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Svartur á leik (2012)
Óskar Thór Axelsson is most certainly someone to watch.
Black's Game is a film produced by the director of Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn. I most likely don't need to tell you this, as most of you will have probably come to this after devouring his cinematography, looking for more of the same stylish cinema. What I do need to tell you is that this, isn't really like his works, well at least not his more modern attempts. It does have aspects of Refn, most notably with the Soundtrack and the style, but this is not Refn. Óskar Thór Axelsson establishes himself here as someone to watch.
It starts slowly, and as the events unfurl and become chaotic, so does the pace of the film really hyping up towards the finale. Every character is well played, and despite the language barrier, I could actually feel the characters. Everything about this film, was stylish and well played out, really mimicking its subject and the lifestyle without seeming forced.
At a relatively short time of an hour and forty minutes, this doesn't outstay its welcome, unlike a lot of films released today. And is well worth a watch, especially if you like crime drama's. Overall, a stylish look at the start of the Millennium, and a fascinating character driven crime drama.
Bag of Bones (2011)
Is it just me or does anything related to Stephen King just seem to get worse and worse each year?
I dislike Pierce Brosnan as an actor, for me he just always seems so wooden, and this miniseries is the perfect example of just how wooden he can get. This isn't helped by the damn awful script/directing/whatever that made this so boring.
The plot scrambles around like a someone trying to find a needle in a haystack, haphazardly going in whichever direction it chooses and not really explaining anything to the author. After the story finally decided what direction it wanted to take, the ending seemed rushed and forced.
I must say though, Anika Noni Rose was actually really great in this and maybe if they got to her part of the story an hour earlier and had more of her in this then it would have been a half decent mini-series.
To be honest, Stephen King fan or not, this is most certainly not worth your time.
Jack Reacher (2012)
Another forgettable action film starring Tom Cruise.
Jack Reacher starts off promising, with a wonderful opening scene. Unfortunately the rest of the film continually deteriorates from that point on, never living up to the first scene.
As far as I am aware as well they seem to have gotten the character almost completely wrong, including physical appearance, and therefore alienating the audience from the book straight off the bat. Picking Tom Cruise was in my opinion the worst decision for this film; along with everyone else he gives an average performance, and not one you would expect from this A-List line- up.
This is a very sub-par action film, and although watchable is most certainly not memorable.