As with the previous film, some of my enjoyment rested on imagining this as an instalment in the more recent TV series, with its very different lead actor closer to the book Reacher, and around four times as long taken over a complex plot. It was interesting how many of the fight scenes here were really contingent on Reacher as a much larger and heavier man, using his weight and bulk as a weapon; they look even less plausible, off…
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Jack Reacher 2012
Just addictively watched the existing two series of the Reacher TV adaptation within a week. This film, which, with minimum friction, I noticed sitting on the front page of the Channel 4 player, was the only way to get another fix for the moment.
Therefore, I watched the entire thing as if Tom Cruise were an understudy for the previously almost unknown Alan Ritchson, who is probably as definitive a screen portrayal of Reacher as is ever going to exist.…
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Purple Noon 1960
It may take a while for my reasoning faculties to return as they have been shut down by the sexy, lush atmosphere of this film and in particular the impossible beauty of young Alain Delon.
I've never liked Matt Damon anyway but this original adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley further emphasises how miscast he was. Delon's physical perfection makes Tom Ripley even more mysterious, as he should be ... I don't think he's a character whose inner workings are…
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A Prophet 2009
I'd heard so many recommendations for Un prophète from people with good taste, on Letterboxd and before I joined, that at some point I forgot that it's a two and a half hour prison movie. An extra-large helping of a genre I usually avoid. Fuck.
Not long after Malik's arrival in gaol though, it stops being an account of claustrophobic, intrusive routine whilst isolated amongst thugs - and becomes a mesmerising character drama about the men stuck in this big…