Thriller & Mystery > O Thriller & Mystery

Advantages: Entertained me
Disadvantages: Frustrated me

It's a good film spoilt only by Julianne Moore who appears to be maniacal (either that or atrocious acting) but Clive Owen comes off well for once, bless him cos he's not the most convincing actor. It's a decent enough plot to hold attention and the photography's really good - the camera is splattered with blood at one point and the futility of life is portrayed particularly well. I personally wouldn't want to see it over and over again - there's ... Read review

Advantages: Great action movie
Disadvantages: none

...to front his small empire. Leon has only one friend, which happens to be a houseplant, until he inadvertently opens his door one day and his peaceful existence changes forever. One of his neighbours, a twelve year girl called Mathilda, (played by Natalie Portman) shows cause for concern when her father is involved with some corrupt DEA agents led by Norman Stansfield, (played by Gary Oldman), and she unintentionally turns to the French recluse ...
...the detailed motions of how Leon 'trains' Mathilda in the art of assassination, from long range sniper to close combat silent killing, for which Leon specialises in. But, Leon's abilities are tested as he realises his mind is not fully on his 'job' as he now has someone else to think about besides himself Before too long Mathilda is trying to take her revenge on Norman and his corrupt gang, causing the film to come to a brilliant and dramatic climate ... Read review

Advantages: Great story, Great acting
Disadvantages: A few loose ends, quite intricate.

...the building or the hostages inside get shot), blockade the building and make as much noise as humanly possible. Washington is playing the role of Hostage Negotiator Type Person (HNTP as I like to call it). Foster is yet to pop out of the woodwork but I suspect she might be a robber. Who knows. Not me. About 20 minutes in and I'm being kept thoroughly entertained! The Green Goblin guy from Spiderman has just reared his head, and I'm so entertained ...
...to be a typical cops and robber type film! Maybe I shouldn't have been so hasty to judge. That also means that the rest of this review is going to be written AFTER I watch the film. Maybe Come on Foster, Where are ya?? Ok so I was wrong. She's not a robber. She's…well… I'm not sure yet. Give me a minute. Oh well, she's gone again. Lets focus on what's happening now. The robbers have dressed up all their hostages in the same suits as themselves. ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining thriller, some good performances
Disadvantages: Flawed, over long, one too many twists

Synopsis Derailed is a psychological thriller in which family man Charles Schine (Clive Owen) is charmed by the attentions of a pretty woman (Jennifer Aniston) he meets on his daily train commute into Chicago. He is an advertising executive with pressures at work, and at home a seriously ill daughter and an ailing marriage; she is Lucinda Harris a successful financial adviser with a distant husband, but also a sweet daughter who "makes it all worth ...
...Features The Making of Derailed and the Theatrical Trailer are worth watching. Three deleted scenes are included, Amy's Sequence, No More Dialysis and Deanna's Affair. Graphics On the DVD cover note how the word DERAILED has the 'DE' and the 'RAILED' slightly out of line with each other - cute. Cost I purchased this DVD as part of a "3 for £15" offer at my local Sainsbury's store.. ... Read review

Advantages: None I can see
Disadvantages: Far too many to list

... Victor On paper I'll Sleep When I'm Dead sounds like a fantastic idea; when you connect the fact that Director Mike Hodges who bought us the original Get Carter considers this a follow up to (although not in the conventional sense) to Get Carter you immediately think that something great is upon you. However that's sadly wrong, what you in fact have on you is the premise of a good story that transpires to be an empty shell. The first thing that ...
...It's kind of ironic that I'll Sleep When I'm Dead was a big seller in respect of DVD sales, not only did it sit at number one in the charts for several weeks; but when I used to sell DVD's I could never get hold of enough of these. I can only conclude that the reason it was so popular was at the time of its DVD release Clive Owen was pretty much a guaranteed cert to be the new James Bond. Because having flitted through several websites today I cannot ... Read review