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‘The Prisoners’ is relentless and intense film with tons of plot twists

prisonersPICWhat would you do if your child was taken? What if you felt the police had the right suspect and for whatever reason was letting him go, letting him walk….letting him go free?

Hugh Jackman and Terrance Howard playing working class suburban fathers whose daughters are abducted on Thanksgiving. As the film plays out, we see how each man deals with the pain and grief and helplessness. One of them even goes so far as to abduct the lead suspect in the case, determined to beat the truth out of him. Continue reading ‘The Prisoners’ is relentless and intense film with tons of plot twists

‘The Family’ lacks everything that usually works for De Niro and gangsters

This movie could have been gold, baby.robertdenirothefamily

Robert De Niro? — Check.

Producer Martin Scorcese? — Check.

Director Luc Besson? Che — err, wait, who is that again?

He did “The Fifth Element” — Oh. I see. Ummm….

And “Leon (the Professional)” — oh! Sweet flick. Go on.

Yeah, anyways, that’s all fine and good and this movie could have been awesome — but it’s not. And it’s just as disappointing as you might think. De Niro. Dark comedy. Gangsters. Violence, f-bombs and an R-Rating. But man, it goes nowhere with this promise.

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Unnecessary ‘Riddick’ lacks interesting story and characters

This is one of those movies that just begs the question of “Why are they still making these??”riddickmonster

“Riddick” the third installment in Vin Diesel’s personal crusade trilogy finds our hero, John Riddick (Diesel), awakening on a dangerous and desolate planet, having been abandoned and left for dead some time after the events of “Chronicles of Riddick”. Continue reading Unnecessary ‘Riddick’ lacks interesting story and characters