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Blood Work - Starring Clint Eastwood

Advantages: Well written story by Michael Connelly
Disadvantages: The film is disapointing as they have changed the story slightly. The investigation isn't as intense as the book described it.

I know that you can't get as much information into a 90 minute film as you can in a 400 page book, however this film disapointed me. Lets move away from the book because the film is quite a good watch. Clint Eastwood stars as Terry McCaleb, an ex police investigator. After leaving the force in need of a heart transplant, McCaleb finds himself on the case of a shooting in a corner shop. With the help of his trusted friend Noone he investigates ...
...linked. The film sways into the usual police investigation movie, far-fetched clues begin to appear as to why the murder had taken place. At this point I am actually realising that I have forgotten the main body of the plot. Most of the details I am thinking of are actually from the book. The plot changed dramatically and the killer ended up to be a completely different person. The film is well staged though, the characters are intoduced well and ...

jenhen87 26.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Blood Work (DVD)

Chilling!

Advantages: Excellent special effects, gripping
Disadvantages: Story leaves much to be desired

When water temperature in the North Atlantic begins to drop significantly it would appear to be a warning of things to come, or at least that’s what Professor Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) thinks. He tries to convince the government that there is a natural disaster on the way but they refuse to believe the theories of a climatologist. Suffice to say Jack is right and soon after, horrendous weather hits the world, engulfing it with water and snow and when ...
...death on the spot. While this natural disaster is occurring, Jack’s son Sam (Jake Gyllehaal) is in New York for a competition with a few friends, when the weather worsens they’re forced to take shelter in a public library and Jack promises to rescue his son… but will he be too late? The Day After Tomorrow is another in a long line of disaster movies with a purpose of playing on peoples sense of reality and paranoia. Much like Armageddon portrayed ...

Great_reviewer07 22.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Day After Tomorrow (DVD)

A tale with a familiar ring to it...

Advantages: Good casting, decent effects and an enjoyable, well woven tale
Disadvantages: Not much aside of a hint of slightly duff acting

...buddy, whilst taking in The Sword of Xanten. PLOT Things start pretty well for our hero, Siegfried, who goes from simple blacksmith to a Queen-bedding, dragon-slaying, nigh on invincible hero of Burgund in short order. However, things are about to get complicated and less than pleasant for our brash young hero. Having slain the dragon Fafnir and thus ingratiated himself with King Gunther, not to mention his comely sister Kriemhild, Siegfried finds ...
...That may not sound so bad, but the treasure is the cursed treasure of the Nibelungs. An informative ghost is good enough to warn Siegfried of this fact, but the warning falls on deaf ears. Thus Siegfried finds himself in an ever more tangled skein of plots by those seeking the gold (the Kings advisor Hagan and a mysterious vagranty chap called Alberich), those seeking his heart (Queen Brunnhild of Iceland whom he *ahem* met earlier, and Kriemhild ...

baalzamon 03.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sword Of Xanten (aka Curse Of The Ring) (DVD)

The moral is outside the box (spoilers)

Advantages: Easy to follow plot and storyline; gets you thinking about life
Disadvantages: Boring standard plot; some annoying characters; slow development

My mum insisted that I watched this, having watched and enjoyed it herself. She informed me it was to do with a female boxer and the thought didn't really appeal to me. Nor would I have even turned it on had I known that the whole thing is based in America with a dominant american 'hilly billy' accent throughout. I don't have anything against American's or their accent; it's just I can't sit and listen to them too long in films, and this film has ...
...is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars the well known Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank. This is a romance story with a lots of thoughts about morals thrown in for you to consider. I wouldn't really describe it as a action film, despite the boxing. Plot I thought the story and plot moved so slowly that it was actually boring. It seems like every scene is just the characters training for boxing or in a boxing arena. I'll bullet point the plot as ...

LaceyR26 26.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Million Dollar Baby (DVD)

A raw, gritty drama.

Advantages: Acting, cinematography
Disadvantages: Downbeat

This was a welcome return to form for the big man, Clint Eastwood. Since Unforgiven, Eastwood seemed to be going through the motions directing some stodgily average movies like Space Cowboys and Blood Work. But here, teaming up with L.A. Confidential's screenwriter, Brian Helgeland, he creates this ambitious, atmospheric mystery drama and gets some fantastic performances from his talented cast. Sean Penn is an explosive brutal force and has many ...
...he feels from losing his daughter. Tim Robbins has the difficult role as the rather simple minded Dave Boyle, an edgy, wild-eyed character who is haunted by his horrific past. Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne make for a believable and likeable team as the cops on the case. Marcia Gay Harden gives yet again a fearless performance as Dave's confused and frightened wife and Laura Linney gives a sly take on a Lady MacBeth-style figure. It's an outstanding ...

Syklone 15.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mystic River (DVD)