Reviews

Denzel is one of those actors people follow. Like, when you hear or see an advertisement for something with the words 'Denzel Washington' in it, you're automatically interested. Not to mention, same movie has Dakota Fanning, (Pita) who's so hot she's done as many films in her 10 years as some 30-year-olds who've been in the game from the beginning. Playing her dad Samuel, is Jennifer Lopez new love interest Marc Anthony. His role en film is integral, and he's got a few heart wringers scenes on screen.

Case in point, Denzel (Creasy) admits to Samuel (Marc Anthony) that while he is qualified to act as bodyguard to his young daughter, he does drink. Samuel says okay, but my wife is not to know. Fine. Denzel meets Lisa (Radha Mitchell) a very sleek and svelte blonde with a raspy southern accent and when she offers him a drink calmly requests Jack and water. He drinks or shoots the rest of the movie away. But what a drinker! Even hammered on no sleep, he's still bad enough to kill two kidnappers. Pita would have gotten away if she hadn't come back for him. Yeah, Denzel looks good as a drunk. Even tipsy, he's a man of integrity.

If Cillian Murphy had only one movie role to identify himself by, On the Edge should be it. You could almost feel the energy coming off his slender body in waves as he strode through the scenes, wise cracking one minute, driving a BMX off a cliff the next. In this story of Jonathon Breech, a young Irishman's battle with death, depression, and love, my only beef came with Jonathon Jackson's accent. It wasn't terrible, but it was enough to make me cringe a few times when I'd rather have concentrated on Cillian's ice blue eyes, Cillian's deep Irish brogue, Cillian's large, working man's hands... Well-known for playing mentally off-kilter roles, Cillian Murphy is one of those blue-eyed actors (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) who can emote with stillness. There were times when the soundtrack in this film seemed to dominate, catchy teeny-bopper gingles gangling in the background, and then the camera light would catch a certain nuance in his face. It was like seeing a window opened. If you're a romantic, this one is worth renting.