Who done it back, well almost, we know who did it but will he walk away scot free? This extremely well made catch me if you can film is defiantly worth your time and money. I was worried another murder mystery film starring Anthony Hopkins would be another Hannibal style, same old thing movie, but Fracture is a cunning mental battle played out in court with more than the usually stakes at hand.
Anthony Hopkins performance as Ted Crawford is good and gives the audience a sense of a cold unapproachable villain with no possible remorse for anyone in his way. But Ryan Goslings portrait of Willy Beachum absolutely stole the show in this movie. His brilliant performance and charisma makes you feel the passion this character has and his battle over doing the right thing for the right reason.
The cast also relies on David Strathairn as the devoted DA battling all sides to keep sanity and integrity in the prosecutor’s office while Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling battle legally and morally for the life of the brain dead victim played by Embeth Davidtz as the wife Jennifer Crawford.
The young crafty Willy Beachum does not see the train wreck coming his way and unwittingly is forced to put his new found love interest and new boss Nikki Gardner played by the astounding Rosamund Pike into the mix of this intriguing plot. To make things even more difficult Billy Burke plays as Lt. Robert Nunally the arresting officer and is far more involved in the case then he should be.
This movie is based on looking for the weak spot or fracture, but there is nothing weak about this move. It is well made, skillful writing, performed brilliantly, and suspenseful in every way.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Snakes on a Plane
I have a new nightmare and it is not being trapped on a plane full of computer generated snakes attacking the passengers, but having to ever see this movie anywhere anytime again. It is absolutely an awful movie in every way; just like a poisonous snake avoid this movie at all costs.
I am a huge Samuel Jackson fan but not he or any other superstar actor could make this plot fly.
He did his best and he jumped over the seats and zapped the computer generated bad guy snakes with a stun gun and tried to be the hero, but the plot was unstoppable and drove this film to a crash landing.
Sorry to say nothing to report on the plus side on this flick. There were a few one liner jokes. Some vicious snake bites in sensitive areas, and some random flirting among the passengers. But no shortage of computer generated snakes winding all around and biting people some live some die then luckily the movie ends.
Samuel Jackson tries his best to play Neville Flynn a dedicated FBI agent protecting a key witness Sean Jones played by Nathan Philips as they fly first class from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against a ruthless mob boss. The Mob boss sends an assassination box full of 450 snakes onto the plane to kill everyone and bring the plane down so no one will testify against him.
With snakes coming out of everywhere and biting at everybody our hero Samuel Jackson uses his wits and skills to stop the reptile invasion best he can to save the day and as many lives as he can. This movie falls into the category of a story that did not need to be told.
I am a huge Samuel Jackson fan but not he or any other superstar actor could make this plot fly.
He did his best and he jumped over the seats and zapped the computer generated bad guy snakes with a stun gun and tried to be the hero, but the plot was unstoppable and drove this film to a crash landing.
Sorry to say nothing to report on the plus side on this flick. There were a few one liner jokes. Some vicious snake bites in sensitive areas, and some random flirting among the passengers. But no shortage of computer generated snakes winding all around and biting people some live some die then luckily the movie ends.
Samuel Jackson tries his best to play Neville Flynn a dedicated FBI agent protecting a key witness Sean Jones played by Nathan Philips as they fly first class from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against a ruthless mob boss. The Mob boss sends an assassination box full of 450 snakes onto the plane to kill everyone and bring the plane down so no one will testify against him.
With snakes coming out of everywhere and biting at everybody our hero Samuel Jackson uses his wits and skills to stop the reptile invasion best he can to save the day and as many lives as he can. This movie falls into the category of a story that did not need to be told.
Recount
Why would anyone want to make a movie about America’s constitutional crises after the 2000 presidential election in 2000? With the cast, drama, suspense and writing this movie definitely needed to be made. This roller coaster ride of a drama will shock you at how well a story you thought you lived through actually happened. Absolutely exciting movie to watch as this enormously famous cast performs brilliantly to expose the political thrilling adventure we all took after the failed presidential election of Al Gore and George Bush.
Kevin Spacey plays “Ron Klain” one of Al Gore’s senior campaign advisers who stumbled into the lead role of fighting for the votes of Florida in our nation’s 5 week post election debacle. Denis Leary plays “Michael Whouley” a fellow Al Gore Campaign strategist who saves the day by barely stopping Al Gore from conceding the race on live TV as he learns “something was wrong in Florida.” This launches a battle with stakes as high as they can get for the presidency.
The cast is unstoppable with almost every face a well know actor. The gorgeous Laura Dern plays the republican savior and to the democrats, evil woman “Katherine Harris” who ultimately has final say so on Florida’s electoral delegate’s, that is if she has the time to sign the certification with daily protest, death threats, and constant court petitions including a final show down at the federal Supreme Court.
Other great performances by wonderful actors like Ed Baily JR, as “David Boies”, Tom Wilkinson as “James Baker”, Bruce Mcgill as lobbyist “Mac Stipanovich” and many more.
We all watched the events of this presidential fight every night on the news as it happened in November 2000 but with the incredible way this movie depicts the events it gives the story a whole new meaning.
Kevin Spacey plays “Ron Klain” one of Al Gore’s senior campaign advisers who stumbled into the lead role of fighting for the votes of Florida in our nation’s 5 week post election debacle. Denis Leary plays “Michael Whouley” a fellow Al Gore Campaign strategist who saves the day by barely stopping Al Gore from conceding the race on live TV as he learns “something was wrong in Florida.” This launches a battle with stakes as high as they can get for the presidency.
The cast is unstoppable with almost every face a well know actor. The gorgeous Laura Dern plays the republican savior and to the democrats, evil woman “Katherine Harris” who ultimately has final say so on Florida’s electoral delegate’s, that is if she has the time to sign the certification with daily protest, death threats, and constant court petitions including a final show down at the federal Supreme Court.
Other great performances by wonderful actors like Ed Baily JR, as “David Boies”, Tom Wilkinson as “James Baker”, Bruce Mcgill as lobbyist “Mac Stipanovich” and many more.
We all watched the events of this presidential fight every night on the news as it happened in November 2000 but with the incredible way this movie depicts the events it gives the story a whole new meaning.
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