The Deal (2005)
Who’s in it
Christian Slatner, Selma Blair
What was good
Selma Blair. She was cute, likeable, a sweet girl that you wanted to believe could exist on Wall Street.
What sucked
Slatner’s acting. I don’t think that Hollywood knows what to do with him now that he is clean, I am surprised he even gets roles. In this movie you don’t get any background about him, you are left trying to figure out throughout the movie if
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Beyond Borders (2003)
Who’s in it
Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache
What was good
The last third of the movie, once the rescue missions are out of Africa and into Cambodia or old Russia. This is when the story becomes less about saving the people that are lost, and more about the two main characters saving each other.
What sucked
This is a dynamic movie and engaging, it is just covering content that isn’t entertaining, and that …
Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975)
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Ransom (1996)
Who’s in it
Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Liev Shreiber, and Gary Lindo – Ron Howard (Director)
What was good
This is an intense movie. Mel Gibson’s son is kidnapped and he comes to grips with what this means for his son’s life, that more than likely it is lost. He doesn’t give into demands, and he turns the tables on the bad men, gambling with his son’s life. His gamble works, he scares the
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The Transporter (2002)
Who’s in it
Jason Statham, Matt Shultze, Qi Shu
What was good
The plot and most of the movie. The idea is, this ex-military guy drives people or objects without any questions to their destinations based on an initial agreement. If the initial agreement is broken, then nothing happens. Frank’s (Statham) attention to detail, martial arts skills, and nerves of steel make him an extremely compelling character.
What sucked
Not too much. The movie starts to get a little muddled in
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The Transporter 2 (2002)
Who’s in it
Jason Statham, Amber Valetta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine
What was good
Most of the fight scenes, the highlight being the firehose fight scene. These intensely choreographed scenes are not something you have ever seen before, and are pulled off so much more convincingly and with more convinction than say crazy man Jackie Chan in some of his movies.
What sucked
How over the top in disbelief some of the scenes were, from a car driving off the side of
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Underworld (2003)
Who’s in it
Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy
What was good
Beckinsale as a kick butt werewolf hunter. The first 30 minutes of the movie before everything gets so muddled in backstabbing and back story.
What sucked
I knew I don’t tend to like vampire movies too much, and this wasn’t all that gory like the Blade movies could be. But, although this movie had some new things I had never seen before in this genre, I just
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