This is a "thinking man's spy movie". Think more Three Days of The Condor rather than James Bond, or Tom Cruise Mission Impossible impossible action type movie. It's definitely going into my All-Time Favorite Spy movie list I made recently.
The intrigue, the espionage, the subtle chess moves the plans within plans, all are masterfully played. And while there is some action and suspense, the real "action" is watching the performances of actors playing smart, but very dangerous people.
Unlike…
Sometimes like "Saw" or "The Conjuring" you'll be aware of a franchise and because the first one actually was original and well made. So with the Terrifier up to idunno 3 or 4 now I thought the first one might have some merit to creating a franchise. Nope. Truly just an awful film.
So full of stupid people doing stupid things. The number of times 911 could have been called became ridiculous, the "don't go there" "don't trap yourself" "let's…
I found this movie on a list of "Mind Bending" movies, and well... whoever made that list has a pretty malleable mind I must say.
While Alan Rickman is one of those actors I can usually say I can watch in ANYTHING this one tests those limits. Now it was interesting as this is the first thing I've seen Norman Reedus in outside of Daryl on "The Walking Dead" so that was cool. And Polly Walker plays the role of…
I'm adding a full star just because how hot Charlize Theron is. As I remember, Kevin Bacon hadn't tried for a truly bad guy like this one since ten years earlier in River Wild so he has fun sinking his teeth into this, and Courtney Love seemed mostly coherent, and playing a sleazy co-hort in crime is always easy enough, I suppose. But a pretty standard fare trying maybe a little too hard for some twist and turns, but a…
