One of the rare films that ends stronger than it begins. Guy Ritchie's remake of Le Convoyeur has some asynchronous storytelling which was featured to better effect in his film The Gentlemen.
It also has Ritchie's signature dialog, full of ostentatious tone and affectations. Unfortunately, when scaled back for American mouths to sound out, they leave a flat, unnatural impression. My first thought was that someone had translated the French script directly, and stuck to a word-for-word translation. The dialog…
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Just as when I gave in and watched Hostel, I've avoided this film for ages, but decided there might be something to it.
Nearly everything James Wan has done since is better executed, has a higher degree of technical fidelity and editing finesse. There are a number of flashy, quick-cut montage sequences that feel dated. Yes, it's a 20-plus year old film, but these felt more like the sequences used by Touchstone Pictures' trailers from the '90s. These are flashy…Translated from by
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This is probably the best thing JJ Abrams will ever direct. On point for the franchise, defined the brand for the cinematic age, and unlike his other “mystery box” works seems to know what it’s doing and what it’s about at all times. Absolutely fantastic.
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The Rainbow Thief 1990
It is difficult to understand why, due to his prevention of rewriting this film, Jodorowsky disowned it. Everything in this film feels very much like a Jodorowsky movie. Nonsensical and playful, making the minor same epic, and the epic feel small.
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