greenray
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RE: Last film you watched
The Last King(2016) Norway 1206 in a time of civil war and two factions fight over the kingdom, one want the baby son of the previous king to rule, the other want him dead. Initially confusing working out the different factions and sometimes a bit letdown by a flatness in the script, but enlivened by some characters to root for, some exciting snowbound battles and highlighting the post Viking period, probably not known outside Scandinavia. Starring Jacob Oftebro,Kristofer Hivju,Ane Ulimoen Overli,Nikolaj Lie Kaas,Pal Sverre Hagen and Thea Sofie Loch Naess. 6.5/10
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Attack Force Z (1982) World War Two, and a small,crack Allied force,Z, of the title, fight the Japanese on a South Asian island. A slightly cheap looking, but perfectly watchable action movie, occasionally let down by the odd ropey fight scene. In hindsight now, most notable for early appearances from Mel Gibson and Sam Neill. Also starring John Phillip Law,Chris Haywood,Sylvia Chang and Chung Hsiung Ko. 6/10
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Warwick Hunt
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RE: Last film you watched
Jigsaw.
I am a big Saw fan, so I was definitely interested in this, and how it was going to work. It very much felt like a good latter-day Saw film, with all the preposterousness that entails. Standard fare of twisted traps, swerves, and one scene of Tobin Bell being awesome. I personally put John Kramer well above any other so-called Horror icons, and most of that is down to Tobin Bell's performances in all eight films.
If you don't like Saw, you likely won't like this. If, like me, you do, I think you'll have a good time.
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RE: Last film you watched
Middle Men (2009) Based on a true story,how a legit and able businessman(Luke Wilson) got himself involved in the early days of the fast growing internet porn business,through a series of sometimes dangerous, sometimes unreliable business partners. Middle Men refers to setting up the credit card payment system via computers. An absorbing tale, aided by Wilson's entertaining and informative narration, the sumptuous cinematography and a set of fine performances,including Wilson, nicely underplaying, Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht as his unreliable,on the edge business partners,Jacinda Barrett as his wife(their family life is nicely portrayed),Laura Ramsey as his girlfriend, Kevin Pollak as an FBI agent and Rade Serbedzija as a Russian gangster. There is a varied,top notch soundtrack, and although more drama than comedy, natural laugh out loud moments arise in the story. Plus, guys, there's quite a lot of boobies . A bit of an underrated film that seems to have slipped under the radar. Also starring James Caan, Kelsey Grammar and Terry Crews. 7.5/10
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