TECHNOLOGY
I have placed "sizzler
ratings" next to movies to give you an idea of
how good they are
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE 2 (2000) |
Starring:Tom,
Cruise, Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton,
The plot:
Ethan Hunt of the Mission Impossible team is sent to
Sydney to retrieve the mysterious 'Chimera' biological virus,
created by his friend, Vladmihr from the dastardly villain,
Ambrose. Along the way, he gets distracted by his new recruit,
Miss Hall, and lots of violence.
Comment:
Me thinks John Woo cheated a bit in film length as just about
any action scene in this movie was filmed in slow motion.
Except for one dive 'n' roll by Tom Cruise which was rather
like Tim Allen doing gratuitous rolls in Galaxy
Quest (an opinion shared by anyone who has seen both films...).
Because of the neverending slow motion, one expects The
Matrix type effects, but alas, as unkillable as Hunt is,
he is mortal and so you are left to fill in the missing stunts
in your head. Why am I pontificating on missed opportunities
within M:I-2? Because the plot was so slow (to match the slow
motion sequences?) and rather so lacking in any thought-provoking
twists and turns that I was left to either change down mental
gears, or use my idle time watching Tom Cruise spend 5 minutes
crossing a flame-filled door thinking of ways to improve this
film... Nice music though.
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ENEMY
OF THE STATE (1999) |
Starring:
Will Smith, Gene Hackman
The plot:
An easy-going lawyer has some incriminating evidence
planted on him. Next thing he knows, he has lost his job,
his family and his life as some mysterious government sect
tracks his every move in a desperate attempt to get the evidence
back.
Comment:
If you feel you have even two synapses sizzling away
in your brain, then you better hold off on watching this until
you are brain dead. It's not that the film is necessaily bad,
it's just that there are so many gaping big holes in the plot,
it's hard going not to exclaim out loud how stupid that was...
However, the film is tolerable and does it best to play on
our fears of invasion of privacy and technology - or is it
already reality? (Except for those ridiculous bits...)
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SWORDFISH
(2001) |
Starring:
Hugh Jackman, John Travolta, Halle Berry
The plot:
Misguided vigalante, Gabriel Shear hires a ex-computer
hacker, Stanley to crack to help him steal millions of dollars
worth of funds from a lapsed government operation. Little
does Stanley realise the danger he is getting himself into
when Shear's partner, Ginger, comes dangling enough money
to give Stanley back his life and daughter.
Comment:
Okay folks, lets sit down and think of some really, really,
really cool action scenes! And lets think of what ALWAYS annoys
you when an action film is made. What's that? The bad guy
always looses through dumb mistakes? Well lets fix that...
Unfortunately, that seems to be as far as the makers of this
film got! They opened up encouragingly (apart from an annoying
unfocused camera), and proceeded rapidly downhill prefering
firepower and shockpower to carry the film with no fear wasted
on having something so mundane as a plot interfere with one
explosive scene after another. However, if plot is not the
highest on your priorities when viewing a film, then the nonstop
action, funked up soundtrack, glimpses of Hugh Jackman's '6-pack'
- and ever increasing amounts of flesh on Halle Berry should
rather delight you!
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TOP ]
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An
absolute sizzler of a movie - A must see! |
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A
scorcher of a good movie; still capable of riveting you
to your seat |
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Low
flame burner; a pleasant piece of mindless brain candy |
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A
fizzler of a movie which will have you counting zzzzzz's... |
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