This film has none of those things and instead is populated by obvious performances, jokes that fall flat and a story that never compels.Ĭarl Casper (Jon Favreau, who also wrote and directed) is a chef without a kitchen after he’s fired from his fancy restaurant, but a suggestion from an unlikely source sends him into the food truck business where he finds a second chance at success and happiness. This is an odd flick in that writer/director Matthew Weiner is the man behind Mad Men, a show filled with nuance, wit and depth. Steve (Owen Wilson) and Ben (Zach Galifianakis) are man-boys bumbling their way through life on their way towards undeserved rewards of women and windfalls. Worse, the action is under-cooked and the abundance of CGI blood is the opposite of thrilling. The gamble doesn’t pay off as we’re left watching someone whose antics are far from compelling. This low budget actioner is a revenge flick at its core, but it takes a chance by having a highly unlikable protagonist. John Falcon served time for a vicious crime in which he took part, but now that he’s out he’s looking forward to committing a few more. The show’s return brings little new to the table outside of the locale and an abbreviated time table (only twelve episodes this season), but if you enjoyed it then you’ll enjoy it now as Bauer’s gruff behaviors are as endearing as ever. All kinds of double and triple crosses ensue along with murderous shenanigans and lots and lots of running. This time he’s in London when a terrorist’s widow seeking revenge on the western politicians and people hijacks a handful of drones and threatens to let them loose on the city’s populace unless the U.S. Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) just wants to be left alone, but the governments and terrorists of the world keep pulling him back into the fray. The score Kenji Kawai gives the spectacle a haunting and earthy aural backdrop that infuses humanity into the hard sci-fi. The animation style successfully mixes CGI with the hand-drawn, and the result is a fluidly entertaining experience. Even more appealing to me though is the film’s look and score.
The story shows a prescient nature in its observation of a populace intimately connected to the online world, and it makes for an exciting action film too (complete with scenes borrowed a few years later for The Matrix).
Mamoru Oshii’s anime classic has eluded me since its initial release ‐ in 1995, making this closer to the 20th anniversary right? ‐ but having now seen it the film’s reputation is understandable. The mysterious criminal has been taking control of people and using them to do his bidding, so when the cops catch a bad guy it’s often someone who’s been manipulated into their actions as opposed to the actual evil doer. Well, it’s not actually much of a secret and she’s frequently out of uniform, but the point is she’s a cyborg, and she’s on the trail of hacker mastermind named the Puppetmaster. Motoko is a big city cop with a secret beneath her uniform. Ghost In the Shell: 25th Anniversary Edition It’s definitely not for all tastes, but folks who like their comedies with a dash of edginess and a dollop of WTF will find much to love here. It’s a goofy romp in many ways, but there’s a definite darkness beneath it all that comes creeping out over the course of the film. The gags are both visual ‐ this is sci-fi as envisioned in the ’70s meaning the tech is old fashioned and quaint ‐ and dialogue/delivery-based as the script serves up plenty of great lines and humorous conflicts. Details aren’t important, but what is important is how the crew reacts to the impending danger coinciding with a bevy of personal dramas among them.Īctor Jack Plotnick directs this surprisingly dark space-set comedy and delivers a lot of laughs along the way. First up is a new co-captain (Liv Tyler) who immediately sets the current captain (Patrick Wilson) on edge and disrupts the crew’s flow, but she’s still far less threatening than the second visitor.
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