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Hors la vie (1991)
Intense absurdist remarkable
First 10 minutes are the Best depiction of urban guerrilla war fare I've seen. Considering the year made, the location and the minuscule budget this is a remarkable film. Baghdadi would have developed into one of the great filmmakers had he lived long enough. Depicts the chaos of the generational Lebanese civil ware were enemies and allies constantly shift and realign, where wanton violence and brutal bloodshed occurs with nonchalant casualness. A rawness seldom seen on screen, more a documentary feel than fiction.
Absurdist, Kafkaesque, insightful performances with an ending that haunts me eternally.
Your Honor (2020)
Godfather wannabe by the Bayou!
Throughout this entire series I prayed for the bayou must to rise from the swamp and engulf all the characters. Cliched, 2 dimensional characters going through the motions in a futile attempt at this remake. I once believed Cranston was a Demi God but now feel a Demi Glacé is more apt, though this filmic stew hardly has the flavour of that French food staple, existing as an insipid and pale imitation of what a tense, brooding series could be.
Locations are good, the Baxter Hotel has more depth and characters than the stars; Hope Davis weakly channels Lady Macbeth and Connie Corleone, Stuhlbarg, Margolis, Kay, Doohan all reek of the swamp to which they should return.
Ward-Hammond shines and Whitlock Jr's Biscuits and Gravy voice redeem them.
Your Honour hardly has any.
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Forgetabouti!
Someone should whack the entire crew!
Bad on so many levels. Trying to find a redeeming quality but nada, bubkiss, Niente!
Sad legacy for the TV series.
Did someone make David Chase 'an offer he couldn't refuse?
What was he thinking ?
Departure (2019)
Air Plane Disaster film, but not in a good way!
Terrible dialogue, wooden acting, some of the most breathtakingly bad lines delivered with not even a hint of irony but I'm still watching it (on episode 3). Fascinated to see if this bird is going to soar with the eagles or flounder like a flightless Dodo?
How do people get funding to make such dross ?