Director - Richard Berry
Written by - Richard Berry
Stars - Jean Reno, Marina Fois and Kad Merad
As I said in the review for Taken I love a good revenge film, but 22 Bullets is a massive let down as I'm a fan of Jean Reno, but his performance is lack luster. The story sounded good as Jean Reno's character is an ex mafia boss who is shot 22 times and survives. His kids are also kidnapped which in turn drives him to seek revenge on who ever has done this. Right from from the start of the film you can tell no care has been put into it. Its badly shot with a lot of shaky up close fight scene's and car chases. I think in general the film has a poor script and is badly acted which is a shame as Jean Reno is a good actor. I advise anyone that this film should be given a miss and really is only for the real die hard fans of revenge films. You would be better off watching Oldboy or Wasabi.
3/10
Monday 28 February 2011
Taken: 2008
Director - Pierre Morel
Written by - Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Stars - Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen
It has to be said that I love a good revenge film. For example Oldboy is one of the all times great films for me. Along with kill Bill Vol 1 & 2, A Bittersweet Life and Man on Fire so I am a little bit biased to this genre. Liam Neilson does a great performance as the highly trained government agent and father of a girl who has been kidnapped and sold as a prostitute. He goes on a great revenge filled trip to kill the people reasonable for the kidnapping of his daughter. Not the best written film or directed but all in all an enjoyable watch for anyone out there who enjoys a good revenge flick.
6/10
Written by - Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Stars - Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen
It has to be said that I love a good revenge film. For example Oldboy is one of the all times great films for me. Along with kill Bill Vol 1 & 2, A Bittersweet Life and Man on Fire so I am a little bit biased to this genre. Liam Neilson does a great performance as the highly trained government agent and father of a girl who has been kidnapped and sold as a prostitute. He goes on a great revenge filled trip to kill the people reasonable for the kidnapping of his daughter. Not the best written film or directed but all in all an enjoyable watch for anyone out there who enjoys a good revenge flick.
6/10
The King's Speech: 2010
Director - Tom Hooper
Written by - David Seidler
Stars - Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
This film is possibly the best film of 2011 and is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. For the first time I feel that the royal family have been brought down to a human level by Colin Firths brilliant performance as King George VI. The film really makes you feel sorry for what he had to go thought and the troubles he had to face. Geoffrey Rush also is brilliant in this film and is one of his best performances. It also has to be said that Helena Bonham Carter is very good which I think is rare for her. All in all this film deserves to get the Oscar and Colin Firth should get the Oscar for best actor. Love this film.
Score 9/10
Written by - David Seidler
Stars - Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
This film is possibly the best film of 2011 and is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. For the first time I feel that the royal family have been brought down to a human level by Colin Firths brilliant performance as King George VI. The film really makes you feel sorry for what he had to go thought and the troubles he had to face. Geoffrey Rush also is brilliant in this film and is one of his best performances. It also has to be said that Helena Bonham Carter is very good which I think is rare for her. All in all this film deserves to get the Oscar and Colin Firth should get the Oscar for best actor. Love this film.
Score 9/10
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Black Swan: 2010
Director - Darren Aronofsky
Written by - Mark Heyman
Stars - Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel
Black Swan is the first film this Oscar session that I have seen that deserves to get the Oscar for best film. Black swan grips right from the start and never loses pace as you see the talented dancer Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) fall from grace. I believe one of the best things in Black Swan is the relationship between Nina Sayers and her mother Erica Sayers (Barbara Hershey)as she keeps her like a child, which in the end ultimately ends up adding to tragic fall of Nina.
This is so far is the best performance from Natalie Portman I have seen. I believe Natalie Portman's past choices in films have been bad apart from Garden State and Leon, which are two of my favourite films. I think that out off all the performances so far that are up for the Oscars in 2011 Natalie Portman is by far the best. You can tell the care that she put in this role on the bases that she spent an entire year practicing being a ballet dancer and this even continued into the filming off Black Swan.
