknown cause.
For HT enjoyment, there's a fantastic Nic-created avalanche that will give your sub and visual cortex a good workout.
I know that CGI is all the rage these days, but it's got to be done well enough that I believe what I see (contrast this to Transformers when you could tell that the lead character was speaking to a point in space). I didn't notice anything that was amiss- which was cool.
The wife and I have a combined score of 4 out of 5 (which is high on our scale. 5 means we must buy it, 3 is worth watching again.)