S.S.D.D.
Jack and Victoria live on a post-apocalyptic earth which had been devastated by alien invaders. Everyday Jack does his job as a patrolman and mechanic. When a mysterious ship lands on earth, Jack learns secrets that he was never supposed to learn. Tom Cruise does a good job in his role, although his performances rarely vary from role to role. Speaking of playing the same role, Morgan Freeman is a great actor, but I honestly get tired of seeing him in pretty much every other film playing almost the same type of character. There had to be someone less cliche and more suited for this role than him. However, for a big budget Hollywood sci-fi film, Oblivion is a respectable crossover of the 'alien invasion' and 'post-apocalyptic' genres.
With more than enough mystery, action, and suspense to be interesting, Oblivion gets 3.5 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writer: Karl Gajdusek,
Michael Arndt, Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise,
Morgan Freeman,
Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo
Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
Metacritic: 54%
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Hodejegerne (Headhunters) (2011)
My baby's got a secret
Roger Brown has secrets. He uses his position as a corporate headhunter to gain intel on prospective hires. And the intel he seeks is about art - do they have precious artwork? If he finds out that they do, he steals and fences to fuel his luxurious lifestyle. Then Clas Greve enters the picture. And the next two hours is one big Norwegian thrill ride. Scandinavians (Danes, Swedes, Norwegians) can make some really great films. Such as Let the Right One In, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, The Trollhunter, and others I've seen in the past couple of years. Hodejegerne is very intelligent, yet not too cerebral to be inaccessible to the average movie goer. But, sadly, a Hollywod remake is in the works which as most remakes do, will pale by comparison to the original.
With more plot twists that a pretzel, Hodejegerne thrilled me and gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Lars Gudmestad, Ulf Ryberg
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 72 out of 100
Roger Brown has secrets. He uses his position as a corporate headhunter to gain intel on prospective hires. And the intel he seeks is about art - do they have precious artwork? If he finds out that they do, he steals and fences to fuel his luxurious lifestyle. Then Clas Greve enters the picture. And the next two hours is one big Norwegian thrill ride. Scandinavians (Danes, Swedes, Norwegians) can make some really great films. Such as Let the Right One In, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, The Trollhunter, and others I've seen in the past couple of years. Hodejegerne is very intelligent, yet not too cerebral to be inaccessible to the average movie goer. But, sadly, a Hollywod remake is in the works which as most remakes do, will pale by comparison to the original.
With more plot twists that a pretzel, Hodejegerne thrilled me and gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Lars Gudmestad, Ulf Ryberg
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 72 out of 100
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