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I see this is out to buy on DVD. I missed it in the cinema, is it any good?
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This arrived today.will be watching it tonight!
Watched it last night.
Didn't think Cruise could pull it off, but he seemed genuinely menacing. Some very clever dialogue and some frankly superb action scenes to rival even the bank scene in Heat. Nothing felt put on, overly cut or unrealistic.
I'm glad there was no use whatsoever of cheesy slow motion or misplaced comedy. The taxi driver was believable as a guy forced into a dire situation and never once descended into the dreaded 'zero to hero' cliché personality, whimpering one minute and shouting 'swallow this' the next.
One of the better films I've seen in recent times.
Didn't think Cruise could pull it off, but he seemed genuinely menacing. Some very clever dialogue and some frankly superb action scenes to rival even the bank scene in Heat. Nothing felt put on, overly cut or unrealistic.
I'm glad there was no use whatsoever of cheesy slow motion or misplaced comedy. The taxi driver was believable as a guy forced into a dire situation and never once descended into the dreaded 'zero to hero' cliché personality, whimpering one minute and shouting 'swallow this' the next.
One of the better films I've seen in recent times.
Reefer wrote:
> Hellboy could've been great, but wasn't.
It was pretty good. Great for a movie based upon a comic character. Strange lack of blood though...
> Hellboy could've been great, but wasn't.
It was pretty good. Great for a movie based upon a comic character. Strange lack of blood though...
*SPOILERS*
Yeah, Fanning's death surprised the hell out of me. I expected him to save the day, and then out of nowhere, he gets several bullets. The scene in Club Fever was brilliant, and the following scenes in the cab, with Audioslave backing the carnage.
Yeah, Fanning's death surprised the hell out of me. I expected him to save the day, and then out of nowhere, he gets several bullets. The scene in Club Fever was brilliant, and the following scenes in the cab, with Audioslave backing the carnage.
Just watched it tonight, most entertaining. Started a bit slow, thought the 'honest cab driver' bit was a little hokey: "Here, take this. You need it more than me." But then you get the little interplays between Cruise and Foxx and it heats up a little more. I like the way a lot of the violence is merely implied and not shown (like the second assassination) but the stuff that was shown was totally brutal.
>> SPOILER <<
Fanning getting shot was awesome, straight from nowhere, it blindsided me. I also liked Max's response to the question: "Oh yeah? What are you gonna do?" Pow! The final scene on the train was brilliant, with the train lights buzzing and the strafing along the train doors. It's also possible that Max would continue to be pursued as the hitman, as the only person who believed it wasn't him was Fanning. It's a very clever movie, no character is black or white.
On the whole, there was a pleasing lack of awkward comedic moments, some great chemistry between the two leads and some genuinely interesting characters. Helps that the movie looks great too, can't recall a film making LA look so fantastic at night before.
8/10
>> SPOILER <<
Fanning getting shot was awesome, straight from nowhere, it blindsided me. I also liked Max's response to the question: "Oh yeah? What are you gonna do?" Pow! The final scene on the train was brilliant, with the train lights buzzing and the strafing along the train doors. It's also possible that Max would continue to be pursued as the hitman, as the only person who believed it wasn't him was Fanning. It's a very clever movie, no character is black or white.
On the whole, there was a pleasing lack of awkward comedic moments, some great chemistry between the two leads and some genuinely interesting characters. Helps that the movie looks great too, can't recall a film making LA look so fantastic at night before.
8/10
El Pinko wrote:
> ***SPOILER BELOW (SORT OF)***
>
> I thought it was ok, then i realised he passed the woman on the
> escilator at the start and thats why she was last on the list (he'd
> just missed her) and I thought that was a nice touch. Ending was too
> predictable though. Overall: 6/10 - Cruise's performance saved it.
at the start hes not there to kill jada smiths character. hes just checking it out.
> ***SPOILER BELOW (SORT OF)***
>
> I thought it was ok, then i realised he passed the woman on the
> escilator at the start and thats why she was last on the list (he'd
> just missed her) and I thought that was a nice touch. Ending was too
> predictable though. Overall: 6/10 - Cruise's performance saved it.
at the start hes not there to kill jada smiths character. hes just checking it out.
Saw it when it/I was out in America, August time. Thought it was very good.
Hedfix wrote:
> The g/f just picked this up along with Chronicles of Riddick and
> Hellboy.
>
> Looks good, I thoroughly enjoyed Heat.
Riddick was pap, and Hellboy could've been great, but wasn't.
> The g/f just picked this up along with Chronicles of Riddick and
> Hellboy.
>
> Looks good, I thoroughly enjoyed Heat.
Riddick was pap, and Hellboy could've been great, but wasn't.
He made a movie in the 80's called L.A. Takedown, Heat is a remake of that movie.
Reefer wrote:
> Heat was great, too. Not seen anything else of his though, to my
> knowledge.
He hasn't done much, but he's meant to be directing and producing the Miami Vice remake
> Heat was great, too. Not seen anything else of his though, to my
> knowledge.
He hasn't done much, but he's meant to be directing and producing the Miami Vice remake
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