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Now You See Me 2013
Whether you enjoy this or not depends on if you can suspend your disbelief to a point where you will accept that someone can come up with a masterplan so brilliant that every little piece falls into place perfectly and they are always 3 steps ahead of everyone else.
I wasn't sure if I was to root for the smug magicians or the equally smug magic debunker or the clueless FBI agent.
Also, Isla Fisher is wasted, as she adds…
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Midnight Express 1978
Holy shit, I hadnt watched this in years and forgot how powerful it is.
A man is caught trying to smuggle hash out of Turkey and faces the consequences of the law, who fuck him about something rotten.
I know what happened to him but I don't understand why Brad Davis didn't become massive after this. The scene where he loses it and goes after the snivelling Rifki is mindblowing.
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Total Recall 2012
Souless remake that ignores all the great things from the original:-
No Mars
No Ricther
No Benny
No Kuato
No one liners
I heard that Kate Beckinsale steals the movie, she doesn't, she's as generic as everything else in this, and to waste Bryan Cranston is a sin! -
Man of Steel 2013
I can't remember the last time I was so underwhelmed by a film like I was here.
Depite having over 2 hours, it felt like Zack Snyder wanted to rush through the back story to get to the main battles and then rush through that. The battle scenes seemed to be on fast forward and it was just people crashing into each other constantly. The romance with Louis Lane was also rushed and they had zero chemistry.
Also, I know…
