Coventry
नव॰ 2002 को शामिल हुए
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रेटिंग5.7 हज़ार
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समीक्षाएं5.7 हज़ार
Coventryकी रेटिंग
Jake Gyllenhaal is a 911 emergency operator who clearly doesn't belong behind a desk. He is a man of action, and of the field, and with every call he receives he obviously prefers to go out to the streets himself to solve the emergency. While terrible wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Joe receives a call from a woman who is fell victim to kidnapping and can only pass on little information over the phone. Joe does what he can to save the woman, and gradually the reason why he's working from behind a desk is revealed.
"The Guilty" is not a remake of "The Call", with Halle Berry, but of a Danish film that I never heard about. The story is actually nothing special and, in fact, fairly predictable; - and that applies to the outcome of the abduction as well as to the mental process that Joe undergoes. Still, the film is worth seeing, if only for the umpteenth great acting performance by Jake Gyllenhaal. He is by far the best actor of his generation and effortlessly carries the entire film alone. There are hardly any other characters, only faceless voices on the phone. Strong role by Gyllenhaal, but otherwise a forgettable thriller/drama.
"The Guilty" is not a remake of "The Call", with Halle Berry, but of a Danish film that I never heard about. The story is actually nothing special and, in fact, fairly predictable; - and that applies to the outcome of the abduction as well as to the mental process that Joe undergoes. Still, the film is worth seeing, if only for the umpteenth great acting performance by Jake Gyllenhaal. He is by far the best actor of his generation and effortlessly carries the entire film alone. There are hardly any other characters, only faceless voices on the phone. Strong role by Gyllenhaal, but otherwise a forgettable thriller/drama.
On paper, this sounds like mandatory viewing for every self-respecting film fanatic. A good rating and positive reviews everywhere, a widely acclaimed director, four fabulo actors in the cast, and a story that always intrigues; - namely that of a former gangster chased by hitmen because he dared to be a key witness in court.
Well, a lot of people might pretend "The Hit" is a great sleeper, but I'm honest enough to admit that I didn't like it one bit. What a boring, implausible, and utterly useless movie! This is one of those scripts where the characters behave like no normal person ever would! No one accepts that he will be executed. No hitman is as enigmatic as John Hurt or as outspoken as Tim Roth. Frears shows Spain from its most boring side, and the local top actor Fernando Rey is terribly underused.
Well, a lot of people might pretend "The Hit" is a great sleeper, but I'm honest enough to admit that I didn't like it one bit. What a boring, implausible, and utterly useless movie! This is one of those scripts where the characters behave like no normal person ever would! No one accepts that he will be executed. No hitman is as enigmatic as John Hurt or as outspoken as Tim Roth. Frears shows Spain from its most boring side, and the local top actor Fernando Rey is terribly underused.
This is a remake of a French film from 2003, directed by François Ozon, which I haven't seen yet. It's not my habit to see a remake before the original, but Netflix just kept pushing this one down my list of suggestions, so I gave in. Netflix knows by now that I'm a big fan of Agatha Christie, and of murder whodunits in general.
The idea behind this film is nice, but it's certainly not of the same high-quality level of Agatha Christie. Who stabbed a knife in the back of patriarch Marcello? One thing is certain; - the killer is a woman. There are only women in the geographically isolated mansion where Marcello narrowly didn't make it to Christmas Eve. Among the suspects are his wife, two daughters, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, housekeeper, and mistress.
Unlike an Agatha Christie story, where each character has a motive for murder and several dark secrets, here nobody has a genuine good motive to get rid of Marcello. So, the supposed "surprise denouement" does not really come as a surprise, and there is zero tension or action. And yet "7 Donne y un misterio" is worth a view, because the script is quite funny (with especially the mother-in-law as the most comical character), the tone is light-hearted, and it doesn't last that long (82 minutes)
The idea behind this film is nice, but it's certainly not of the same high-quality level of Agatha Christie. Who stabbed a knife in the back of patriarch Marcello? One thing is certain; - the killer is a woman. There are only women in the geographically isolated mansion where Marcello narrowly didn't make it to Christmas Eve. Among the suspects are his wife, two daughters, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, housekeeper, and mistress.
Unlike an Agatha Christie story, where each character has a motive for murder and several dark secrets, here nobody has a genuine good motive to get rid of Marcello. So, the supposed "surprise denouement" does not really come as a surprise, and there is zero tension or action. And yet "7 Donne y un misterio" is worth a view, because the script is quite funny (with especially the mother-in-law as the most comical character), the tone is light-hearted, and it doesn't last that long (82 minutes)
