Thursday, 11. March 2010

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

Flawless - a boring heist flick

Short review: An aging janitor and a female manager team up to pull off a high steaks heist - a bit boring movie with a way too big portion of morale :-(

What is the Flawless movie about?

The plot: It’s the 1960’s. Mr. Hobbs and Laura Quinn have little in common. He is a cleaner with just a few years to go before being pensioned, she is an ambitious manager, both working for a jewel big player. As she gets frustrated about being passed over for promotion once again, the prospect of taking advantage of their insider knowledge becomes an option. The two unlikely allies become partners and the hunt for the big price is on…

Flickcritique says: The movie is too long, too much about morale and it seriously lacks of a good story. I like both the main actors but this is just not interesting. For me, it was a waste of time :-( The cartoon sumerizes the entire flick.

Watch it if you liked: I love heist movies and I’ve seen plenty of them. Entrapment (1999), Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Heist (2001) - you name it! They are all great! Flawless might be the same genre but the movie is too slow and the screen play lacks good action :-(

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Noise - a great movie!

Very short movie critic: An homage to all the frustrated and angry city slickers, built on urban life case study – worth watching due to Tim Robbins great acting :-)

The plot: David Owen (Tim Robbins) is a patient man. To a certain point. As NYC noise, particularly car alarms keep on messing up his life quality, he starts taking action, suing people, launching neighborhood initiatives and petitions. But as realizes that the law did not protect him and his efforts were futile he decides to take stronger action, becoming the Rectifier, an urban vigilante who teaches all the ignorant car owners a lesson the hard way. His activities do not go unnoticed by either the city major Schneer (William Hurt) or worse his wife Helen (Bridget Moynahan), who does not appreciate it at all.

Flickcritique says: Tim Robbins is great once again but after watching The Shawshank Redemption (1994) I’d probably be delighted about anything that guy does ;-) Let’s face it, he rocks! On the one hand the plot, all the escalation, eventually leading in absurd parallel life as the Rectifier is a bit of a stretch but on the other hand, anyone living in Dublin would confirm that car alarms ringing for hours without anyone giving a s**t, can be very, very annoying :-( The movie also has a deeper message about the way modern, urban life has become and how it effects our well-being. I would highly recommend Noise, it’s another entertaining movie playing in New York, except this one carries an important message to think about.

Conclusion: Great movie, go and watch it!

Watch it if you liked: Falling Down (1993) with Michale Douglas aka William ‘D-Fens’ Foster going mad over a violent society, He Was a Quiet Man (2007) with Christian Slander playing Bob Maconel, a loser type snapping over office madness or Office Space (1999) with Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons changing his ordinary, boring life radically. Personally, I like all of them :-)

Edit: Noise reminds me also a bit of Changing Lanes (2002) where Ben Affleck clashes with Samuel Jackson over a traffic dispute.

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