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The Business of Strangers (2001)
Has everyone missed the point?
Anyone who has ever travelled on business across the US will recognise the sterility of the "chic" market tested bedrooms at the local executive business hotel and the sparklingly clean and glass midwestern airport. There are so many subtle facets to this film that its impossible to list them all - the fact the architecture of the airport and the hotel blend into one to exacerbate the feeling of constantly being on a business trip, the complete insecurity of the modern day executive who wavers from feeling she is on the verge of being dismissed to being promoted to CEO...there are so many things that resonate with modern day business in the US. Foremost this film is about women - the contrast between the "ive beaten men at their own game" and "men have beaten me into the ground" are devastatingly exposed through the conclusion that the end result has not been disimilar between the two paths. I could go on and on. The action is secondary to the expose. Get a refund from Blockbuster if you must. The next time stick to "Terminator V".
The War Zone (1999)
slow moving development with sudden dramatic ending
I was disappointed after reading so many reviews describing this film a masterpiece. Frankly it was rather slow moving, and only towards the end does the tension wind up. I also thought the ending was somewhat overdone, and that there wasn't enough development of the son's character to make this really credible for me. Having said that, the cinematography is superb, and the choice of location as an almost constantly rain-soaked bleak Devon coastline in SW England provided the ideal backdrop to this dark story.