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Source Code
I liked it…except for the half of the movie that got twisted in its own mythology. Premise The science behind the technology should have stayed in the setup and not been an avenue for Jake Gyllenhaal to remain in that person’s body at the end. And the science should have been less complex…not use a [...]
Red Riding Hood
Why did I stop watching this after 30 minutes? Premise Because the tone of the movie was muddled. It was supposed to be a fairy-tale setting, yet it looked silly…it looked like a low-budget set of a fairy-tale village. And then there was talk of a Father and, worse, the Father character appeared. Yup, a [...]
Sucker Punch
I was the sucker for watching this drivel. Good thing I didn’t pay to see it and good thing I fell asleep for parts of it. Premise Girls sent to a mental institution were forced to dance for outside clients. Say what? While I was still trying to understand that nonsense, the story revealed its [...]
Hall Pass
The studio should have passed on this idea. Premise / Character I’m not sure if the idea could have worked in any manner, but it was doomed from the beginning in this production. The wives giving their husbands a week off from marriage made them look stupid (regardless of the reverse-psychology that was established) and [...]
Stephen King’s Bag of Bones
More like, Bag of Crap. Despite it being a TV movie, the producers would’ve had a real winner on their hands had they made it like a theatrical release. A&E, why do you think HBO’s original flicks are so good? Premise – The story boiled down to a curse from the black singer who was [...]
John Carpenter’s The Ward
The opening title sequence- with the images of patients getting barbaric treatments- was scarier and more interesting than anything else in the first twenty-five minutes, which is when I stopped watching this. Premise / Character / Structure/Plot The girl was sent to a mental hopsital after setting fire to an abandoned house. Say what? Just [...]
The Mechanic
My mindset was properly aligned for this kind of thriller/action movie…and the story went ahead and did something that ruined even my low expectations. Premise , Structure/Plot There was no reason for Jason Statham to mentor Ben Foster in his deadly trade. Jason knew Ben wanted to avenge the death of his father (killed by [...]