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Hard Luck (2006)
it has to be said - this is not wesley's best work
this is not worth a cinema ticket! if you are trying to find another video that you haven't already seen, well then, i guess it might be an almost value for money affair. there does seem to be a plot in there somewhere but since the movie does not keep you in it's grasp, you find yourself wondering if it is worth keeping the thread. slow moving with average acting from the known personas, this movie does try to cover all the basic elements of a Hollywood flick. there is skin, violence and attempts at fear, drama and mystery; all fall a little short of satisfying. unfortunately, this is not going to get one of my strongest recommendations, but if there is nothing on and the night is lonely - reach for something else unless it is the last vid in the shop.
Miami Vice (2006)
the new Mann style
i went to see Miami Vice at the movies recently and was blown away. the plot itself was not 'provocatively new' nor the acting 'film festival daring' but the artistic style was smashing. the POV style carried throughout the film, make for a feeling in line with this very technology u are reading. i felt it was an incredible way to enter further into the emotional and consequential state of the individual characters. obviously taking some of the raw footage ideas from the news with our 'camo dressed, embedded news crews with bigger cameras then the soldiers have guns' for the action scenes really gave the scene more credibility, precisely because it looked like 'something off the news'. additionally i thought that the more dramatic moments were intensified by the use of the same POV style. a stronger sense of empathy or thrill is accomplished by giving the viewer the same position/view as the character on screen - strengthens our impressions of the character's feelings and impetus for those feelings.
personally i would love to see more of this new Mann style, regardless of whether i coined the phrase {searchgodbetablog.blogspot.com} or not.