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Feb 02, 2015
Spare yourself the grief of expectations dashed
This is one of the two or three most awful films I have watched. The story-line is incomprehensible, the camera-work masturbatory in its excessive close-ups and quirks, and the satisfaction nil. I bought it by mistake and kept watching because I expected to see someone who is not in this film of the same title as the one I thought I was buying. Mea culpa. It claims to have won four awards--including best thriller and best cinematography. Shows you what "awards" are worth. It reminds me of all the highly praised serial music I endured in the 1960s and -70s, now mercifully dead and forgotten. The critics might love it, but the audience will only groan, squirm, and probably walk out.
Jan 21, 2010
Jessica Alba is Highly Watchable
This movie is a good thriller, well conceived and filmed, and very watchable. It eschews the current popular camera techniques that degrade the enjoyability of so many films and TV shows recently (extremely tight and unrelenting closeups, "nervous" camera--the ADHD camera--and "zip" pans). The principal actors are experienced and well known (Lena Olin, Fisher Stevens, Chris McDonald, and of course, Alba). You will likely enjoy this movie, which does not lead where you initially expect. The ending is a little weak, but by then one has enjoyed the film enough to forgive it.
Dec 08, 2015
Dated series shows its age but still entertains
This was a favorite program for me when it aired in the 1990s. Cell phones were new and a hot ticket, and all the computer "wizardry" exhibited by Cheyenne (Bobby Sixkiller's half-sister) engaged the eager technophile viewer. Also, the star Lorenzo Lamas's considerable abilities in Asian fighting techniques titillated the couch potato. Times, however, have changed. The "new" of the 1990s is ho-hum today, and the formulaic fights and plot devices no long prove convincing, and the fight sequences do not play as well, especially since Lamas "loses" when necessary, even though his skills always outmatch those of his opponents. It's reasonably good entertainment, but stylized and packaged: just "OK" entertainment.