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Exit Wounds (2001)
the mystical orange warrior returns
Some people when considering the ultimate police thrillers ever
filmed may say: 'Serpico' or 'LA Confidential' to which I'd grab them
by the wrist and flip them until they say 'Exit Wounds'. Mr Seagal
has become quite chubby in the movie but it doesn't hinder his
ability to grab people by the wrist or the ability of the film to grab the
viewers attention and not let go. It moves at a break neck pace as
several action scenes show The Matrix how it should be done (my
personal favourite sees Seagal disguise himself as a small
Chinese man simply by wearing his hat). Seagal immerses
himself into the role of a policeman by cutting off his pony-tail and
wearing a policeman's uniform, he truly is a pro. The story is also
top notch involving corrupt policemen who make t-shirts out of
heroin, it's such a cool idea i can't believe no-one's thought of it
before. All in all i think it's the greatest movie ever but unlike his
other films it doesn't feature a moose which is a shame.
Ninja the Protector (1986)
classic great white ninja film
Once again 'harry' must stop the ninja empire. This time by
infiltrating a model agency with the help of one of his agents who
he doesn't share screen time with (one of the downsides to being
in a film cut together from 2 films). Harrison does rather touchingly
keep a photo of his model/ninja friend who i think is called Warren. Harrison has honed his martial arts skills to perfection for this
film and it has paid off in spades. He's great with a blowpipe and
his teleportation skills just get better and better. i only have two complaints with this film.
Firstly: It's quite hard to see Harrison in his Ninja attire due to the
fact it's camoflage material and often Harrison vanishes into the
background. Especially during scenes filmed in a park.
Secondly: I couldn't watch the end because it concentrated on
Warren's relationship with his brother David. David's not a
handsome chap and seeing him do the nasty with a random
wench made my eyes bleed.
Overall though i'd give it 9/10. It's the kind of film that makes you
want to run up a hill in your pyjamas and shout NINJA! loudly.
Cidade de Deus (2002)
a great film
This film is amazing, Hard to fault. Considering the actors are supposed to be real life inhabitants of the 'City Of God' their acting is excellent. it's a short review because i have nothing bad to say about it.
Kingdom (2001)
Dragons in Leeds
My friend lent me this on video and I would like to advise anyone to stay away from it. It's one of the poorest films ever made. The script (involving dragons in Leeds) is laughable, the direction turgid and the sound almost inaudible. I'd imagine a visually and aurally challenged person to make a better film. In it's defense it could be said that it is low budget but to counter that I'd say if you make a low budget film that cost a packet of crisps why would you use computer graphics? It doesn't make sense and looks terrible.
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