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Antikiller 2: Antiterror (2003)
Good movie, bad terrorists
I disagree with the previous comment on all counts. First of all I like how the movie is shot, particularly the camera angles for the action scenes. It's a welcome change from the Hong Kong cliché which makes an emphasis on specific moves. Antikiller is not an instructional Martial Art video. But it's close-ups in my opinion more truly capture the atmosphere of the fight - this is what you'd see if you were in the midst of the action.
And secondly I am convinced that the movie movie is clearly anti-terrorist - it obviously portrays terrorists as criminals and savages. Yet it tries, and in my opinion succeeds, to paint the objective picture - there are different kinds of people in every group. There are corrupt police, patriotic thieves and non-criminal Chechens - fighters for idea. This is life. And if somebody expects good guys to win every fight - they should be watching cartoons. Personally I found the "happy end" in which both the main hero and his wife survive, to be the least realistic part of the whole move. I think that script writers needed it for a sequel.
Local Hero (1983)
One of the worst movies!
I read all these wonderful reviews posted earlier and I wonder - did I see the same movie? I think it's one of the most unremarkable movies ever shot. The plot is almost non-existent, the dialogs are weak, the actions of the characters are so illogical, that had this movie been more talented - I'd call it surrealistic. Sorry, I can't believe that energetic, Porche driving Mac can fall in love with a tiny, sleepy fishermen's village on the outskirts of the world. It's one of the movies where nothing ever happens - as a matter of fact the same scenes, i.e. walk on the beach, dinner, motorcyclist, etc. repeat over and over again almost unchanged. As one of my friends said during the movie: "It's like deja vu. If they show them walking on the beach one more time - I'll scream!"