AverxgeJoe
Joined Nov 2013
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The Purge: Anarchy is a good movie for a sequel. Maybe that's because the first one wasn't good to begin with. This time the movie goes a bit more in depth of it's yearly title event. The sequel features more characters than the first one, and in this case, the more the merrier. The characters were a bit better than in the first one, but the acting was unfortunately a hit and miss. From a technical standpoint the movie could have been better. Directing was not that good, action, etc. like I said could have been better. At least I feel like it would have been.
Frank Grillo was the star of the movie. That's honestly a no-brainer. Not only cause he easily gave the best performance out of all the actors, but the writer had made his character so much more interesting, and well, just better than the rest of the characters. Or should I say he had made the other characters more stupid than Grillo's character.
Frank Grillo was the star of the movie. That's honestly a no-brainer. Not only cause he easily gave the best performance out of all the actors, but the writer had made his character so much more interesting, and well, just better than the rest of the characters. Or should I say he had made the other characters more stupid than Grillo's character.
Colombiana was a mess to be honest. Yes the movie has a good premise and a revenge story going for it, but then it has loads of other dumb parts which really bring the film down. The silly writing makes sure that I can't take this movie seriously, like the filmmakers intend. This is not something like Piranha 3DD (which I just saw) where the filmmakers clearly know that they are making a dumb movie and they embrace it. (Piranha 3DD was still bad) But Colombiana tries to be a legitimate action film and fails miserably.
Director Olivier Megaton is not a good director. He handles the basics reasonably well, but when **** hits the fan and audience expects a good action sequence, you will not get one. One of the scenes in the climax is a prime example of this. Terrible angles and incredibly short shots make it hard to see what's going on. And it really shatters the illusion that there is a life and death situation going on with our main character.
The acting was a hit and miss, Lenny James being the hit and everyone else being the miss. The bad directing, plot holes and plot conveniences made sure that this movie was a bad experience.
Director Olivier Megaton is not a good director. He handles the basics reasonably well, but when **** hits the fan and audience expects a good action sequence, you will not get one. One of the scenes in the climax is a prime example of this. Terrible angles and incredibly short shots make it hard to see what's going on. And it really shatters the illusion that there is a life and death situation going on with our main character.
The acting was a hit and miss, Lenny James being the hit and everyone else being the miss. The bad directing, plot holes and plot conveniences made sure that this movie was a bad experience.
