An American thriller remake directed by Gela Babluani, starring Ray Winstone, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham.
An electrician steals a ticket to a game from a man who dies in the house he is wiring. The game involves men betting large amounts of money on modified versions of Russian Roulette.
Interestingly, Gela Babluani directed this, the original Tzameti 13 (2005) and 2 other obscure films. I have to say I liked Tzameti much more. This was like a dumbed down American version of that. If I remember correctly, the original was all in black and white. The plot of this did not hold my attention very well and the characters were shallow. Anything made after 2000 by a major film company is going to look at least alright. If Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham could be afforded, then decent cameras would have been used. The sound was kind of off, but I think that was the fault of whoever digitized and uploaded it. It sounded muffled and mid-rangey. What is most difficult to describe is the difference in "weight" between this and the original. Things in that seemed important because of film elements working together for emphasis. This seemed trivial all the way through, like a modern version of the 1980s Full Moon one-off flicks. I rate this tolerable. Considering how many options are out there, you would be better off watching something else.
An American science fiction directed by Peter Berg, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Tadanobu Asano and Liam Neeson.
A signal is sent into space and hostile aliens arrive on Earth. A NAVY guy leads his crew to fight them.
Let's start with similarities to the game: The alien bombs were shaped like pegs and there was a few minute section of trying to guess the location of enemy ships. This is in a 2 hour duration. Great job on making a movie out of the game. It was hokey and cheesy, the writing sucked and the dialogue was trite and predictable. The soundtrack had way too much AC/DC for my taste and the plot was really choppy. The CG was obvious like being slapped in the face with it. It all looked so fake that I can't tell which images are screenshots and which are promotional ad images. Does it matter? What a piece of shit. If I were making a movie from the game, it would be dogma 95 and have 2 people in a room playing the game. They would be involved in some sort of intense conversation while doing so and why they were playing Battleship would never be mentioned. I'm seeing Steve Buscemi and Tilda Swinton directed by Jim Jarmusch. That's the only way I think it would work. I rate this movie shit. DO NOT WATCH!
