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Jack Reacher (2012)
Good enough? Sure was for me.
Well, what can I say besides I had very low expectations thanks to the critics of this movie. And guess what. I really enjoyed the movie despite that the Reacher character in the movie was not up to par with the book version as many of the complaints focused on. To be honest who really cares if the movie didn't follow the book entirely considering this is a work of fiction anyway. I enjoyed the fight scenes and the story was woven together nicely. The movie had some nice surprises too and wasn't too predictable like many lame movies are these days. In fact this movie had me guessing at some of the bad guys until they all revealed themselves.
I generally don't care much for Tom Cruise movies although Risky Business and Top Gun were actually very good movies and I did watch them. The Mission Impossible franchise was OK but felt they could have done more with it. The point I'm trying to get at was I enjoyed his Reacher character in this movie. I don't care if he wasn't 250 lbs and 10 feet tall as some of the critics expected. Cruise did a good job in my books for this role and I hope to see him play more characters like this. In fact I hope they make more of the Jack Reacher movies too. Considering the crud I've seen in the last 10 years this was a nice surprise. My only regret was missing the movie while it was showing in my local theatre. I had to settle for blu-ray instead. LOL
Interview with a Hitman (2012)
For a low budget flick this was quite good
I don't agree with the complainers about this film. Luke Goss is a stone cold killer from early age to adulthood. He played his part really well. I didn't pay all that much attention to the other characters enough to critique them much. The music tracks were quite good and someone already mentioned almost haunting. Sure there are some plot holes and some bad acting from some lesser characters in the movie. But that's actually quite normal for action flicks of any budget. Overall I enjoyed the film and the action scenes were pretty good for it's budget. The story is true to the movie's description. I gave this a 9 out 10 because I really can't complain about much. For the budget of the film it beat out dozens of action flicks I've seen in the last 12 months that had much higher budgets. However, I preferred Luke's bad-ass character in Blood In Blood Out more.
Amsterdam Heavy (2011)
Terrible movie
No acting, no plot, no direction, no decent music and completely unrealistic hollow characters.
This movie was so stupid and unrealistic a brain dead comatose patient could have come up with a better movie.
How could anyone seriously give this a 10 star rating unless they were a paid shill for the movie.
When I saw the trailer for this movie I thought great a T&A action flick with some women kicking butt. God was the trailer ever misleading. The 30 second trailer I watched pretty much played the better scenes. You could literally fall asleep to this terrible movie and wake up near the end and still think to yourself when will this finally end already!
I will be honest I did try and watch the movie twice in case I misunderstood but I found myself fast forwarding the majority of the movie the second time and eventually got bored. Thank goodness I only paid $2 for this lousy movie from the Wal-Mart junk movie bin where they toss all the bad movies. At least the DVD makes a good over-priced coaster for my beer mug or pop cans.
Outlander (2008)
Better than I expected
I was really surprised the movie was far better than I had anticipated. I was honestly expecting a mediocre B sci-fi movie. You know, like a cheesy Predator VS Vikings type deal.
James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, John Hurt and especially Ron Pearlman all did a great job with their roles in this movie.
The battle scenes, the special effects and the audio were all a treat and I'm really glad I waited for the Blu-ray version because it made my day to watch this on a wide screen.
As people have already mentioned it's a strange combination with an Alien hero, Vikings and a really nasty killer alien. Good action and an interesting storyline. It's a keeper in my collection.
I hope they consider making a sequel to this.