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The Unforgivable (2021)
Interesting drama
Interesting drama with a brilliant lead actor. Im always keen on watching a Sandra Bullock movie after her performance in the blind side which was insane. If you have not seen it yet, you should. Even if you are not a sports person.
And now when she has been laying low corona times, she takes on this drama with a really interesting take because when it comes to prison there is usually just mainly men thats in the lead role.
Overall Jon Bernthal is always a classy sideguy, and good at playing both good and bad at the same time.
I think the movie opens very strong and i liked it, but in the end i cant escape the feeling that it falls a bit short.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Well worth a watch
Once again i find myself confused, wandering in a genre i absolutely love and know by heart. Finding reviews from people whom first of all barely understand or know the genre, or even appreciates the fine art of rap music.
If you dont like gangster movies or what kind of message they send, dont watch them, dont comment about it and especially do not write reviews.
This is entertainment for true fans, not political propaganda.
Coming back to the gangster genre this does produce a truly fascinating story of the man behind the famous rapper. The main guy to produce a trustworthy character that you do feel for and understand his actionspel. Accompanied by some more hardened veterans doing their bits.
I read a lot of reviews saying that this story is pointless because he never really take a stand away from his gangster life.
This feels like reviews from people we in Sweden like to call the "wine drinking elite", meaning people who like to sit on high horses and without boundaries judge the rest of the would. People who ever experienced hardship in their life and doesnt understand that sometimes in life you really do not have much options.
Walking in Curtis shoes i might have done the same choices and i do think that he in the end made the best of his situation and that this movie does have a meaning.
He did actually get out of the destructive drug game, and it might not be Beethoven or what the wine drinking elite likes, but he did chose to become a succesful musician instead of a drug lord.
He did become what he never had, a father.
He did create what he barely had, a family.
Its a little clinché of him listening to his own music in his car, instead of what the kids probably were listening to at this time, but more than that i think this movie delivers a descent gangster and fairy tale movie.
Of course its not 8 Mile(which is also underrated on imdb) or Scarface but if you like the genre and this type of music its well worth your time.
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Its all been done before, and better
With a lineup like this, i had to see it!
I mean: Donofrio, Chris Pratt and Denzel and Hawke coming together again after Training Day. Wow, i almost wet my pants by excitement, especially since i have a weak spot for Western aswell.
But just watching the opening scene feels gave my doubts, it just felt cringe and sloppy. And something that had been done way to many times before.
The movie introduces the characters without giving them any real backtstory, and even thou i love the thought of a band of renegades coming together to fight a impossible villain. You just dont get the band of renegade feeling like say Braveheart.
The gang just comes together way to easy, willing to risk their lifes without any real motivation except that maybe all of them are lost, thou Denzel does not do that much to prove that he is a inspirational leader that people follow to the end of the world like say Mel Gibson in Braveheart as another example.
So the first hour of the movie just feels scripted, no real dialogue or character development. Its first when their lifes are on the line that they actually start to have deeper conversations.
No real dynamic between any of the actors, and that is with two actors who actually did Training Day together. I mean just hearing "my man" onetime would have done it for me
The kind of roles that makes Denzel in his essence is when he gets to play this ruthless conflicted man who is kind of forced to act as a saviour, like for example: Man on Fire or Equalizer, or just ruthless like in Training day or American Gangster. And unfortunately he is made up to be a soft kitten in this movie, just give him something new to work on, make him the Villain atleast to spice it up a bit!
I am constantly in between if this movie is a Comedy or more adventure drama, the main characters mostly act silly in their each manners: Pratt is a drunk, Donofrio speaks with a strange voice in his intro, Hawke is way to toned down and lost.
Not much feels new and none of the characters really feels interesting.
And so the whole story goes, its all been done before, and better aswell.
Black Widow (2021)
Reversed sexism?
As a movie, it does quite well the first 30-40 minutes or so, i feel the James Bond theme but a bit less raw. Maybe also a bit like the Bourne movies.
And the Alexei characters has me intrigued from start.
But then the script becomes way to obvious and sloppy that makes me lose interest.
Also the characters does not really progress whatsoever, there is not much to learn about their backgrounds or future to come.
And for the reversed sexism regarding the male characters, its truly downgrading.
So we have following according to this movie: You are either a exagerated macho ideal selfish kind of brute, like a orch picked out of the world of warcraft movie.
Or You are over-sensitive kind of sissy that does everything to please a woman.
And then you have the woman hating psycopathic villain.
I know women have gotten to play this mindless characters troughout the ages in movies. But just reversing it, what good does that to, in the year of 2021. Have we not gotten further?
Hustlers (2019)
Horrible
Even if i do appreciate such establishment as depicted in the movie aswell as seeing Jennifer Lopez wearing a thong. The movie was still a dread to watch trough, i dont know why i did it even, hoping for the characters to become sincere or atleast have some kind of dynamic between them.
Or the storyline having some magical Tarantino-esque twist.
But no, this movie is exactly as you expect from it judging by the first 15 minutes. And does not improve whatsoever, id even rate Twilight higher than this one. So save yourself sometime and go find something else to watch!
Ferry (2021)
Gangster detective
A gangster working as a private detective, oh you had me there allready.
Cool and genuine movie with the brute and low life gangster turning tails, well made, good acting and chemistry.
Miss Bala (2019)
Entertaining
Dont mind the bourgeoisie film critics who gets an nervous breakdown just nu the taught of watching a remake.
If you go in watching this with a clean mind you Will be entertained from start to stop. Is is a great movie, of course not. But is it a good movie, yes indeed.
Giving this movie the same rating as twilight is just preposterous.
So if You are not full of yourself, watch it!
Enrico Piaggio - Un sogno italiano (2019)
Amazing
Wow, this really caught me off card and almost made my eyes rain while at work.
Really inspiring story about the zeal of a whole community trying to pick up the pieces and coming together after the war.
Its a smooth telled story about the magnetic leader Piaggio who managed to create something with his workers almost out of nothing.
Amazing acting and believable dynamic from the for me completely new cast.
Debt Collectors (2020)
Surprisingly good sequel
The first one really surprised me in a positive way, and compaired to Matrix this sequel does not drop much in quality at all even thou you could hope for some more chemistry between the two main characters..
The Debt Collector (2018)
Surprisingly good
I gave this a chansen because of Scott Adkins whom i know can deliver some good fighting scenes but it really surprised be that there is much more to it with this film.
Storyline feels genuine, character development is there altough a bit vague and the dynamic between the two main characters is not bad.
Clearly one of Scotts better movies and id say in class with a good Jason Statham movie.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
Nah
Predictable and dull story line combined with uniteresting characters and mediocre acting
Cant believe that is got this high rating compaired to the gold action movies like HEAT and Terminator.
Thou Reeves is always pleasant to see, and the action sceenes are a bit innovative and well done.
But far to long and obvious to become exciting