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Hawaii (2017)
Stupid, implausible screenplay, half-baked impression
There are some flaws in the script, which give the impression of something made by a person that did not live during those years and/or did not get accurate and relevant information.
It could have been a much better mobile - it has good lead actors, both the (anti) hero and the villain; their conflict was underdeveloped, despite a good premise. The main actress was dissapointing - her acting was wooden and bidimensional, without depth. Her looks and overall image - an insult to the beauty of the young Romanian women during those years!
From an interesting and (period correct) start, with a street-smart, small hustler cab driver who falls for an (unattractive) swimmer with a dark secret, the movie takes a nose dive, ending with not one, but four implausible scenes, defying the social norms, the work laws, the natural laws, and the border laws.
Too bad for the period-accurate sets (excepting the yellow ARO truck!)!
I felt a little betrayed - hoping for a good movie, due to the actors and the director, but I've got another piece of (poorly done) anti-communist manifest.
True Bloodthirst (2012)
Interesting mix of better movies rip-offs, puts Romania back where it belongs - a country of vampires!
This film can be seen with an open mind and interpreted in several ways: as a parable (vampires are the Romanian lawmakers and politicians that we managed to stay together with one way or another, and the bloodthirsty mutant vampires are the multinational corporations and the International Monetary Fund - draining our life force completely), as a documentary (vampires are Gypsies, probably not by coincidence, exactly where it is indicated the vampires' nests location in the film it is a large population of Gypsies), as a cinematic project of our Bulgarian neighbors, as a relaxing pastime by disconnecting your brain, or as a terrifying picture of a dystopian future (you never know what can happen as a side effect of the shale gas extraction, our beloved Government recently approved it, following the indications of the powers that be). Do not watch it with great expectations (pun intended!) - it is not written "Dogville" in the TV program or the rented DVD, there are not great directors and great actors in the cast -it is exactly what is: a small-budget Sci-Fi film. You may be a little disappointed, but if you want to be really disappointed, go see GI Joe 2 - it makes Transformers look like it was made by Ingmar Bergman.