This is the End

6 friends. One house. A party. A milky way. Apocalypse.

Films about the end of the world are extremely popular in Hollywood lately - we either get big blockbuster movies, comedies or horror films about the subject. Some of those are really good like last year's Cabin in the Woods. And now we have new addition to the list of good end of the world movies - This is the End - hugely entertaining, hilarious comedy that I'm definitely going to rewatch many times.

Trouble with the Curve

I'm sure all of you out there, at one point or another, saw a very specific kind of a movie - the film that's isn't bad per se but while everything should work in theory, it's just boring and forgettable. The problem with Trouble with the Curve is just that - it's cliche chasing cliche and though the story is sweet and actors well suited for their job, the film is quite simply the most generic movie of 2012. And no matter how hard Eastwood and Adams are trying, they can only do so much with the mediocre script.

To Rome with Love

There are certain people working in cinematic world whose decisions puzzle me. One of such decisions is working, working and then working some more when they really don't need to do that - look at composer Alexandre Desplat. For the last few years it has been embarrassing to witness how much he is wasting his talent away. Instead of focusing on quality, he is focusing on quantity. And now look at Woody Allen. He makes one movie a year. And when the movie is as bad as To Rome with Love, I really don't understand the praise he is getting for being so prolific. I for one would much rather have no new movie by Allen this year when the result is that awful.

Triangle

Over and over again

(this review contains spoilers)

This Must Be the Place

71/100 (118 min, 2011)
Plot: A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Writers: Umberto Contarello (screenplay), Paolo Sorrentino (screenplay)
Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch

Head in the clouds

"This Must be the Place" is a quirky story about a man respecting his father's wishes and going for a journey and in the process of it - growing up. It's yet another of the movies we saw in recent time - much like Mavis Gary in "Young Adult" and Matt in "The Descendants" the protagonist of "This must be the place" is searching for one thing and finds something else along the way. But that protagonist is not an ordinary person - he is a middle aged rock star, whose band was famous 20 years ago, named Cheyenne.

The film is very peculiar - we only know what Cheyenne knows, sometimes even less. He is alone in his journey so for most of it we simply follow him, not knowing exactly where he is going or why does he question people he visits. He travels around United States visiting different people - an elder teacher, a waitress and a single mother among others and he interacts with the people he meets along his way, which brings along a lot of quirky moments such as the scene where Cheyenne plays ping pong or gives the group of girls tips about how to apply lipstick.

Take Shelter

94/100 (120 min, 2011)
Plot: Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Director: Jeff Nichols
Writer: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Shea Whigham

"Is anyone seeing this?"

I love watching movies without knowing anything about them. I thought "Take Shelter" will be a story of frantically religious man since I heard he is having "apocalyptic visions". But religion is not a factor in this story. The fact this man's visions are apocalyptic comes from the fact they are paralyzingly scary. They depict things that would frighten every single one of us - beloved pet attacking you, your child in peril, stranger outside your window who then tries to enter your house. Curtis, the main character of the story, suffers those visions through his nightmares and begins to question his sanity.

The best thing about "Take Shelter" aside from its incredible atmosphere is that as Curtis himself, we do not know the reason for his visions. His mother is schizophrenic so he thinks that he is too. When he takes pills the doctor gave him to calm him down he becomes  a little bit better. But then the visions come back, being more and more insane. There are evidence for both reasons - either he is indeed crazy or something terrible is happening. Curtis decides to build a shelter, to protect his family which causes a tension between him and his wife Samantha. But he is determined - if what he is seeing are the signs of what is to come, he wants to do everything to keep his loved ones safe.

