jb_campo
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The featured review rated this 3 and boring. I totally disagree. The film subtly tells the story of what war does to people in various ways.
4 people (2 military, 2 civilian) are aboard this sentinel tower located between the only two countries left in the world after flooding has covered all other places. Ok, somewhat unbelievable.
This tower has a device that can change the fate for the entire planet and is meant as a fail safe device if the second country attacks this first country, who constructed this sentinel tower.
The problem is that they signed up for 2 years, and their relief is well overdue. They experience all sorts of communication issues. Then something appears, and changes the dynamics of the story. If you don't like growing tension, then I guess you'd call that boring, but I took it more as a who-done-it mystery.
Imagine being out in the middle of the ocean between two warring countries, and you are the last line of defense on a rotting decrepid metal structure. That enough creates the tension.
The captain is a tough military lifer, and he plays that role well. His corporel seems less strict but still follows his orders. The two civilians just want to get paid and go back to dry land.
There's plenty of story here, enveloped in rain, fog, mystery. The acting is decent as is the story. The cinematography does a great job of depicting the isolation, along with creepy noises and screenshots to ramp up the excitement.
I suggest you give it a view. Not a bad flick.
Enjoy.
4 people (2 military, 2 civilian) are aboard this sentinel tower located between the only two countries left in the world after flooding has covered all other places. Ok, somewhat unbelievable.
This tower has a device that can change the fate for the entire planet and is meant as a fail safe device if the second country attacks this first country, who constructed this sentinel tower.
The problem is that they signed up for 2 years, and their relief is well overdue. They experience all sorts of communication issues. Then something appears, and changes the dynamics of the story. If you don't like growing tension, then I guess you'd call that boring, but I took it more as a who-done-it mystery.
Imagine being out in the middle of the ocean between two warring countries, and you are the last line of defense on a rotting decrepid metal structure. That enough creates the tension.
The captain is a tough military lifer, and he plays that role well. His corporel seems less strict but still follows his orders. The two civilians just want to get paid and go back to dry land.
There's plenty of story here, enveloped in rain, fog, mystery. The acting is decent as is the story. The cinematography does a great job of depicting the isolation, along with creepy noises and screenshots to ramp up the excitement.
I suggest you give it a view. Not a bad flick.
Enjoy.
On Pluto TV, I watched all the Godzilla movies and G-1 is by far the best Godzilla movie ever. Godzilla is the key villain, but this time, the director forms a detailed backstory of the main protagonist, Koichi, following the end of WW2.
The story of grief, more grief, loss, gain, love, hate, duty, and true friendship is woven thruout this fine film. The director ties it all together in a tightly choreographed story from start to finish. It's this enticing story, pulling you in, pulling at your heart, getting you to root for the good guys against an unstoppable force, that makes this a truly wonderful film.
The CGI graphics are terrific - Godzilla is scary each time he appears. They also did a great job of showing him as a smaller monster at the start, then growing bigger up to the current time.
I loved that they brought in the original Godzilla music when the good guys launch their attack. I don't think the music is great, but I cheered when I heard it, as a nod to the original. Other nods to the original are the scenes with people running down the streets while Godzilla destroys Japan in the background. Also, the final credits scrolling in black and white with old faded fonts was genius.
There are so many good things about G-1. Excellent acting, excellent plot, excellent cinematography of close-up horror and destruction, and real strong emotion.
I urge you to see this fine flick on the big screen because that amplifies the breadth of the action and increases the fear factor to the maximum.
Enjoy G-1!
The story of grief, more grief, loss, gain, love, hate, duty, and true friendship is woven thruout this fine film. The director ties it all together in a tightly choreographed story from start to finish. It's this enticing story, pulling you in, pulling at your heart, getting you to root for the good guys against an unstoppable force, that makes this a truly wonderful film.
The CGI graphics are terrific - Godzilla is scary each time he appears. They also did a great job of showing him as a smaller monster at the start, then growing bigger up to the current time.
I loved that they brought in the original Godzilla music when the good guys launch their attack. I don't think the music is great, but I cheered when I heard it, as a nod to the original. Other nods to the original are the scenes with people running down the streets while Godzilla destroys Japan in the background. Also, the final credits scrolling in black and white with old faded fonts was genius.
There are so many good things about G-1. Excellent acting, excellent plot, excellent cinematography of close-up horror and destruction, and real strong emotion.
I urge you to see this fine flick on the big screen because that amplifies the breadth of the action and increases the fear factor to the maximum.
Enjoy G-1!
I loved Equalizer 1, while #2 was less good. But the third in this trilogy reached new depths of violence.
The story is somewhat of a mystery with Robert in Italy but you don't know why. You see his trademark of dead bodies in a villa, but why?
The mystery evolves and he ends up injured and dying on the Amalfi coast until this kind-hearted old doctor saves his life. You then have the usual suspects - Robert grows to make friends in the village and sees the mafia doing bad things to good people. So, he stops them, quickly and efficiently, and brutally.
The CIA gets involved. Denzel has nice interactions with CIA agent Dakota Fanning. How she gets out into the field is a mystery, but whatever. They play cat and mouse with some great dialogs. We get to a fitting conclusion of good vs evil.
This story rocks because the dialog is excellent. The music, especially that DJ type music when things are about to go crazy, adds to the drama. It also storms in the final confrontation, similar to EQ2's hurricane. The dark symbolism is impactful. Explosions, old ways to kill, new ways to kill and inflict pain. EQ3 amps up the pain and the story.
Will this be the last Equalizer? Who knows. But if so, Robert is hopefully living peacefully at last in a quiet Italian town drinking tea and having the rest he deserves and earned.
I loved EQ3 - and - if you are a Denzel fan - I think you will enjoy it too.
The story is somewhat of a mystery with Robert in Italy but you don't know why. You see his trademark of dead bodies in a villa, but why?
The mystery evolves and he ends up injured and dying on the Amalfi coast until this kind-hearted old doctor saves his life. You then have the usual suspects - Robert grows to make friends in the village and sees the mafia doing bad things to good people. So, he stops them, quickly and efficiently, and brutally.
The CIA gets involved. Denzel has nice interactions with CIA agent Dakota Fanning. How she gets out into the field is a mystery, but whatever. They play cat and mouse with some great dialogs. We get to a fitting conclusion of good vs evil.
This story rocks because the dialog is excellent. The music, especially that DJ type music when things are about to go crazy, adds to the drama. It also storms in the final confrontation, similar to EQ2's hurricane. The dark symbolism is impactful. Explosions, old ways to kill, new ways to kill and inflict pain. EQ3 amps up the pain and the story.
Will this be the last Equalizer? Who knows. But if so, Robert is hopefully living peacefully at last in a quiet Italian town drinking tea and having the rest he deserves and earned.
I loved EQ3 - and - if you are a Denzel fan - I think you will enjoy it too.