Thriller & Mystery > Affleck, Ben Thriller & Mystery

27,000 nuclear weapons, 1 is missing

Advantages: Another good addition to the Jack Ryan series with amazing performances all round
Disadvantages: Possibly a bit too predictable

...first saw this film in the cinema in around 2002, i wasnt massively aware of the back story of the Jack Ryan character or Tom Clancy novels. I had heard that Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin had played him in previous films but for some reason i had never got round to see Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games or Clear & Present Danger. Shocking i hear you say! But maybe it was a good thing that i watched this as a stand alone film without the in depth ...
...desperate to learn more about the character and his rise within the CIA and onward. Im not letting my (man) love of Affleck as an actor cloud my judgement but i feel he plays this role really well alongside the always perfect Morgan Freeman. Anyway, enough rambling and confessing man love (bromance), heres the review! PLOT - Inspired by the Tom Clancy novel of the same name the film begins with a look back to the 1973 yom kippur war where an israeli ...

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Review of The Sum Of All Fears (DVD)

Money versus love, let the battle begin

Advantages: A rock-solid story line, promises to keep you fascinated / interested throughout
Disadvantages: Morality versus Immorality, both chucked in but neither wins?

This story tells of 2 men who reach a crucial point in their lives, they are totally unknown to each other, yet their broken up lives (though they both are "socially functional") seem almost uncannily similar, yet so different in many respects. The finer things in life, which have eluded them thus far on an emotional scale, are about to be aired out in public, hung out to dry like dirty laundry, when these two men collide in a car accident, both ...
...be, the biggest mistakes of their lives. The successful hotshot lawyer (Affleck) is just about to execute, what he half ignorantly believes, is just the normal turn of the mill case of an old man's testament, which is under serious question by a family member who had once been a friend of Gavin (Affleck) but now no longer is because she believes the firm for which he works, is perverting the course of justice by some underhanded scheme to rob their ...

Whizzdom 13.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Changing Lanes (DVD)

Disappointed by Smokin' Aces

Advantages: Alicia Keyes is a surprisingly good actress
Disadvantages: A waste of some of the best people in films.

...watch the unfettered violence that Smokin' Aces seemed to offer. Oh. Dear. The basic plot is that Jeremy Pivens has a contract on his head, and a whole bunch of wacky assassins, bouny hunters and FBI men head to bring him in or kill him. The first big problem is that most of these characters never meet, what should have culminated in a huge hotel-filled brawl is cut short by most of the cast being bumped off prior to the main kill. And then several ...
...have died pop up again with minor flesh wounds. And it ends with quite the most nonsensical twist ever written, which is worse as it's sign-posted from the start, and I spent the majority of the film hoping that it won't be as daft as I'm expecting. I was wrong it's worse. ...

ColinDalaska 09.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Smokin' Aces (DVD)

Rudy the red nosed excon dosnt have a hope in hell

Advantages: It's a great movie, not your typical action and with a great cast!
Disadvantages: Few DVD extras

“I had better sex in prison.” Rudy Duncan When you think of those season Christmas movie treats that have been given to us in the past, such classics as ‘Miracle on 34th Street’, ‘It’s a wonderful Life’ and a whole parade of Santa meeting Martians, Tim Allen and rude little kids who never say thank you. But cinema has never touched on the true meaning of Christmas until now! And what is the purest theme of the Christmas season, lying your arse of ...
...kicking, blood pouring, cringe worthy action humour. Yes folks, this is not the film you want to watch with the kids of Christmas Eve. ~ Plot ~ Ok, I hear you say, just shut up and tell me what the film’s about. Two very charming, good looking and funny cellmates, Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck, I could list his great films from the past but the list would go on and on, we know who he is.) and Nick (James Frain, Devil’s Advocate) are finally going to ...

sarahbethy 14.05.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Deception (DVD)

Paycheck - good story

Advantages: Action, plot, special effects, acting
Disadvantages: none

...The John Woo movie - Paycheck is an adaptation of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick's short story. Story Ben Affleck plays Michael Jennings who is a sort of technologist/engineer and most of his jobs are confidential. Because of that his memory is partially removed. Next job, next high technology research and all he has are big Paychecks. One day his all friend Eckhart offers him to work on a secret project for his company (Allcom) for three ...
...that he signed away this paycheck worth 92 millions dollars. He had only an envelope with some personal belongings. Each of them has very important thing to do in his nearest life and action starts. Obviously to find out rest you will have to watch this movie yourself  Soundtrack of this movie is really good, DVD is full of extra features. Paycheck is a movie full of breathe taking special effects and turns in action. Has a world known ...

panther23 18.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Paycheck (DVD)