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TheAngelicDiablo
Like sex with Scarlett Johansson, The Raid is a one of a kind experience that happens to be loud, tense and hardcore, all the while sporting some of the best choreography you'll see in a long time. Catch it while you can.
Reviewed by
TheAngelicDiablo
While Depp seems to be far more comfortable than he has in a while, The Burton/JD dynamic appears to have hit another snag a Burton continues his unfortunately slow critical decent.
Reviewed by
vu1999uk
After the disaster that was Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen is back on form with this hilarious (and offensive at times) comedy which is filled with numerous great laugh out loud moments and some very nice cameos.
Reviewed by
Chad
Just what you'd expect from the big man. Good action, entertaining, and a plot line that suddenly becomes more intense has the film progresses.
Reviewed by
BIGBADBRIAN
This film is not funny. It's hilarious. SBC hits back after the so so Bruno. The Dictator is easily as good as Borat. It's got some hardcore jokes but with a slice of cheese. It actually reminded me of Monty Python a lot. I would say its the funniest movie I have seen this year. Expect to hear some quotes in the future.
Reviewed by
griffiap
KAAPAOW!!FABASH!!SKADOOM!!! i'm still reeling from seeing this movie earlier and i'm think my eyeballs are bruised and my teeth feel loose. this is what an action movie should feel like, easy on the plot massively, crushingly heavy on the ribcracking, spinesnaping action. it has some of the greatest set piece martial arts sequences that i've seen in....well in forever actually. if you enjoy your action sans CGI and wirework then you owe it to yourself to go see this, just maybe pack a gum-shield.
Reviewed by
vu1999uk
Wonderfully tense and atmospheric horror movie that is very unsettling and nightmarish throughout. The new very creepy score just adds to the atmosphere of the whole thing. Contains wonderful imagery as you try to work out what exactly is going on. Excellent.
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filmbuff2011
Here's an unexpected French fancy - Julie Delpy has returned to the comedic well from which sprung 2007's 2 Days In Paris. The basic idea of the transatlantic Franco-American culture clash remains the same though. Once again directing and starring, Delpy's Marion now has a new partner in Obama-loving Mingus (Chris Rock). When Marion's kooky and uninhibited family come to visit for 2 days, chaos breaks out as typically uptight New Yorker Mingus struggles to understand their liberated behaviour. Meanwhile, Marion is working on a photographic art project in which she pledges to sell her soul to the highest bidder (you'll never guess who, but it's an amusing, uncredited cameo from an actor of some notoriety). Casting Rock was a stroke of genius - the comedian essentially plays against-type as the straight man while everyone else lets rip with their French eccentricities. It's a frequently funny film but it veers a little too much into Woody Allen territory at times. If Delpy could pull back a little more and find her own more distinctive voice, then she has a bright future as a director. It's coming up on 9 years since Before Sunset, so here's hoping that the next time we see her is in one more film with Ethan Hawke. For now, 2 Days In New York will do just fine.
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BIGBADBRIAN
I haven't been a Tim Burton fan for ages, but I gotta say, I really enjoyed this. I am kinda sick of the Burton/ Depp films but thought this was pretty cool. Depp is great but the whole cast seem to be having fun. I like the story too, not very original, but it's nice that it's set in the 70's.
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filmbuff2011
Opening with a dedication to the late Kim Jong-Il, you know where you're heading with Sacha Baron Cohen's latest cinematic funnyman. Whereas Borat and Bruno relied more on genuine reactions from unsuspecting people and some scripted moments, The Dictator is a different affair. It's a fully-scripted film set around dictator Aladeen of the fictional Middle Eastern country of Wadiya. When the UN threatens sanctions against Wadiya, Aladeen travels to the UN in New York where he gets involved with a goofy plot involving an Aladeen double and a spirited American woman who helps him to adapt to the quirks of American life. Aladeen is so helplessly dopey that he never really comes across as a menace - more of a loveable rogue if anything. There are some genuinely funny moments in the film - e.g. the helicopter sequence but some of the more risque jokes lend themselves to chuckles rather than laughs. There are also some odd celebrity cameos that are too brief and look out of place. Cohen's routine of making fun of America is getting a bit too familiar by now. Maybe he should think about a change of scenery - how about a stiff-upper-lipped Englishman lost in the south of France? For now though, The Dictator is an amusing if not quite memorable effort. I guess Borat is hard to top.
Reviewed by
WildRose86
Martial arts riddled fun, filled with mental movements and superb action sequences.
Testosterone and adrenaline filled. See it!
Reviewed by
eliza64
This film reminded me of the Martial arts filims from the 70's. It is an Indonesian film with subtitles. Think Love/hate in a nama hotel. I enjoyed it the choreography is excelent . Thank you Showfilmfirst for the tickets.