gavindonnelly7 Reviews

Get the Gringo (2012)

Seriously?

[2/10 · 3 February 2013]

In all honesty this is probably the worst movie I have ever seen...and I'm the type of guy who LIKES bad movies. I have no idea how it has an average rating of 7 stars on IMDb. There is absolutely nothing good to say about this movie, it isn't a bad movie that tries to make fun of itself, it isn't a movie that is so bad it ends up being good, it is just a BAD movie. I couldn't even tell what kind of a mood it was going for...the plot is awful, unrealistic, unsatisfying...I understand that the prison Gibson ends up in is based on a real place, but it makes being locked up in a Mexican jail look like a cake walk. The criminals are all incompetent and goofy, the women and children are having way too good of a time, the list goes on. Just don't waste your time.

Underbelly (2008–2013)

Each episode feels like a mini saga of its own.

[9/10 · 29 January 2013]

I really can't say enough good things about this show. Each season we are introduced to a whole new cast of characters and series of events spanning over roughly a decade for each series. The show does a beautiful job of spanning over several years without feeling like anything is rushed or left out. Each episode feels like a mini saga of it's own, with new challenges and conflicts facing the characters that it focuses on. We watch characters grow from amateurs to professionals in a matter of episodes and it all feels very real. Also, as we see at the beginning of each episode, it is all based on real events. A quick search on the Internet will reveal that almost all characters and events are very close to their real counterparts. I could go on about the attention to detail in the story lines and the the top notch acting all around but you should just watch and see for yourself.

Note: I'm writing this review having just finished watching season 3 of Underbelly, which is unfortunately the last season available to me on Netflix here in the U.S.