reymunpadilla
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The only good films he ever made were Warriors and 48 Hours, and they both were good >>>in spite of Hill being so awful.<<<
This is a "thriller" that asks us to believe two redneck firefighters with a pea shooter could fight off a heavily armed professional gang of mobsters.
This is one of the earliest of that awful dub genre, the found footage film. Except the conceit is a character nicknamed "Video" (gee, how "clever") records everything a now ridiculously oversized camcorder the size of an army backpack. How stupid are we supposed to be to believe expert criminals tape themselves during attempted murder? The whole "talk to the camera" bit got old fast.
Avoid Hill except for those two good films he got attached to.
This is a "thriller" that asks us to believe two redneck firefighters with a pea shooter could fight off a heavily armed professional gang of mobsters.
This is one of the earliest of that awful dub genre, the found footage film. Except the conceit is a character nicknamed "Video" (gee, how "clever") records everything a now ridiculously oversized camcorder the size of an army backpack. How stupid are we supposed to be to believe expert criminals tape themselves during attempted murder? The whole "talk to the camera" bit got old fast.
Avoid Hill except for those two good films he got attached to.
The premise of the film is that the Nazis altered modern music to make people more aggressive and win a war. Once that's established, this takes forever to get to the point.
Instead we get endless sidetracks. Music affects our emotions, it evokes memories, it supposedly can be used for healing. The first two are common knowledge, but the third is new age nonsense the filmmaker wastes so much time on.
And we get constant pauses. Constant set ups that take too long. Take them away and the film is half as long. I kept fast forwarding impatiently.
Finally, finally, we get back to the original premise. Sound being used as a weapon by militaries. By that time over an hour has passed.
And the whole premise was silly if you think about it. Maybe, maybe the Nazis ordered the tuning used by classical music changed. Most people don't listen to classical, and obviously the Nazis lost.
Should have been half as long.
Instead we get endless sidetracks. Music affects our emotions, it evokes memories, it supposedly can be used for healing. The first two are common knowledge, but the third is new age nonsense the filmmaker wastes so much time on.
And we get constant pauses. Constant set ups that take too long. Take them away and the film is half as long. I kept fast forwarding impatiently.
Finally, finally, we get back to the original premise. Sound being used as a weapon by militaries. By that time over an hour has passed.
And the whole premise was silly if you think about it. Maybe, maybe the Nazis ordered the tuning used by classical music changed. Most people don't listen to classical, and obviously the Nazis lost.
Should have been half as long.
That's typical of the sloppiness of the film. They thought no one would notice all those saguaro cactus? Or all the Mexican extras being passed off as Quechuas.
Probably the strangest is an Indian (as in from India) playing the main Quechua character. You remember the villain from INdiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? The white English guy who played an Egyptian in three Indiana Jones film is here too.
And Nancy Allen, as wooden as ever. Lazy casting. Plenty of dull parts of the film. You just want it to end. Bad direction , super slow pacing. There is a good story in here somewhere, but it's not in the film.
Probably the strangest is an Indian (as in from India) playing the main Quechua character. You remember the villain from INdiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? The white English guy who played an Egyptian in three Indiana Jones film is here too.
And Nancy Allen, as wooden as ever. Lazy casting. Plenty of dull parts of the film. You just want it to end. Bad direction , super slow pacing. There is a good story in here somewhere, but it's not in the film.