An American drama directed by John Herzfeld, starring Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Thomas Jane, Danny Trejo, Cary Elwes, etc...
A man has written a best-selling self help book, but does not want any recognition for it. Lots of people find the book: gangsters, an ex-convict fashion designer, a man who wants to quit smoking, etc...
Trash. Modern trash is different from 1960s - 1990s Italian, Japanese and American trash. Modern trash looks slick and has lots of big name actors, but it's still trash. They all have terrible plots (if any) and far too many undeveloped characters. Budgets may be the problem, but I've seen good films that were made for very little money. I think it's down to writing. If you have a bad script, you have a bad movie. The difference here is that nobody in the future will watch this for quaint ideas about space travel or poorly produced monster effects. I rate it shit because I should never have even begun to watch it, let alone setting a point to turn it off.
An American crime romance directed by Van Fischer, starring Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Sally Kirkland, Cary Elwes and Ethan Suplee.
A neo nazi skinhead is in a mental institution and falls in love with a black woman who says that she is Hitler.
This was a mix of good and bad. Let's go with bad first. I think that the dialogue needed to be mixed quieter because I could almost hear some of it and the music needed to be mixed louder because my speakers did not blow out. Shitty audio production aside, I really liked the plot and characters. The plot started almost at the end and then developed its own back-story as the film went on. The characters followed this, revealing their past. The combination of 2 unlikely main characters was the best part. If I'm so focused on the plot and characters that I don't notice cinematography, camera-work, composition, framing or editing, that is seamless and very very good. Cary Elwes was in a very short section, but Ethan Suplee played a larger role. I remember him from American History X (1998), Blow and Evolution (both 2001) and Art School Confidential (2006). I'm rating this good, but it would have gotten awesome with better audio.
An American crime thriller directed by Jonathan Mossek, starring Cary Elwes, Andie MacDowell and Frank Whaley.
A photographer is attacked in his apartment by white supremacists who say that he has killed one of their family members. They torture him, but soon begin fighting amongst themselves.
I watched this because I'm watching films that Cary Elwes acted in. For those who don't know, he was Westley in The Princess Bride (1987) and Robin Hood in Men in Tights (1993). I did not want to see such a good actor being tortured for so long. My only other comment is that the ending was completely unexpected. I won't spoil it any more than that. I rate this poor because of who was tortured.
