I've moved my blog off of blogger and on to a site of its own. The new site has all the reviews posted here, plus about 150 new ones that I had written prior to starting this blog, as well as other features.
The new site can be found at: http://www.moviefodder.com
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Raising Victor Vargas
Release Year: 2002
Review: A nice coming of age story about a teenager living in the Lower East Side learning to deal with his ego, family and girlfriend, despite the challenges of living in a in poor neighborhood and a difficult family situation. Using unknown actors and filming on location in New York, there is a real authentic, gritty feel which makes it more believable and easier to connect to the characters. Unfortunately the story just didn't go anywhere. The conflicts felt lacking and plot lines just seemed to die without really fleshing themselves out. 'Raising Victor Vargas' has a great feel to it, but lacks anything else that would raise this above being an average coming of age story.
Rating: 3/5
Sunday, August 2, 2009
12 Rounds
Release Year: 2009
Review: '12 Rounds' is meant to be an all out, in your face action movie, but is more a low-rate bore. Danny Fisher, played by John Cena accidentally arrests a criminal mastermind who then seeks revenge on Cena by kidnapping his girlfriends, forcing him to play a 12 round game to win her back. The plot sounds an awful lot like a 'Die Hard' movie, and that is exactly what this film is trying to emulate. Cena is hardly Bruce Willis, and the games challenges are uninspired. It's a sparse plot that is badly acted which tries to save itself with explosions. Save yourself the time and just watch any of the Die Hard movies again.
Rating: 2/5
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