Out to own today:
Big Game
 | "Are you a terrorist?” Helicopter pilot “You are terrified, so I suppose I must be,” Lone Wolf aka Haza (Mehmet Kurtulus) Samuel L. Jackson as the President of the United States. Samuel L. Jackson as the President of the United States crash-landing in a Scandinavian forest. Samuel L. Jackson as the President of the United States crash-landing in a Scandinavian forest hunted by terrorists. Samuel L. Jackson as the Presdent of the United States crash-landing in a Scandinavian forest hunted by terrorists, from the director of RARE EXPORTS. Enough said right? Anticipation high? What a shame the result turned out so diluted. Should have ended up ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK meets CLIFFHANGER meets LAST ACTION HERO. [To read more, click here.] |
Escobar: Paradise Lost
 | “It’ll be easier to kill him if you know nothing about him,” Pablo (Benicio Del Toro) to Nick (Josh Hutcherson) Blood washed off a henchman’s legs. An entire family is murdered. Benicio Del Toro’s drug emperor Pablo Escobar wakens young surfer Nick Brady (Hutcherson), à la Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK, to check his intentions re niece Maria (Claudia Traisac). Menace is not in short supply. How do you portray one of the most infamous narcotic kingpins in history? Danger of glamorisation, and descending into excess, must worry a filmmaker (we only need one SCARFACE). An entry point is sometimes required into the larger than life; see for example James McAvoy’s THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND doctor sucked into the vortex of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Coming at such a subject through relatable and specific eyes can be argued to ground the unfathomable. [To read more, click here.] |
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