True Grit

93/100 (110 min, 2010)
Plot: A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay)
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfeld

“You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free except the grace of God. “

I don't like westerns. All the gun fights, saloons, sand, cowboy hats and rangers piss me off for some reason. In fact, the only western I like and I don't think it covers it, since it's one of the very few movies I've rated 10/10 is “The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford”. I also loved "Deadwood" but that was mostly to amazing characters and performances. So why watch “True Grit”? Each year I watch all movies nominated for best picture. And Coen bros. flick had total of ten nominations in 2010 plus a nomination for 14-year old girl, which I found interesting.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

75/100 (130 min, 2009)
Plot: Edward leaves Bella after an attack that nearly claimed her life, and in her depression she falls into yet another paranormal relationship- this time with werewolf Jacob Black.
Director: Chris Weitz
Writers: Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner

When forever ends...what do you live for?

„Based on the worldwide phenomenon”.It is hard not to agree with the statement shown in one of TV spots for 'New Moon'. I have never get any trouble with getting tickets – not for Lord of the Rings, not with Harry Potter movies or The Matrix sequels. But this time, I was attempting to make a reservation 2 days before the movie and I couldn't get any tickets, in any of the cinemas. Everything was sold out. Not just here – all over the world people went to see the movie, daughters and mothers are asking Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison to sign their panties and there even was a riot in Brazil, where 2000 girls fought with security and tried to get to the room to meet (let's just presume that...) cast members. I have never seen a craze like this. Why is it all happening?

80% of the audience are girls. Because it is so easy for us to relate to Bella.
She is a typical teenage girl. She has goofy friends. She wears stripped shirts. She has divorced parents. And oh yes, she is in love. So much in love. What makes the story a tad different – her love is vampire. And her best friend is werewolf.

Trick 'r Treat

(82 min, 2007)
Plot: Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.
Director: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Michael Dougherty
Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox and Dylan Baker

 Tricks are for kids

Halloween, Samhain, Hallow's Eve.
The most magical day of the year when the line between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. Halloween has magnificent traditions that have been cultivated for centuries - dressing up, scaring people and of course - trick or treating. "Trick 'r Treat" not only captures the atmosphere of Halloween but also does the rare trick of being both good horror movie and good comedy.

We get to see all of the most famous traditions - carving of pumpkins, getting dressed in either scary or slutty costumes and giving kids their candy. Since it's a horror movie we also see obligatory guts and blood - it's definitely not a film for the squeamish as it has a maneuver that I previously saw in "Hostel" and to this day it remains one of the worst things I've seen - cutting of one character's Achilles' tendon. There are also scenes that will remaind you of other films - the crawling severed hand brings "Addams family" to mind and the creepy prologue with scarecrows inevitably brought me back to that horrible afternoon I was freaking out while watching "Jeepers Creepers".

One of the best things about the film is the main monster - the spirit of  Halloween incarnated in the form of a child with pumpkin for a head. That spirit ensures that everybody honors Halloween's traditions and if they don't...well, there is a bloody trick coming. There are four separate stories in the movie, each containing fair amount of scares and laughs and just the right level of gore and creepiness. Something that distinguishes "Trick 'R Treat" from other productions is that writer/director Michael Dougherty doesn't abscond from something not many would do - killing children on screen. But as Halloween is the most fun for the kids it's probably the best  and the most effective scare in the movie - I myself would never let my child go trick or treating alone in the evening on the scariest day of the year.

Time Traveler's Wife

(107 min, 2009)
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay), Audrey Niffenegger (novel)
Stars: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams and Ron Livingston

You pull me through time

Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks
Come back and take you home, I could not stop, that you now know
Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities (am I),
A part of the cure, or am I part of the disease
You are
And nothing else compares,
Oh no nothing else compares,
And nothing else compares
You are
Home, home, where I wanted to go
- "Clocks", Coldplay

I love romances with a bit of science fiction in them, like Vanilla Sky, Solaris, The Fountain and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. All of those are in my top 25. Why? Well for one, those are exceptional movies. Also - I believe love is a miracle, something that cannot be explained. That kind of magic, deserves more magic around it, hence on screen it conquers death, it conquers science, it conquers time. That is not unusual, love can do all those things. It is the only thing, in fact, that can.

