I suppose it’s not considered in particularly good taste to watch school children killing each other off for entertainment, but the dexterity with which director Kinji Fukasaku milks the “murderous game” concept for drama and satire is remarkable.
The setup could be described as Mean Girls with machine guns crossed with Lord of the Flies by [...]
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Battle Royale
Civic Duty
Civic Duty steals liberally from Falling Down, Rear Window, and Dog Day Afternoon to milk September 11 paranoia for a contrived, rickety potboiler. Peter Krause (Nate from Six Feet Under) plays Terry Allen, a laid-off accountant who becomes obsessed with a middle-eastern neighbor he suspects to be a terrorist (Khaled Abol Naga.) Allen’s unsupportive wife [...]
Grindhouse
My review of Grindhouse is up.
In short: come for Planet Terror (****), get the hell out before Death Proof (*)
Grindhouse. Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, 2007. **
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The Departed
Marty’s Hearty Head Shot Show. Confident entertainment, especially if you like tough talk and cell phones.
The Departed. Martin Scorsese, 2006. **
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