Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog ca...
Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog called "A Band A Day" If you'd like to check it out http://www.muscineverdied.com
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I find that British actors and actresses get overly bigged up by the press in the UK - as fun as Pretty Woman was, Julia Roberts still has a gob that a croc would be proud of, Hugh Grant is an irritating twonk.. Dench and Caine are quite stereotyped but at least reasonably good actors which is more than you can say for the damsel of the decade Keira Knightley. If there's one actress, I can't stand it is her - a self-centered rich girl with similar parts, whose part has in my eyes been the downfall of Pirates of the Carribean as it has turned into a soppy love story rather than a bit of all out piracy and general havoc!
Before justifying my judgement, I thought I'd at least check some more of her films outbefore passing comment. Domino was my film of choice, and guess what - it's still the silly rich girl trying to do grown up boys things - this time she plays the part of bounty hunter Domino Harvey who before her death commented that she was unhappy with her portrayal in the film and I'm not surprised at all.
Knightley plays an unconcvincing rich girl turned punk who is good with num chucks, her phrases are dull and the scenarios are unrealistic, Micky Rourke plays a reasonably decent hard man until the end where he messes it up by saying that he didn't really lose his toe in a prison riot but due due to being angry over a girl. The ending is bizarre and even poorer than the mediocre build-up.
It's very Hollywood, it's very crap and Knightley's part is as believable as Tara Palmer Tomkinson being in charge of the Russian mafia. This film had an easily interesting enough plot to start with but they messed it up no end and it was very poor!Actors (courtesy of Wikipedia)
Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey
Mickey Rourke as Ed Moseby. Rourke initially turned down the film, saying he did not like the role, but agreed to do the film when Tony Scott had the role rewritten.
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Loosely based on the real life story of the late bounty hunter Domino Harvey, Keira ... more
Knightley quickly sheds her softer image here with an unflinching performance in the title role. AsDomino, she brandishes guns, reacts against anyone who crosses her, a...
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Smart. Daring. Defiant and dangerous. As well as beautiful. This is Domino Harvey and this ... more
is her real life story... well, sort of.The daughter of respected actor and matinee idol Lawrence Harvey and model turned socialite Sophie Wynn (Jacqueline Bisse...
Loosely based on the real life story of the late bounty hunter Domino Harvey, Keira ... more
Knightley quickly sheds her softer image here with an unflinching performance in the title role. AsDomino, she brandishes guns, reacts against anyone who crosses her, a...
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The already larger than life story of Domino Harvey (daughter of British actor Laurence ... more
Harvey) a former Ford model turned bounty hunter takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's fast-paced action thriller; fashioned from a script by Donnie D...
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![Domino [DVD] [2005]](http://picnicb.ciao.com/uk/78501021.jpg "Domino [DVD] [2005]")
Nov 21st, 2008
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