22 bullets - L'immortel, 2010

22 Bullets a.k.a. L'immortel
Director: Richard Berry
Cast: Jean Reno, Marina Fois, Richard Berry




L'immortel in short: Charly Mattei has turned a new leaf on his past as an outlaw. For the past three years he's been living a comfortable life and devoting himself to his wife and two kids. However, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the underground parking garage of Marseille's Old Port with 22 bullets in his body. Against all odds, he will not die.

Stage: Home theatre

Preps; None in perticular - again one waiting for my attention. However, I have heard it's a good action movie.



Reality: The first twenty minutes consist of one of the strongest scenes regarding action and kill at sight. After that, a chase, you cannot really tackle. This means, that you keep searching the story and try to follow the line you cannot really determine.

This in some cases means the movie is very interesting, because it keeps your attention live and dandy. In some cases, such as this one, I get tired of trying to keep all the lines together and figure out what it's all about. Ok, I get that two mob communities are fighting each other and there are cops involved in one or the other as well. But no matter how I try, I still am confused after a long time (after the movie has begun).

Now, the movie shows some excellent violence scenes, as well as chase scenes and criminal moments. Jean Reno stars as in some movies Bruce Willis does. But all in all it doesn't convince me, it's one of the better pieces lately. Do get your mind focused before you see this one, because otherwise you might have difficulties in understanding the plot.

How can you survive that many bullets? Hehe, if you aren't Bruce Willis, you can't. And he just cannot die. A superman? No, just unrealistic..

And the director starring at the movie? Hardly ever successful! This one also proves this point.


My personal rating: 4,0 (I don't have any perticular feelings. But I don't rate it the lowest because after a long time, some decent action. Still figuring out the story, though :)





L'immortel on IMDB

Armored, 2009

Armored, 2009
Director:Nimrod Antal
Cast: Matt Dillon, Lawrence Fishburne, Jean Reno



Armored in short:A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.
Stage: Home cinema
Preps: I see it has some good ratings on the web blogs, so I decide to check it out. However, I don't know it - hasn't been in our theatres anyway.


Reality:Well, I admit the story could have a drive. Taking governmental money, never get caught, all in the sense to serve your abandoned brother and yourself and in this sense, not be really guilty, well this has something to it. And in my opinion, in some cases, really good representation in the movie. However, this is not the case in this one. I don't like the scenery, it is passive, nothing really is happening, the story doesn't evolve like it could have (the internal fight between the colleagues that has its roots, doesn't get to be a tree anyway, nowhere near that. Just a few mushrooms on this piece of land get to grow - honesty and decence get rewarded, cruelness and villains get their punishment and the good guys get to go home.

A poor act by Dillon and Fishburne - how come he always has to be a martial art hero of some kind, like Seagal always has to be a part of the marine squad - very predictable and really annoying sometimes. It is a cop internal movie, once to be seen and then forgotten. I don't recommend it. Nothing truly fascinating about this piece.

My personal rating: 4,0 (don't watch it if you have something else on your mind, like picking wood or something useful you can show to the world :)




Armored on IMDB