Archive for March, 2007
Hard Target (1993)
Hard Target was one of John Woo’s earlier attempts in Hollywood, and generally is a good B-movie. It wasn’t the type of big budget summer blockbusters he later made (such as M-I:2), and the whole film effuses a raw and less polished style.The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, one of the less successful action stars [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
I went into the theater with absolutely zero knowledge what the film was about; I was simply accompanying a friend. Though I confess I did feel somewhat awkward walking into such a film with another guy while most of the audience were couples, the film more than compensated me for that slightly peculiar feeling. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )300 (2007)
300 is a visual feast and a new kind of epic film. Lord of the Rings may have started it all, but 300 is such film-making at its most visually glorifying best.The plot is simple, a fictional adaptation of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which Spartan King Leonidas and his men faced a Persian army [...]
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