The whole driving the classic Stingray convertible schtick is a bit cringey and hard to believe - just look up what those things are worth - but dog whispering a couple of Dobermans, getting the drop on three people with guns already aimed at you, hanging out with a huge abdominal stab wound, driving back to your motel with this wound, getting patched up enough to drive to your betrayer's house... and then turning into an alien... sheesh. Well made nonsense. Amazing cast, beautiful cinematography and blocking, great LA noir vibe, but all the callouts to old movies has kind of a "Dream On" vibe: I half expect to see Brian Brennen in a cameo.
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Men with Guns
(II) (1997)
Moving
10 April 2007
Others have said it better, so I'll just second the positive comments.
The film is a little uneven in parts, but it's a moving story which will stay with you much longer than some CGI-laden summer confection. The priest's ghost story, for example, would be a powerful short film all on its own.
Sayles has a heart and would probably be making movies even if he hadn't managed the relatively modest (in comparison to his talent) success he's achieved so far.
-- "There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man." - Ernesto "Che" Guevara
The film is a little uneven in parts, but it's a moving story which will stay with you much longer than some CGI-laden summer confection. The priest's ghost story, for example, would be a powerful short film all on its own.
Sayles has a heart and would probably be making movies even if he hadn't managed the relatively modest (in comparison to his talent) success he's achieved so far.
-- "There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man." - Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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