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Panic (2000)
Haunting movie
I bought this a year or more ago for $2 (yep, $2), left it on the shelf for ages, now watching DVDs while holed up with a cold.
This is a haunting movie. Brilliant performances by all involved, especially the 6yo boy (about the only smiles you get in this movie).
Plot reminds me of perhaps my favourite movie ever, Grosse Pointe Blank, but obviously that's lighthearted, this is heavy hearted.
As a psychologist, a clinical and forensic psychologist, a shiver went up my spine when the identity of the new contract was revealed. Scary stuff! Brilliant work all round.
Pete
Ned Kelly (1970)
What's wrong with his accent?
There's some confusion about Mick Jagger's accent - is he trying to sound Australian or Irish? Well, as the character Ned Kelly appears to have been born in Australia of Irish parents, who's to say what his accent sounded like? Probably pretty much like Cockney Mick puttin' on a brogue, actually. After all, the Australian accent is probably descended from Cockney and Irish.
And it's unfortunate that someone else is saying that there's a Neil Jordan directed version on the way, because actually it's Gregor Jordan. So there'll be no last-minute revelation that Ned was a woman, then... Phew!
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
the REAL James Bond?
Some of the other reviews are obviously by kill-joys. This movie rates about a 7/10 or 8/10 for me. It's hilarious to see the REAL James Bond in action. I'm surprised that Hollywood still wanted Brosnan to be Bond after this movie. Brendan Gleeson had me fooled - I really thought he was Hispanic, and the soundtrack if gorgeous. I MUST find Todavia Cantamos . Odd that they chose an Irish singer and Irish composer though. And of course, an Irishman to act as a Panamanian. When will film-makers ever do the logical thing?