http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756707
the only thing that impressed me about fight night was the number of extras they appear to have used. i know they were not computer generated people because the entire effects budget had to have been used up on slow-mo punches. all ten dollars of it.
anyway, fight night gets one night of fighting. everything about it was horrible.
2013-02-18
2013-02-05
bunraku
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181795
bunraku is told with the same comic book styling as sin city, and it looks, sounds, and plays great. the choreography was well-done and totally appropriate to the flavour of the movie. very watchable, thoroughly enjoyable. if i were going to complain about something, it would be the length. it seems to me that they did not really need to have quite so many killers, though i grant that they did a fine job of giving them all their own styles.
bunraku gets four bunrakus.
bunraku is told with the same comic book styling as sin city, and it looks, sounds, and plays great. the choreography was well-done and totally appropriate to the flavour of the movie. very watchable, thoroughly enjoyable. if i were going to complain about something, it would be the length. it seems to me that they did not really need to have quite so many killers, though i grant that they did a fine job of giving them all their own styles.
bunraku gets four bunrakus.
2013-01-31
tactical force
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1458915
yet another stone cold steve austin film. he is getting better at the whole acting thing, and he is getting better co-stars (michael jai white!), but even stone cold can get blindsided by a terrible script with absolutely no redeeming values. it is like when you are in a tag-team wrasslin' match and one of your opponents starts mouthing off. so you walk over there to have a quiet word with him, but he just keeps laying into you with the insults. you stand there, mouth hanging open, clearly unable to believe what you are hearing, but still trying to reason with him. it is your firm believe that all humans deserve the benefit of the doubt and your best effort at understanding their viewpoint. meanwhile, behind your back, your opponent's partner and one of his friends has snuck into the ring with a folding chair. suddenly, BAM! you are seeing stars as you are simultaneously hit with a folding chair, a flying kick from the top of the turnbuckle, and a 2x4 that was inexplicably lying around near the ring. incredibly, the force of all these blows knocks you over the top rope, and you go flying out of the ring. your fall is broken when you land on the judge's table at ringside, which collapses underneath you.
tactical force gets one folding chair.
yet another stone cold steve austin film. he is getting better at the whole acting thing, and he is getting better co-stars (michael jai white!), but even stone cold can get blindsided by a terrible script with absolutely no redeeming values. it is like when you are in a tag-team wrasslin' match and one of your opponents starts mouthing off. so you walk over there to have a quiet word with him, but he just keeps laying into you with the insults. you stand there, mouth hanging open, clearly unable to believe what you are hearing, but still trying to reason with him. it is your firm believe that all humans deserve the benefit of the doubt and your best effort at understanding their viewpoint. meanwhile, behind your back, your opponent's partner and one of his friends has snuck into the ring with a folding chair. suddenly, BAM! you are seeing stars as you are simultaneously hit with a folding chair, a flying kick from the top of the turnbuckle, and a 2x4 that was inexplicably lying around near the ring. incredibly, the force of all these blows knocks you over the top rope, and you go flying out of the ring. your fall is broken when you land on the judge's table at ringside, which collapses underneath you.
tactical force gets one folding chair.
2013-01-18
seven psychopaths
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931533/
seven psychopaths is great. funny, good writing, awesome characters, very watchable. the psychopaths were all caricatures, of course, which is why the movie was great and funny instead of sickening and terrifying.
nothing enlightening here, just good, clean, vicious, incredibly bloody fun. seven psychopaths gets four stolen dogs.
seven psychopaths is great. funny, good writing, awesome characters, very watchable. the psychopaths were all caricatures, of course, which is why the movie was great and funny instead of sickening and terrifying.
nothing enlightening here, just good, clean, vicious, incredibly bloody fun. seven psychopaths gets four stolen dogs.
2013-01-10
haywire
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506999/
i was expecting a decent action flick, but haywire far exceeded my expectations. the story was interesting and the combat was beautifully choreographed, though a little flashy. i also liked how the movie ran straight ahead towards the conclusion without flinching or turning aside. it was nice and efficient, and i like that in a movie.
haywire gets four leaping punches.
i was expecting a decent action flick, but haywire far exceeded my expectations. the story was interesting and the combat was beautifully choreographed, though a little flashy. i also liked how the movie ran straight ahead towards the conclusion without flinching or turning aside. it was nice and efficient, and i like that in a movie.
haywire gets four leaping punches.
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