Reviews by johanlefourbe

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Concerning Seann William Scott, even though the guy has a rather lame reputation, it is rather surprising that, from all the actors involved in ‘American Pie’, he turned out to be the only one to have a decent career. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, comedy must be the genre for which I am the most critical about. It probably has to do with the fact that most of the time, I don't find anything really funny in most of the comedies released nowadays. Anyway, this time, I was pleasantly surprised. Indeed, Seann William Scott was pretty good and Paul Rudd was just hilarious and, together, they provided a really awesome duo. Seriously, the beginning was just a riot and I was laughing my ass off during the whole thing. Unfortunately, the plot then went on auto-pilot (they become role models, they first hate it but then they become BFF with the kids, of course, they screw it up but then they manage to fix everything at the end...). That's too bad since it made the whole thing rather unoriginal and completely predictable but, still, it remains a very funny and entertaining comedy and it is definitely worth a look.

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it looked promising, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce must be two of the most underrated actors at work nowadays and it was a real treat to see them together. To be honest, I must say that, even though Guy Pearce was as usual pretty good in this movie, I thought the guy was actually rather underused. On the other hand, it was pretty neat that Don Cheadle was playing the lead for once and he delivered once again a really strong performance. Concerning the story, I thought it was entertaining enough but, to be honest, it was nothing really mind-blowing. I mean, they went for a gritty approach but even so, it remained a rather far-fetched thriller with a rather convoluted story. On top of that, seriously, I’m pretty sure I will forget the whole thing in a couple of days. Concerning Jeffrey Nachmanoff, even though it was a decent directing effort, the guy wouldn’t direct another movie during the next 10 years. Anyway, to conclude, it was a rather well made terrorism related thriller and, thanks above all to the good actors involved, it is an enjoyable flick and it is definitely worth a look.

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Paul Newman, I thought I might as well check it out. Unfortunately, the whole thing was indeed pretty bad. Indeed, back then, at the end of the 70’s, there was this wave of disaster movies, some of them were actually pretty good but some of them were pretty bad and this movie might have been the worst I ever seen in this genre. At least, Paul Newman gave, as usual, a decent performance but he looked just so bored during the whole thing. And indeed, it was really a boring movie. In fact, at some point in his life, Newman himself confessed that this film was the only one he ever did for the money. The makers did try to add some supposedy 'exciting' scenes but none of them tuned out to be actually thrilling whatsoever. Furthermore, the dialogues were just laughable and the special effects were even worse. Eventually, I have to admit that I have never been a huge of fan disaster movies but this movie just sucked big time. To conclude, this flick was never really entertaining whatsoever and you should really avoid it.

Obviously, this movie has an awful reputation but, in spite of all this, since I'm a huge fan of Sean Penn, I still wanted to see this flick. Eventually, the end results was indeed pretty bad and it must be the worst movie starring Sean Penn so far. Where should I start? The music was way too cheesy which was rather surprising since George Harrison wrote five songs for this movie, the whole story was just a mess and the directing was really weak. At least, I thought that Sean Penn was not so bad but Madonna's performance was just horrendous. Above all, she was completely miscast and she was completely unbelievable in this part. The funny thing is that the whole thing actually had some potential. Indeed, I really liked the material and I believe it could have been pretty good. In fact, they could have made a nice exotic film noir but instead, they chose to give every 5 minutes some very lame joke and they completely missed the right tone for this material. To conclude, this movie really deserves its bad rep, the whole thing was pretty bad and it is really not worth a look whatsoever. 

I wasn’t really sure what sure what to expect from this movie but I have always been a sucker for this kind of flick dealing with a futuristic game. First of all, I was quite surprised to see such a really nice cast involved (Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Logan Lerman, Alison Lohman, Terry Crews, Ludacris, Milo Ventimiglia, John Leguizamo) and I thought that they all gave some decent performances, especially Gerard Butler who was a perfect choice for this part. Furthermore, the movie looked great with some cool action scenes and I thought that they managed to create a convincing futuristic world. However, the end result was still rather flawed. First of all, as said before, there was an impressive cast but actually none of those characters were properly developed. Furthermore, the whole complot thing was rather boring, unoriginal and not really interesting and I wish they spent more time showing the impact of those new games on our society but they obviously chose to spent most of the running time on some badass action scenes. To conclude, in spite of flaws, I thought it was still a  well made futuristic action movie and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.