BerettaNut92
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OK now I normally don't see movies, but my shooting buddies went, and I don't see them much.
So, Benecio del Toro (that's Benecio of the Toro, for those of you who don't hable espanol), is some shell shocked Rambo gone bad. Throw in a government conspiracy or three, some dialogue from Bambi, some public service announcements from Sarah Brady, and some knifefighting. Plot synopsis: Benecio kills a pair of hunters, kills a few more guys, and some other stuff happens. Roll credits.
The good:
1. Feds keep their fingers off the trigger. Gee, imagine that. Actors acting with some credibility.
2. Feds use Harries technique. Good technique for shooting and whatnot, but not always the best for going around some corners and they leave their lights on the whole damn time. Shoot me! But at least they tried to look convincing and did a pretty decent job at it.
3. No love scene. It's an action adventure movie (with some action and little adventure) and thankfully the powers that be left them out. Action adventure movies with irrelevant mush scenes make me want to puke. Case in point, the Matrix. Now that we've gone and hour and twenty minutes with a girl in black tights and no nookie, the least we could do is throw in some cheesy line, like "But you can't die, I...LOVE you!!!"
4. Fight scenes (quite a few) were fun, and since I don't know enough about knifefights (other than don't get into one) to let Hollywood ruin it, I found them entertaining.
5. In all fairness, watching the stalking scenes were pretty fun. Maybe I've been playing too much Splinter Cell? Some were pretty well done and thought out.
6. Johnny Cash made me stay for the credits.
The bad: Lots of it. All the characters sucked. And where were the Asian-American actors? Where's the ACLU and NAACP in all this?
1. Benecio del Bambi's corny dialogue. "Bla bla bla, humans are evil. Those weren't hunters! Did you see their SCOPES?!?! They deserved to die. Your rifles against my knife? Har har har. Why do we eat chicken? Imagine if that were you. Bla bla bla. Hunting bad. Bambi good. I'm thumpin'...that's why they call me Thumper. Man bad."
2. Tommy OJ Brady's corny dialogue: "I don't like guns. They're bad. I coulda taken this mofo down a few times and saved a few lives with one if I had one, but instead, guns are for weenies. I like to gut people with knives! Yeah! Oh, by the way, snares are bad and harm the innocent wolves. Did I mention guns are for weenies? If I had one, the movie would have lasted 20 minutes and the producers would have had to leave out all those scenes that would make OJ proud."
3. The played-out Hollywood spunky female FBI agent. Lady cops rule, but ever since Silence of the Lambs, about every chase movie has them. She was about as predictable as a country love song, but at least they didn't name her Clarice. And the time she Israeli draws on Benecio was tres untactical. But that's the foley guy's fault, not hers.
In short, don't see it. For a real action movie, save your $9 and rent 5 John Woo movies.
So, Benecio del Toro (that's Benecio of the Toro, for those of you who don't hable espanol), is some shell shocked Rambo gone bad. Throw in a government conspiracy or three, some dialogue from Bambi, some public service announcements from Sarah Brady, and some knifefighting. Plot synopsis: Benecio kills a pair of hunters, kills a few more guys, and some other stuff happens. Roll credits.
The good:
1. Feds keep their fingers off the trigger. Gee, imagine that. Actors acting with some credibility.
2. Feds use Harries technique. Good technique for shooting and whatnot, but not always the best for going around some corners and they leave their lights on the whole damn time. Shoot me! But at least they tried to look convincing and did a pretty decent job at it.
3. No love scene. It's an action adventure movie (with some action and little adventure) and thankfully the powers that be left them out. Action adventure movies with irrelevant mush scenes make me want to puke. Case in point, the Matrix. Now that we've gone and hour and twenty minutes with a girl in black tights and no nookie, the least we could do is throw in some cheesy line, like "But you can't die, I...LOVE you!!!"
4. Fight scenes (quite a few) were fun, and since I don't know enough about knifefights (other than don't get into one) to let Hollywood ruin it, I found them entertaining.
5. In all fairness, watching the stalking scenes were pretty fun. Maybe I've been playing too much Splinter Cell? Some were pretty well done and thought out.
6. Johnny Cash made me stay for the credits.
The bad: Lots of it. All the characters sucked. And where were the Asian-American actors? Where's the ACLU and NAACP in all this?
1. Benecio del Bambi's corny dialogue. "Bla bla bla, humans are evil. Those weren't hunters! Did you see their SCOPES?!?! They deserved to die. Your rifles against my knife? Har har har. Why do we eat chicken? Imagine if that were you. Bla bla bla. Hunting bad. Bambi good. I'm thumpin'...that's why they call me Thumper. Man bad."
2. Tommy OJ Brady's corny dialogue: "I don't like guns. They're bad. I coulda taken this mofo down a few times and saved a few lives with one if I had one, but instead, guns are for weenies. I like to gut people with knives! Yeah! Oh, by the way, snares are bad and harm the innocent wolves. Did I mention guns are for weenies? If I had one, the movie would have lasted 20 minutes and the producers would have had to leave out all those scenes that would make OJ proud."
3. The played-out Hollywood spunky female FBI agent. Lady cops rule, but ever since Silence of the Lambs, about every chase movie has them. She was about as predictable as a country love song, but at least they didn't name her Clarice. And the time she Israeli draws on Benecio was tres untactical. But that's the foley guy's fault, not hers.
In short, don't see it. For a real action movie, save your $9 and rent 5 John Woo movies.
