Advantages: Interesting story Disadvantages: Laborious plot delivery and the worst accents given by Bale.
...I wanted to see Harsh Times for a while now, and awaited the DVD’s arrival with some anticipation. Like so many things the build up really was not worth the case; this at times annoyingly laboured movie has peaks and troughs, and this is not helped by an actor I have a great amount of respect for.
Christian Bale plays Jim and this is a ludicrous piece of casting if ever I have seen one. Getting an English actor to play an American one is a trial ... ...basis to the story.
Harsh Times is quite a gritty film, lots of scenes of drug taking, violence and generally erratic behaviour might not be everyone’s cup of tea. The fact that the movie flips aggressive impulses 180 degrees at the drop of the hat also means that the movie can become a little repetitive.
Special Features:
• 'Making of' featurette – This to me actually was more interesting than the movie. It creates the film of the movie in a ...
sghawken 25.05.2007
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