Tag Archives: thriller
Gamer
How many times have I seen the plot lines in Gamer before – The Running Man, Death Race, etc. But beyond that they don’t even get the plot going till 20 minutes in. What’s the point of the movie? Why am … Continue reading
Traitor
Traitor is a study in how not to try and create a mystery out of your protagonist. In the first three minutes we see Don Cheadle’s character watch as his father is killed in a car bomb. Then the movie … Continue reading
The International
The International is more a warning to anyone wanting to make a movie about an institution. There isn’t a single antagonist we can identify with and all the reality just bogs down the story. There are some great scenes in … Continue reading
88 Minutes
88 Minutes is marginally entertaining. Al Pacino makes it interesting enough but the plot is rather unrealistic – just too many coincidences and no one seems to act logically except of course Al Pacino’s character. According to Wikipedia it was … Continue reading