georghagglund
Joined Aug 2011
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I got this movie very cheap together with a bunch of others. I want to explore new movies and maybe go into unknown territory. I take a chance. Often the movies are bland or just bad. Now and again I find a movie like this which makes up for all the others.
This movie tells a rather long story in a short time. Seeing all that happens, this movie could easily been an hour longer and still have been interesting. Where many other movies fail doing this. This works.
There are very many scenes and quite little dialogue (not too little though) and somehow it works. The scenes often has memorable details and what comes next is done in a lot better way than most American movies which are too much cliché or just too random.
The movie constantly has shades of innocence and darkness which makes it not fall into the pit of being too serious or too corny.
I thought the movie was okay at first but seeing how it went on and rarely was predictable made me respect it more and more for each scene. A real treat to watch.
When I soon saw the grade on IMDb has was very surprised. 5,5 / 10? That is a mediocre movie to me.. One of the others I have taken a chance for that left little impression. This has left me with a lot of impressions. I highly recommend this movie and I don't even know Chinese. Just watching via subtitles works very fine.
This movie tells a rather long story in a short time. Seeing all that happens, this movie could easily been an hour longer and still have been interesting. Where many other movies fail doing this. This works.
There are very many scenes and quite little dialogue (not too little though) and somehow it works. The scenes often has memorable details and what comes next is done in a lot better way than most American movies which are too much cliché or just too random.
The movie constantly has shades of innocence and darkness which makes it not fall into the pit of being too serious or too corny.
I thought the movie was okay at first but seeing how it went on and rarely was predictable made me respect it more and more for each scene. A real treat to watch.
When I soon saw the grade on IMDb has was very surprised. 5,5 / 10? That is a mediocre movie to me.. One of the others I have taken a chance for that left little impression. This has left me with a lot of impressions. I highly recommend this movie and I don't even know Chinese. Just watching via subtitles works very fine.
Just my two cents about this film.
I started watching it and at the beginning it just felt like a childish/overly American movie that would be hard to stay awake for.. But as the movie went on it grew on me.
From feeling extremely mediocre I got to think it was actually decent and when it was over I thought it was quite good. I thought of it as a "unknown gem". Then I go on IMDb and see the ranks.. And it's 5,3 / 10. Really? For me that is a highly mediocre grade and I've seen my fair share of 5 / 10 movies... This is far better.
After quickly scanning what others felt. It's anti-American reviews and "this didn't actually happen" opinions all over the place. But it's a movie! Sure there are movies based on reality and movies that is far from.. But at the end of the day: It's just a movie! I enjoyed it and regardless of what I feel about every move or part in the movie. It made me think of how it CAN be like. Not how it actually is or isn't.
There are many different movies about War and I must say I've seen plenty that isn't as entertaining or as thought-provoking as this one. See it for what it is.
I started watching it and at the beginning it just felt like a childish/overly American movie that would be hard to stay awake for.. But as the movie went on it grew on me.
From feeling extremely mediocre I got to think it was actually decent and when it was over I thought it was quite good. I thought of it as a "unknown gem". Then I go on IMDb and see the ranks.. And it's 5,3 / 10. Really? For me that is a highly mediocre grade and I've seen my fair share of 5 / 10 movies... This is far better.
After quickly scanning what others felt. It's anti-American reviews and "this didn't actually happen" opinions all over the place. But it's a movie! Sure there are movies based on reality and movies that is far from.. But at the end of the day: It's just a movie! I enjoyed it and regardless of what I feel about every move or part in the movie. It made me think of how it CAN be like. Not how it actually is or isn't.
There are many different movies about War and I must say I've seen plenty that isn't as entertaining or as thought-provoking as this one. See it for what it is.
When I started watching this movie, before Samuel L. Jackson was on, it seemed pretty boring. Then when Samuel L. Jackson went on it just felt like a new "Snakes On A Plane" of sorts.
The plot of this movie is silly to say the least BUT if you survive about the first half hour it does turn into a very entertaining movie.
Samuel L. Jackson does, for whatever reason, do quite many half done/b-movies besides all his big Hollywood-productions. Why? It can't be for the money...
I've seen plenty of his "unknown movies" and it's a mixed bag. Some are actually good and others highly mediocre. I definitely count this one as one of the good! The nice effects with the just overly ridiculous plot makes one fun movie.
I would say it's like a properly done "White House"-movie meeting Kick-Ass. I try to see as many movies as I can and very few movies since the beginning of 2016 (now it's early July) has put me in a good mood like this one.
The plot of this movie is silly to say the least BUT if you survive about the first half hour it does turn into a very entertaining movie.
Samuel L. Jackson does, for whatever reason, do quite many half done/b-movies besides all his big Hollywood-productions. Why? It can't be for the money...
I've seen plenty of his "unknown movies" and it's a mixed bag. Some are actually good and others highly mediocre. I definitely count this one as one of the good! The nice effects with the just overly ridiculous plot makes one fun movie.
I would say it's like a properly done "White House"-movie meeting Kick-Ass. I try to see as many movies as I can and very few movies since the beginning of 2016 (now it's early July) has put me in a good mood like this one.