ugh. these movies keep getting worse. the first one was a kind of fun B movie with some great style. the second one was ok, but this one was just terrible. they try to throw in a whole family melodrama with a father and brother and it just plain doesn't work. really terrible writing and stupid conflicts. even though they have released more of these, i'm pretty sure this is my last one. i'm throwing in the towel with this series.
i've never seen the original film with john wayne but thought i'd give this one a try. i went to see it with my dad who loves the original. its a great story of a girl who wants to find and arrest the men who killed her father. she goes and hires jeff bridges character to track them down and she goes along on the journey. the bridges character is very cool and the whole movie rests on his shoulders. everyone in it does a great job and its a fun one to watch, especially if you like westerns.
this is about as simple of an action movie as you can get. denzel and chris pine are trying to stop a runaway train. that's it, that's the whole movie. its pretty tense along the way, offering some fun tension and clever challenges they need to overcome. its pretty good.
i love the rock so i was totally up for a revenge action movie with him as the lead. and to make it even better its rated R so we get some really cool action. i liked this movie quite a bit, its pretty generic and straight forward, but when you've got the rock in the lead that's really about all you need.
i really like terry gilliam, the director, so i really wanted to like this movie. unfortunately, terry does everything possible to work against that good will. the story follows a traveling sideshow that features an old man and his daughter, as well as other helpers including heath ledger in his final role.