I was very hyped to see this film, the trailer looked incredibly emotional and I take so much sick pleasure in watching romances. The key to the success is to have chemistry between actors - lovely Rachel McAdams and very handsome Eric Bana definitely had a lot of it. Bana is playing a man who travels through time, back and forth, to see the woman he loves. The movie is incredibly bittersweet and has many powerful scenes, I even shed a tear on certain of them and that's a sign of a good love story.

The Tree of Life

(139 min, 2011)
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain  

Come, watch the tree grow!

“I didn't at all find on the screen the emotion of the script, which is the most magnificent one that I've ever read. A clearer and more conventional narrative would have helped the film without, in my opinion, lessening its beauty and its impact. Frankly, I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing there and what I was supposed to add in that context! What's more, Terry himself never managed to explain it to me clearly."
- Sean Penn

Watching “Tree of life”, Terence Mallick's recent movie and the winner of this year Palme d'Or reminded me of the scene from “Clerks 2” where Randall criticizes “Lord of the rings “and states this movie was only about bunch of people walking. Oh, how I love to hear his thoughts on this film. Ambitious and unique, “The tree of life” is also insufferable and dull. It's like walking into art gallery – beautiful images, various pictures, stunning colors. Except in the gallery you have freedom – you can go around as you please, chose directions. Watching this movie is like being in the car with Terrence Mallick and he is driving. The only way out is jumping out and had I seen this movie in theaters, I'd jump out of the cinema after about 40 minutes.

I'm not a fan of Mallick's films, the only one I enjoy is “Thin red line”. But even with boring mess like “The new world”. Mallick's films always had plot and richly painted characters. “Tree of life” lacks both. One can't disagree with Penn – the longer the movie lasts, the more it unravels. I couldn't care less about the people on screen. Mallick yet again spends so much time showing nature, but the movie is almost offensive in praising it – it is not worthy of even talking about it. Nature is full of life, fascinating, always changing, restless. “Tree of life” is the opposite of that – it's the movie so boring I'd recommend watching it to my worst enemy.

The Tourist

(103 min, 2010)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Writers: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (screenplay), Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and Paul Bettany

Catch them if you can.

Elise (Angelina Jolie) sits next to an American tourist, Frank (Johnny Depp), on a train going to Venice. She has chosen him as a decoy, making believe that he is her lover who is wanted for police. Not only will they need to evade the police, but also the mobster whose money her lover stole.

“The Tourist” is one of the most criticized movies of last year. When it received three Golden Globe nominations – for best motion picture – comedy, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp it also got a tremendous amount of backlash from the public. The movie failed in box office and many reviewers complained that the film is boring and that it contains Johnny Depp's worst performance. Was it all deserved? After watching the movie I have to say no.

I had very low expectations – in fact I just wanted to watch this film to check if it's as bad as everyone keeps saying and to stare at lovely Jolie, who in my mind is one of the most strikingly beautiful actresses to ever grace cinema screen with their presence. What I saw was not a bad movie – it was fun, entertaining and despite quite a weak script, very watchable and far from being boring.

To Die For

(106 min, 1995)
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: Joyce Maynard (book), Buck Henry (screenplay)
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon and Joaquin Phoenix

All she wanted was a little attention.

“You're not anybody in America unless you're on TV. On TV is where we learn about who we really are. Because what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if nobody's watching? And if people are watching, it makes you a better person.“

Suzanne Stone Maretto (Nicole Kidman) knows exactly what she wants. She wants to be a television newscaster and she is willing to do ANYTHING to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

I like when the events behind the movie mirror the story we see in it. After reading the script, Nicole Kidman was so determined to land the lead role in this movie that she tracked down Gus van Sant's personal phone number and rung him at home. She spent 40 minutes talking to him on the phone about her thoughts on Suzanne and how to play her. Van Sant called back 2 hours later to tell her she'd got the part. It's funny that she actually had to fight for that role (Meg Ryan turned down the movie after she wasn't happy with the salary offer) - in the novel on which the movie is based, Suzanne states that she would like to see "that actress that just got married to Tom Cruise in real life" play her in a movie about this. Kidman who, sadly, has her best roles behind her nowadays (apart from her recent good work in “Rabbit Hole”) delivers one of her best performances here. Channeling a bit of Catherine Deneuve in “Belle de Jour” she is icy, fascinating and reserved. But since “To die for” is a dark comedy Kidman manages to make her character adorably silly and devilish. She may look sweet and innocent, but this girl with serious look in her eyes has a plan on how to get what she wants. No matter what.

