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La Haine 1995
La Haine has a very strong start, setting the scene of urban brutality and boredom in the Parisian banlieues, where youth and wider society are practically species apart. The story follows three friends - Hubert, Vinz and Sayid - over the course of about a day in the immediate aftermath of a neighbourhood riot in which one of their friends was critically wounded by the police.
La Haine is let down somewhat by being very long; the film began with…
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A Man Escaped 1956
I watched A Man Escaped nearly immediately after Antichrist - I was thinking of what I should watch next and remembered I'd obtained a copy of this film on the recommendation from the web.
I was very pleased with my choice from 'the off' - A Man Escaped is an exercise in pacing, which employs a voice-over dubbed over lots of footage of a man scratching at his door with a stolen spoon and putting his escape plan together. One…
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Sunshine 2007
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
It was pretty great but really let down with the whole 'Alien' subplot in the last third. The first bits with actual drama were great, but that compelling drama got supplanted later with straightforward monster movie stuff.
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