Reviews by johanlefourbe

To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting much from this flick but I thought I might as well check it out. Basically, after showing up as a supporting character in a few movies (most notably in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and ‘Snatch') , Vinnie Jones finally got his first leading part in this movie (eventually, pretty quickly, it became pretty obvious that we shouldn’t expect too much from the former football player as he would spend most of his career in some direct-to-DVD garbage). Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though it was nothing really amazing, I thought it was a decent watch. Basically, Vinnie Jones did his usual badass part and I thought he was alright. Above all, what I really enjoyed about this movie was the football game at the end. Indeed, I thought it was just awesome and, in my opinion, it was probably the best football game I have ever seen in a movie. In fact, I believe you should watch this movie just to see this awesome scene. Anyway, to conclude, it was nothing great but I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you like the genre. 

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check out. Eventually, like all the movies directed by Don Roos (for some reasons, I have actually seen all the movies he has directed), the whole thing was rather flawed but it still definitely had some potential. Indeed, there were many things I actually enjoyed about this flick. For example, I never forgot how it started and I really enjoyed this introduction. Basically, you get to see someone running in the street but you have absolutely no clue what's going on which was, in my opinion, a really fascinating approach. Eventually,  the whole thing was rather well directed and the actors were all pretty good (Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern) but, unfortunately, I’m afraid there were just too many story lines and some of them didn’t really work, I’m afraid. At the end of the day, I think this feature was a step up for Don Roos after the really underwhelming ‘Bounce’but it was still far from being his best movie. Anyway, to conclude, in spites of its flaws, this movie was not bad at all and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

How the hell did I actually ended up watching this flick?!? Indeed, I seriously despised the first installment and even though it was a massive success in France, I thought it was easily one of the most overrated movies ever produced so I should probably have avoided this sequel. The whole story was, in fact, that I was able to buy the 1st three movies on DVD and they were just 1 euro for each so I thought I might give this franchise a second chance after all. Well, the 2nd time around, I still hated it the first installment and this sequel was not really better or worse, I'm afraid. The worst thing about this flick, in my opinion, was how Marion Cotillard, probably the best French actress of the last decade, was completely wasted here. Indeed, she was probably the only redeeming feature in this whole franchise and, here,  she was basically stuck at home waiting the whole freaking day that the lead character would come back. I mean, seriously?!? That's the best thing they could come up with for her? Anyway, after all these years, I still cannot understand how these movies got so popular in France. It really blows my mind. To conclude, in my opinion,  it is in fact some real garbage and you should definitely avoid it.

Basically, there was a time when I would go to a video game shop (which is now closed) and I would buy there on a regular basis 5 DVDs for 5 euros and, sometimes, since I would be missing 1 DVD, I would pick up pretty much anything at random just to reach 5 movies. Anyway, following this amazing process, I ended up watching some rather obscure movies and this one was definitely one of them. First of all, even though Sharon Stone was displayed prominently on all the promotional material, she had a rather small supporting part but, at least, this movie was definitely one of the best she did during her otherwise rather underwhelming career. Indeed, even though the whole thing was nothing really groundbreaking, it thought it was actually pretty good. Above all, I enjoyed a lot the performances provided by the two boys. In fact, I have to admit it that the story was nothing really amazing but those two boys were so good, they made the whole thing really emotional and actually quite beautiful to watch.To conclude, it was nothing great but it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look.

Following the failure that was ‘Superman Returns’ (in my opinion, it wasn’t really so bad, especially if you compare it to something really awful like the recent ‘Fantastic Four’), it seems that both Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey both managed to get away without much damage but you can't say the same for Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth as their respective career apparently never really recovered from the blow. Concerning Bosworth, this movie was the first one she made afterwards and it was in fact a perfect example of what she would do in the following decade which was basically showing up in some really obscure and not really interesting indie features that barely anyone watched at all. I mean, coming back to our main feature, it was in fact not bad and I thought it was rather well made with a very good performance delivered by Sigourney Weaver. Unfortunately, the story was really not focused enough and, eventually, the whole thing didn’t know where to go, I’m afraid. This issue was above all really obvious with the end which was seriously underwhelming. To conclude, in spite of these flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

I remember it quite well, at one of my previous jobs, I was discussing movies with a colleague and, according to him, I should really check some Danish movies, including this one. To be honest, I don’t think I was completely blown away like my colleague was but I thought it was still pretty good. Above all, the cast and especially Mads Mikkelsen and Ulrich Thomsen gave some very good performances and the directing was solid as well. Still, even though I wasn’t completely sold out, I still kept thinking about the damned thing many days afterwards. Indeed, when you watch a movie, and the least crazy character happens to be a neo-nazi, then you should know you're watching a really weird movie. Basically, this movie mixes drama and comedy all at the same time (apparently, most viewers seems to agree that it is in fact a black comedy), and I was sometimes laughing my ass off, especially when this priest was being really slaughtered by this neo-nazi character.. Weird, weird, weird... But in a good way. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that the end didn’t really work for me but, still, it was a very intriguing movie and it is definitely worth a look.