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The super-hit jodi of Namaste England fame is back! — (I’m kidding guys) On the one hand, nobody watched that film and rightly so. It was abysmal. Many will also not watch this one too because of the recent track record of these stars. That on the other hand, is a shame. I say that, […]
MoreWhat if someone obsessed with the Saw franchise films (read Jigsaw killer murders) and 80’s cop thrillers made a film that was a bastard child of the both. Voila. A cop-killer on the loose is easier to digest than a nihilist judging you for your sins willy nilly. I’d perhaps have been a little happier […]
MoreSuperb. This is how it’s done. I did see a couple of scenes in my rewatch that were stolen directly from the nobody-watched-it masterpiece “The Way of the Gun”, but since that was also directed by McQuarrie, I guess we can let it fly. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/jack-reacher/1/
MoreThis review may contain spoilers. A lot of good ideas, some executed well, some okay, some badly. This feels like a mixture of a few things on the proverbial decision-making table. 1) Complicated merely for the sake of smarminess. — Cool films like Inception and The Matrix always have cool people explain things in a […]
MoreA rewatch within a month. Sharing the love with the uninitiated. 😉 source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/nobody-2021/1/
MoreTwenty years on, this didn’t feel as dated as I thought it might. It takes the philosophical trolley problem and makes an entertaining watch out of it. Probably one of those on the tail-end of Travolta’s peak. Along with the much under-rated Basic. Good pacing, a bit more explosion than needed, but perfect to recalibrate […]
MorePart of my ongoing Higashino fanboying. Really enjoyed this despite the weird editing. When you manage to get the emotions and motivations right from every standpoint, the rest just falls into place perfectly. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/the-crimes-that-bind/
MoreWhen Guy Ritchie decides to take Statham in a role tailor made for him, half his work is done. For the rest, we have plenty of inspiration from genre-films like Payback, Reservoir Dogs, Assault on Precinct 13, Rambo and these are just flicks that are rolling off the tongue instantly. We’ve got someone who clearly […]
MoreStarting a film with someone having a bad dream about their trauma should have set my expectations to average or below, but oddly, it’s the title that made me expect more. What we get is a functional bad-guys chase good guys to a small town where the local folk step up affair, where the novelty […]
MoreFrankly, I shouldn’t have bothered. I have no idea why I watched this, never mind seeing it through. It’s terrible. Here-on is just me trying to convince myself why I saw this. Some years ago, I saw Bharat and then dipped into the original it was adapted from. Ode to my father is such an […]
MoreI think it may take a bit of geek DNA to appreciate the drive and passion that this oozes, but in a way, I felt “these are my people”. A rare non-fic that I wanted to see, as opposed to being coerced to. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/atari-game-over/
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