This is a good film. Don't listen to the inexperienced voters who think action movies all need to be Tom Cruise overdoing it to prove his youth, or Jason Stratham just over doing it. Again.
This has the nuance and emotion tucked away in it. It's subtle, a slower burn, and Ian McShane is the man for the job. Many other actors would have failed to make this film work. He does. There is plenty enough meat in it, there's a build up to it. And the viewer is not given every emotion in an obvious way through unnecessary dialogue for the hard of feeling. This is a film that old army guys, or wisened fighters might get. The young pups, probably won't, and that is why it has low ratings and deserves a lot better. Though I did keep thinking about the Sexy Beast movie, not because this film is like it, and yet, it's got the Spain (Canary Islands) ex-pat vibe, it's got Ian McShane as a tough old b'stard, and it's in the same genre.
I liked the directors approaches, I liked the camera work, I liked the shots. I holidayed in the Canaries and though I didn't leave the hotel when I stayed in Fuertenventura, I felt this film carried the vibe of the place well enough.
I think this director is going to be getting better as he goes on. He'd be good for a Cormac McCarthy story. I haven't seen Gonzalo López-Gallego's other films but will be checking them out now.
If there is anything I would improve it would be the very last shot, just before the credits. I'd have spent a bit more time getting that to express whatever I felt he was trying to express there. But that doesnt detract from the film or what it does, presents, and conveys.
I am going to give it 10 out of 10 because the low voters need serving, though strictly speaking this is an 8 out of 10 for me.
This has the nuance and emotion tucked away in it. It's subtle, a slower burn, and Ian McShane is the man for the job. Many other actors would have failed to make this film work. He does. There is plenty enough meat in it, there's a build up to it. And the viewer is not given every emotion in an obvious way through unnecessary dialogue for the hard of feeling. This is a film that old army guys, or wisened fighters might get. The young pups, probably won't, and that is why it has low ratings and deserves a lot better. Though I did keep thinking about the Sexy Beast movie, not because this film is like it, and yet, it's got the Spain (Canary Islands) ex-pat vibe, it's got Ian McShane as a tough old b'stard, and it's in the same genre.
I liked the directors approaches, I liked the camera work, I liked the shots. I holidayed in the Canaries and though I didn't leave the hotel when I stayed in Fuertenventura, I felt this film carried the vibe of the place well enough.
I think this director is going to be getting better as he goes on. He'd be good for a Cormac McCarthy story. I haven't seen Gonzalo López-Gallego's other films but will be checking them out now.
If there is anything I would improve it would be the very last shot, just before the credits. I'd have spent a bit more time getting that to express whatever I felt he was trying to express there. But that doesnt detract from the film or what it does, presents, and conveys.
I am going to give it 10 out of 10 because the low voters need serving, though strictly speaking this is an 8 out of 10 for me.