Thirst (Bakjwi)

(133 min, 2009)
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writers: Chan-wook Park (screenplay), Émile Zola (inspired by the book "Thérèse Raquin"),
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim and Hae-sook Kim

Between God and desire.

“She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
Driven by the strangled vein
Showing no mercy I do it again
Open up your eye
You keep on crying, baby
I’ll bleed you dry”
- Kings of Leon, “Closer”

In Korea, the dedicated Priest Hyo-Sung volunteers to work in a special research of the Emmanuel Virus, a.k.a. Curse of Bazira that does not affect African, only Caucasian and Asian; However he contracts the disease and dies, but after a blood transfusion, he surprisingly survives among the fifty volunteers and is considered saint by the worshipers. Sooner Hyo-Sung finds that the transfusion was made using vampires blood and he is thirsty for blood and lust for woman, Tae-ju.

If I had to make a list of five best vampires movies ever made “Thirst” by the director of Vengeance Trilogy Chan-wook Park would be on it. The movie brilliantly shows vampire's lust, in all forms of it, has one of the best characters I've seen in vampire movie (Tae-ju) and is beautifully shot. It's a delicate and sometimes even poetic movie about brutal and irreversible aspects of vampires' lives.

The Town

(125 min, 2010)
Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Peter Craig (screenplay), Ben Affleck (screenplay)
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm
 

Sunny day marks trouble.

There are over 300 bank robberies in Boston every year. And most of the professionals live in a one-square-mile neighborhood called Charlestown. One of them is Doug MacRay. The only family Doug has are his partners in crime, especially Jem, who is the closest thing Doug ever had to a brother. However, everything changed on the gang's last job when Jem briefly took a hostage: bank manager Claire Keesey. When they discover Claire lives in Charlestown, Jem gets nervous and wants to check out what she might have seen. Knowing what Jem is capable of, Doug takes charge. He seeks out Claire, who has no idea that their encounter is not by chance or that this charming stranger is one of the men who terrorized her only days before. As his relationship with Claire deepens into a passionate romance, Doug wants out of this life and the town.

The movie is very effective crime thriller but sadly nothing more. It's wonderfully executed, contains fantastic cast and the most impressive heist/shootout scenes since “Heat” (to which it's almost strikingly similar at times). In fact those scenes, long, thrilling and engaging make the rest of the movie, especially love story look a bit silly. I felt that the inclusion of cliché romance arc actually cheapened what could have been a truly great film.

Taking Lives

(103 min, 2004)
Director: D.J. Caruso
Writers: Michael Pye (novel), Jon Bokenkamp (screen story)
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke and Kiefer Sutherland

Everything you saw I wanted you to see.

“This desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation
Desolation
Let it go”
- U2, “Bad”

A successful FBI agent, Illeana Scott, is summoned to help out Quebec law enforcement in Montreal. Her task is to hunt down a serial killer who assumes the lives and identities of the people he kills as he travels across North America. This forces Illeana to adjust to working in a strange city with a police team with which she doesn't really fit in

There are many movies, which are underrated, almost hated, that I love. In case of “Taking Lives” both the critics and the public disliked the movie. But it is one of my favorite thrillers, probably due to the heroine in this movie. I don't know how much of it is thanks to the script and how much praise should go to Mrs. Jolie herself, but agent Illeana Scott is one of my favorite female characters.