I think this film is a must for ever one as it is beautifully created and you feel the care that has gone into it.
Score - 8.5/10
Written by - Mark Heyman
Stars - Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel
Black Swan is the first film this Oscar session that I have seen that deserves to get the Oscar for best film. Black swan grips right from the start and never loses pace as you see the talented dancer Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) fall from grace. I believe one of the best things in Black Swan is the relationship between Nina Sayers and her mother Erica Sayers (Barbara Hershey)as she keeps her like a child, which in the end ultimately ends up adding to tragic fall of Nina.
This is so far is the best performance from Natalie Portman I have seen. I believe Natalie Portman's past choices in films have been bad apart from Garden State and Leon, which are two of my favourite films. I think that out off all the performances so far that are up for the Oscars in 2011 Natalie Portman is by far the best. You can tell the care that she put in this role on the bases that she spent an entire year practicing being a ballet dancer and this even continued into the filming off Black Swan.
I think this film is a must for ever one as it is beautifully created and you feel the care that has gone into it.
Score - 8.5/10
Tuesday 22 February 2011
The Other Guys: 2010
Director - Adam McKay
Writers - Adam MaKay and Chris Henchy
Stars - Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson
At the start of the film there are some great scenes involving Samuel L.Jackson and Dwayne Johnson as two over the top New York City hero cops P.K Highsmith and Christopher Danson. Thing these scenes are some of the best scenes in the film and gets the most laughs. I believe there should be a spin off film just about these two characters. The rest of the film sadly doesn't keep the laughs or the pace that is set at the being. There are some good little moments, but these always come for Will Farrells character Allen Gamble and you just get the feeling that Terry Hoitz played by Mark Walhberg is the poor cousin. Who is purely there for the purpose of setting Will Farrell up.
All in all The Other Guys does have some stand out moments such meeting Allen Gambles (Will Farrell) wife Sheila played by Eva Mendes and the over the cop scenes as I mentioned before. But the film just doesn't hit the right spots and feels a bit flat. I would say that you would be better off watching one of Will Farrell's other films such as Anchorman and Elf.
Score - 6/10
Writers - Adam MaKay and Chris Henchy
Stars - Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson
At the start of the film there are some great scenes involving Samuel L.Jackson and Dwayne Johnson as two over the top New York City hero cops P.K Highsmith and Christopher Danson. Thing these scenes are some of the best scenes in the film and gets the most laughs. I believe there should be a spin off film just about these two characters. The rest of the film sadly doesn't keep the laughs or the pace that is set at the being. There are some good little moments, but these always come for Will Farrells character Allen Gamble and you just get the feeling that Terry Hoitz played by Mark Walhberg is the poor cousin. Who is purely there for the purpose of setting Will Farrell up.
All in all The Other Guys does have some stand out moments such meeting Allen Gambles (Will Farrell) wife Sheila played by Eva Mendes and the over the cop scenes as I mentioned before. But the film just doesn't hit the right spots and feels a bit flat. I would say that you would be better off watching one of Will Farrell's other films such as Anchorman and Elf.
