Thriller & Mystery > Jackson, Samuel L. Thriller & Mystery

Discover Yourself Today.

Advantages: Jackson, dialogue, gets you thinking.
Disadvantages: Willis is a little below-par, meandering pace.

...situation whilst encountering Elijah. Unbreakable is, as with any other Shyamalan picture, a trick of the mind. It lulls you into one way of thinking, only to differ in perspective once you encounter it's twist (generally situated just before the ending). The performances on the whole, are sound; Jackson is the stand-out as the questioning Elijah, whilst Willis is amicable in the part of David, a security guard who probably wished he'd never encountered ...

RockBoi 12.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Unbreakable (DVD)

~ A hero should never have to stand alone ~

Advantages: Great acting, Good gory action, Fast pace and interesting
Disadvantages: Some sterotyping maybe concluded, two hours long.

...necessary to the job and rules of engagement. CAST and CHARACTERS Tommy Lee Jones – Col Hayes ‘Hodge’ Hodges Hayes Hodges has served with the Marines and becomes a well respected colonel. He is a brave soldier who is determined to achieve his goals. When injuring himself in the Vietnam War he separates from his colleges and becomes a lawyer. He also suffers with drinking problems and a divorce. His character is quite pitiful. You feel sorry for ...
...his potentials of proving his friend and colleague Childers is innocent. He is hard faced and does not show his worries until he is by himself. Tommy is a well respected actor and I was surprised to see him play this kind of role. He does suit his character well and worked well with Samuel. He led the film and without this character being played well the film would have failed. Some films he has featured in include- ‘Men in Black’ 1997, ‘Small Soldiers’ ...

blackmagicstar4 21.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rules Of Engagement (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)

Thoroughly entertaining crime caper

Advantages: Great performances and script
Disadvantages: None really

Jack Foley (played by George Clooney) is a bank robber who makes a failed get-away from a robbery and ends up in jail from where he escapes only to get caught again by Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez). Jack and his accomplice Buddy Bragg (Ving Rhames) take Karen hostage by bundling her into the boot of a car in order to avoid jail but she escapes. During jack and Karen's time in the trunk they form an attraction to one another and the remainder of the ...
...opposite sides of the law. There were rumours after shooting that the 2 leads did not get on during the making of this film but you would never have guessed from watching it. The chemistry between the two is electric and both give very good performances. The script (based on an Elmore Leonard novel) is witty and entertaining and the direction by Steven Soderbergh is top notch. The pace is slow boiled but this is perfect for the film and the development ...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Out Of Sight (DVD)

The truth is hiding where no one dares to look.

Advantages: none that stand out
Disadvantages: too many irrelevant characters involved

~ Story Outline ~ Based on the bet-seling novel by Richard Price, this explosive thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson (1994, Best Supporting Actor, Pulp Fiction) and Jullianne Moore (2002, Best Actress, Far From Heaven) and Golden Globe winner Edie Falco ("The Sopranos"). When Brenda Martin (Jullianne Moore) claims her car was stolen with her son in the backseat, the chilling accusation sparks an intense investigation led by Detective Lorenzo Council ...
...into an explosive nightmare of suspicion and accusation, and a search for the truth leads to raial tension, disturbing revelations, and a shocking ending. ~ Special Features ~ 'Writing Freedom Land' Featurette 'Race on the job' Featurette 'The look of Freedom Land' Featurette Deleted Scenes ~ Subtitles ~ English (hard of hearing) - Movie only Dutch English Estonian Hindi Lithuanian Spanish ~ Languages ~ Catalan English Spanish ~ ...

m1ss_smiley 01.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Freedomland (DVD)