“I’d rather knit baby booties with pink yarn than hit people for no reason.”
I’d like to think of this as a “mid-quel” of Con-Air. This is the story of after Nicolas Cage is locked up, but before he gets on the plane.
But anyway, Brawl in Cell Block 99 is awesome. It’s exactly what I needed it to be, thrilling, captivating, unique, gory, and great. I’ve been watching a lot of classic cinema and this was a nice palette cleanser of sorts.
“I’m sorry Grandma. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to talk to you. I think all the stuff I could tell you… you must already know. Otherwise, you wouldn’t always tell me to, “Listen!”. They all say you’ve gone away, but you didn’t tell me where you went. I guess it’s someplace you think I should know. But, Grandma, I know so little. Do you know what I want to do when I grow up? I want to tell people…
“God’s Children are not for sale.”
This movie is a truly beautiful, powerful film. It deliberately pulls back on all moments that could be deemed exciting, so as not to overshadow or dilute the vitally important message. Please, go to the theaters to see this and support important, meaningful cinema.
There are more enslaved people in this world right now, than there were at any other time in history.
“I feel like an ant, lost in intergalactic space.”
This is a truly miraculous piece of cinema and it has redefined the way I see film. Film School should just be trying to understand how this movie was made.
I don’t even feel qualified to review this honestly, other than to just praise it and ask, “How did they do the shot where the camera just floats off into the sky?” and, “Why does every single shot look so incredibly…
