Today is tightarse Tuesday
A workmate invited me out to catch a flick tonight. I had nothing else to do and hadn't been to the cinemas in ages, so I thought it would be cool. We were hoping to see Ong Bak with it's mad kung fu action, but it wasn't to be. The cinema we went to wasn't showing it. We settled for Assault On Precinct 13, which kinda looked cool... even though it's a remake. Gotta love Hollywood and it's lack of new ideas.
I must say, this movie was better than what I was expecting it to be, which isn't saying too much. The acting wasn't bad, except for Ja Rule, no surprises there. Nobody's holding their breath to see an Academy Award winning performance from a shit gangsta rapper. Lawrence Fishburne was his usual cool-ass self in this flick, there's not much more he could have done with his character... except maybe act a little more like Morpheus. Ethan Hawke was great in the opening sequence, but after that he was pretty much the same throughout the rest of the film. John Leguizamo couldn't have captured his character better, the best of the lot.
The one thing I liked about this movie is that it doesn't pretend to be something that it isn't. The script was something you'd pretty much expect from this style of movie. It has it's standard humourous moments, one that actually took me by surprise. I forgot how funny ultra-violence can be sometimes. What is unlike this style of movie is for it to completely run out of steam about 3/4 of the way through, right about the time when the movie should have actually ended.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone who actually reads this and hasn't seen the movie yet. So I won't say too much more except that the ending is pretty predictable and cliche. One more thing is that shortly into the movie, you'll be asking yourself, "Why the fuck are they still using silencers?"
If you're looking for a popcorn movie with mindless action, this one might do the trick. Don't expect too much, but who thinks they're going to get meaningful dialogue and fully fleshed out characters from an action movie?
Overall 2.5 / 5
This movie seems pretty awesome while you're watching it, this changes once the glow of the gunfights, explosions and headshots has worn off. To enjoy this one as with all action movies... don't think, just watch.
Notable moments are Ethan Hawke's character introduction, Lawrence Fishburne's coolness & stage prescence and John Leguizamo's superbly acted character... he may be annoying, but that just means he did his job right.
I must say, this movie was better than what I was expecting it to be, which isn't saying too much. The acting wasn't bad, except for Ja Rule, no surprises there. Nobody's holding their breath to see an Academy Award winning performance from a shit gangsta rapper. Lawrence Fishburne was his usual cool-ass self in this flick, there's not much more he could have done with his character... except maybe act a little more like Morpheus. Ethan Hawke was great in the opening sequence, but after that he was pretty much the same throughout the rest of the film. John Leguizamo couldn't have captured his character better, the best of the lot.
The one thing I liked about this movie is that it doesn't pretend to be something that it isn't. The script was something you'd pretty much expect from this style of movie. It has it's standard humourous moments, one that actually took me by surprise. I forgot how funny ultra-violence can be sometimes. What is unlike this style of movie is for it to completely run out of steam about 3/4 of the way through, right about the time when the movie should have actually ended.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone who actually reads this and hasn't seen the movie yet. So I won't say too much more except that the ending is pretty predictable and cliche. One more thing is that shortly into the movie, you'll be asking yourself, "Why the fuck are they still using silencers?"
If you're looking for a popcorn movie with mindless action, this one might do the trick. Don't expect too much, but who thinks they're going to get meaningful dialogue and fully fleshed out characters from an action movie?
Overall 2.5 / 5
This movie seems pretty awesome while you're watching it, this changes once the glow of the gunfights, explosions and headshots has worn off. To enjoy this one as with all action movies... don't think, just watch.
Notable moments are Ethan Hawke's character introduction, Lawrence Fishburne's coolness & stage prescence and John Leguizamo's superbly acted character... he may be annoying, but that just means he did his job right.
posted by OzPulse at 23:02
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