Here is a woman, who loves her work so much, that she eats her dinner staring at the photos of dismembered bodies. Some of you may think it's sick - and it's understandable. But that woman is so focused on catching criminals that she is not afraid of the great risk – trying to go inside murder's mind. That's why she lies in the fresh graves, looks at the photos, tries to figure out her target's next moves. This is a woman driven by amazing passion, the character who's strong and confident. And prepared for anything, including sacrifices to get the job done. She's a loner, wears a wedding ring although she is not married, just to scare off possible admirers. Illeana chose the job because of traumatic incident that happen years ago and the blame she carries with her, although what happened was not her fault. She's subtle and quiet, but has a sense of humor and stands up for herself whenever it's necessary. And she is incredibly observant – movie does great job showing that by focusing on Jolie's eyes a lot.

What I particularly loved about the movie is the similarities between Illeana and the murderer she is chasing. After all, that is the person who kills and impersonates other people, steals their identity. Illeana does a little bit of it on her own, trying to get into the skin of the murderer. They are both alone, can't trust anybody. Nobody understands them, even if agent Scott is doing her best, she is still considered to be weird by her colleagues who in some cases resent her.

About the murderer, who by the way works in the similar but way more gruesome manner than the one in “Talented Mr. Ripley” - it's a well constructed character, who works in a distinctive pattern and has the reasons of doing so. He (or maybe she?) is clever, smart, great at covering the tracks. The film does good job at multiplying the suspects and leaving hints that could implicate literally everyone in the movie. And the big reveal is great, even better in director's cut version of the movie.

There are many suspects in the movie - in fact, because of Illeana's seemingly strange behavior it's not certain if she isn't the killer herself. The movie includes many intense characters – Costa, witness in the case (Ethan Hawke), the mother of the suspect (Gena Rowlands), mysterious dangerous man (Kiefer Sutherland) and cops who work with Illeana.

The film features much talked about sex scene, which was encountered with overwhelming and needless criticism – the scene was necessary – it shows how much Illeana was really depending on a chance for happiness of her own – notice how much her character changes after it, she is more relaxed, smiles, hopes for the best. Plus the scene was well done and as much as it comes off as a bit creepy, it also leads to fantastic scene with Illeana in the bathroom, later on in the movie.

“Taking lives” is heavily inspired by “Se7en”, which is most clear in the opening credits sequence. I think it's something that shouldn't be criticized – pretty much everything has been done in movies already, so if you have to steal, you should steal from the best. The film maintains suspense and has few scenes that are scary and unexpected. I know it's a cheap shot – something awful appears suddenly with the accompaniment of freaky, loud music. But it works – few times my heart skipped a bit. The prologue of the film is well done and gets you interested.

One of the biggest criticism of the movie dealt with the red herrings left for the audience to throw them off the right track. I'd agree that it is a weakness – good red herring is always a fantastic device, but the one that creates plot holes and cannot be explained other than by coincidence is not a smart idea. Thrillers should be meticulously constructed, the writer should check everything, tie all the lose ends. It's not the case of “Taking lives”, but I liked the movie so much I can forgive occasional weaknesses of the script. Plus you have to give credit to the writers for making the answer for who the murderer is not too easy – I read about people who knew very early in the movie who it was, but as for me – I was surprised by the discovery.

As with “Se7en” we have very sullen cinematography and score here. I enjoyed the music, composed by Philip Glass, that was very subtle at times and when it was necessary filled with intense, suspenseful feeling.

“Taking Lives” has very strong performances – especially by Jolie, who, I cannot believe, was nominated for Razzie award for this movie – her performance is the best thing about this film - and Gena Rowlands. Everyone else is also doing great job, especially Olivier Martinez, who plays impulsive cop who works with Illeana. The script is definitely not flawless, but the movie is very stylish and thrilling. The ending scene provides nice twist, which unlike many films, is not forced at all and gives the viewer even more reasons to admire Jolie's character. I'd definitely recommend that movie, it's nowhere near as good as the classics from which it borrows like “Se7en” or “The Silence of the Lambs”, but it's still a very good thriller.