Score - 6/10
Monday 21 February 2011
Introduction
Hi
My name is Tom, i'm a big film fan and would like to use this blog to write some film reviews of my own on films that I have recently watched. Firstly here is my top 100 films currently,
* Not in Any Order
1. Oldboy
2. Ghostbusters
3. Uncle Buck
4. Leon
5. Zoolander
6. Stranger Than Fiction
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1
9. Kill Bill Vol. 2
10. A Bitter Sweet Life
11. Kung Fu Hustle
12. Tony Takitani
13. Saving Private Ryan
14. Ghost in the Shell
15. Event Horizon
16. Eden Lake
17. Garden State
18. Fargo
19. Aliens
20. The Big Labowski
21. Jurassic Park
22. Shutter Island
23. The Dark Knight
24. Blues Brothers
25. Back to the Future
26. The Warrior
27. The Matador
28. Dead Leaves
29. Man On Fire
30. Switchblade Romance
31. Lost in Translation
32. Little Miss Sunshine
33. Metropolis
34. Armour of God
35. Anchorman
36. Clerks
37. Mallrats
38. The King's Speech
39. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
40. Pompoko
41. Kiki's Delivery Service
42. Howl's Moving Castle
43. Goodbye Mr Chips
45. Time Bandits
46. The Goonies
47. Moon
48. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
49. The Big Bus
50. Creep
51. The Usual Suspects
52. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
53. The Graduate
54. The Matrix
55. Jaws
56. A Town Called Panic
57. Towering Inferno
58. Gran Torino
59. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
60. Training Day
61. Labyrinth
62. Young Frankenstein
63. Spaceballs
64. Team America
65. Four Lions
67. Monkey Bone
68. Initial D
69. Children of Men
70. Fight Club
71. 500 Days of Summer
72. Rec
73. Black Hawk Down
74. Dead or Alive
75. The Outlaw Joyse Wales
76. The Lord of the Rings
77. The Searchers
78. Rush Hour
79. Sin City
80. One Hour Photo
81. True Grit
82. No Country for Old Men
83. The Road
84. Kick Ass
85. Lake Placid
86. Death Note
87. Gross Point Blank
88. Transformers
89. Ray
90. The Green Mile
91, Paranormal Activity
92. Touching the Void
93. Talladega Nights
94. Once Upon a time in China
95. Desperado
96. Once Upon a time in Mexico
97. A Tale of Two Sisters
98. Perfect Blue
99. Gladiator
100. Napoleon Dynamite
My name is Tom, i'm a big film fan and would like to use this blog to write some film reviews of my own on films that I have recently watched. Firstly here is my top 100 films currently,
* Not in Any Order
1. Oldboy
2. Ghostbusters
3. Uncle Buck
4. Leon
5. Zoolander
6. Stranger Than Fiction
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1
9. Kill Bill Vol. 2
10. A Bitter Sweet Life
11. Kung Fu Hustle
12. Tony Takitani
13. Saving Private Ryan
14. Ghost in the Shell
15. Event Horizon
16. Eden Lake
17. Garden State
18. Fargo
19. Aliens
20. The Big Labowski
21. Jurassic Park
22. Shutter Island
23. The Dark Knight
24. Blues Brothers
25. Back to the Future
26. The Warrior
27. The Matador
28. Dead Leaves
29. Man On Fire
30. Switchblade Romance
31. Lost in Translation
32. Little Miss Sunshine
33. Metropolis
34. Armour of God
35. Anchorman
36. Clerks
37. Mallrats
38. The King's Speech
39. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
40. Pompoko
41. Kiki's Delivery Service
42. Howl's Moving Castle
43. Goodbye Mr Chips
45. Time Bandits
46. The Goonies
47. Moon
48. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
49. The Big Bus
50. Creep
51. The Usual Suspects
52. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
53. The Graduate
54. The Matrix
55. Jaws
56. A Town Called Panic
57. Towering Inferno
58. Gran Torino
59. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
60. Training Day
61. Labyrinth
62. Young Frankenstein
63. Spaceballs
64. Team America
65. Four Lions
67. Monkey Bone
68. Initial D
69. Children of Men
70. Fight Club
71. 500 Days of Summer
72. Rec
73. Black Hawk Down
74. Dead or Alive
75. The Outlaw Joyse Wales
76. The Lord of the Rings
77. The Searchers
78. Rush Hour
79. Sin City
80. One Hour Photo
81. True Grit
82. No Country for Old Men
83. The Road
84. Kick Ass
85. Lake Placid
86. Death Note
87. Gross Point Blank
88. Transformers
89. Ray
90. The Green Mile
91, Paranormal Activity
92. Touching the Void
93. Talladega Nights
94. Once Upon a time in China
95. Desperado
96. Once Upon a time in Mexico
97. A Tale of Two Sisters
98. Perfect Blue
99. Gladiator
100. Napoleon Dynamite
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