Friday - yeah, weekend finally!, 3. September 2010

Short, independant flick reviews! Read about it, before you watch it!

Max Payne - another Marky Mark flick

Short movie review: Heartbroken detective looking for revenge and salvation - just another guy-taking-revenge movie :-(

The Plot: Silent detective of the NYPD Max Payne becomes the prime suspect after multiple gory homocides. Proceeding with the investigation he figures out that the case is related to his wife and kids murder a few years ago. Driven by rage he solves the case, paying a high price though.

Flickcritique says: I haven’t played the game Max Payne before, so I went to see the movie pretty unbiassed. Based on the trailer I expected some sort of biblical struggle between the forces of good and evil, so imagine my surprise when I realized it was just a regular crime flick. If it wasn’t for the cast with Mark Wahlberg aka Max Payne and super hot Olga Kurylenko, also recently seen in the Quantum of Solace movie, this flick would probably go unnoticed. The plot is simple and painfully foreseeable. You must be a huge Marky Mark fan to watch this :-(

Similar movies: Have you watched RoboCop (1987) with Peter Weller being shot dead so he could be reanimated to bring Robo-justice? Or Hard to Kill (1990) with Steven Seagall as a cop taking revenge for being shot? Max Payne is really no different then these movies :-(

 

W. – read an honest review now!

Honest movie review: George Bush junior’s, the 43rd POTUS’ life excellent movie, highly recommended! :-D

The Plot in a nutshell: Till turning 30 or so work-shy George Walker, born with the burden of being a Bush spends most of his time gambling, drinking and parting before he figures out the only way to impress his father and gain his respect he’s seeking for is to succeed in something, anything.  As luck would have it, he goes for politics and does better anyone could expect from a simple fella like Georgie aka W.

Flickcritique says: It positively is one of my favourite movies! The entire cast is fantasticJosh Brolin also seen last year in No Country for Old Men makes an amazing George Bush double! The mimic, the posture, the gestures - everything is perfect! In fact, I think Josh Brolin is the better President Bush :-) Also, never before has the cabinet of a president has been rebuilt so well. The kudos go especially to Toby Jones for being an amazing Karl Rove, Dennis Boutsikaris staging excellently Paul Wolfowiz,  Richard Dreyfuss for playing a great Dick Chaney and last but not least to Thandie Newton for giving the spectators an almost lovable Condoleeza Rice. My respect to Oliver Stone and the entire film crew :-D Great job guys, it’s as much a pleasure to watch your movie as to write an honest review about it :-)

Favorite movie quote: 
Frustrated governor George Bush senior to his offspring: Partying, chasing-tail, drunkdriving… who do you think you are?! A Kennedy?!

Watch it if you liked: My movie-addicted friends told me that Nixon (1995) with Anthony Hopkins playing the only president who reigned to avoid being impeached because of the Watergate scandal was similar to W. but honestly I did not have a chance to watch it yet, so this a comparison under reserve.

« Previous PageNext Page »