78/100

Town Creek

(90 min, 2009)
Plot: A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Writer: David Kajganich
Stars: Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell and Emma Booth

Nazi demons and third eyes

Until I saw “Town Creek” I was under the impression watching “Sex and the city 2” and “Daybreakers” was an awful experience. Boy, was I wrong about that.

I hate gore. I like horrors – but only the ones with dense, mysterious atmosphere like “The Others” or “The Ring”. I don't really enjoy “Saw” series, because it is not scary at all. It's simply gross. I'm not delicate or skittish, I don't mind blood – In fact I cannot wait to go to the morgue (I'll clarify – my studies include that kind of trips, not that I want to go there as a corpse). But I only watch gory movies if I have a reason. The best reason. Hot actor in the cast – Henry Cavill. Bad reason? Hey, I know a lot of films because of this practice.

To summarize the plot – two brothers, one of them is trying to avenge what happened to him, go on a farm where apparently, immortal family and nazi demon are hiding.

I have so many questions about this movie – why the hell Joel Shumacher directed it? What is Michael Fassbender doing there? Haven't Cavill suffered enough (he didn't get the parts in “Batman Begins”, “Casino Royale”, “Twilight” although he was at the very end of race) and God decided to punish him some more?

Joel Shumacher is a good director. He did “Falling Down” - brilliant movie, “Phone Booth” - great movie and “8 mm” - movie I really like. But he had the bad luck of doing “Batman and Robin” the most laughed at movie ever and apparently he didn't manage to win the trust of the producers back ever since. His last film “Number 23” had the same problem “Town Creek” has – good idea, good concept, awful movie. It's not Shumacher's fault – it's the script – boring, slow, with awful dialogues. The basic idea is good, there are some intense scenes and if somebody with actual skills wrote the script the movie would be good. I see the dude who is responsible for this also wrote “The Invasion”. I'm not surprised. I read that Schumacher actually re-wrote certain parts of "Town Creek". I hope I'll never see original script.

Fassbender, from “300”, “The Hunger” and yes, “Inglourious Basterds” manages to be good here. He is scary, menacing and not laughable. Very good actor, I'm certain we will hear about him many times in the future. But he makes some questionable decisions lately – this and “Jonah Hex”, which appears to quickly become the worst movie of 2010 according to the critics. But I think as long as the actor does great job it doesn't really matter that job takes place on the steaming pile of crap those movies are.

The brothers are played by TV stars, which is never a good thing – from “Prison Break” Dominick Purcell and from “The Tudors” Henry Cavill. Now, anyone who ever saw at least one episode of those shows knows what follows and what is seen in “Town Creek” - Purcell can't act, Cavill can. Too bad the only thing they do is – running, shooting and then running again. But when the occasional dialogue appears Cavill is plausible as human being and Purcell is not. The immortal girl, Liese who lives in the farmhouse was played by Emma Booth. She was quite good, definitely better than the brothers.

The movie features some of the most ridiculous scenes I've ever seen. Get this – the Nazi demon can be defeated when the blood or bones or whatever of his ancestors gets to his blood stream. So Liese finds the bones – they are on the farm of course. Why? No idea. She crashes them, Cavill takes off his shirt and she ties his arms and cuts his back after which she places the bone powder in his wounds. Then Fassbender, I'm gonna write this again, the man who was in “Inglourious Basterds” appears and licks Cavill's back. I don't even now how to comment on that. I'm pretty sure Shumacher by this time figured out he was directing awful movie and at least with that scene some of the girls would be tempted to watch. Hey, it worked on me.

The movie deserves only 2 stars. I wish I could give it more, but it's the kind of a movie that should be aired on TV after 3 am, when nobody is watching. Those 2 stars are for a good prologue and Fassbender's performance. Both the director and actors deserved better than this.

22/100