Great script, smart direction (some of the handheld work during the shooty-bang bits was ace) but the excellent ensemble cast is what really makes the film. Chris Evans deserves nice words for his role in particular. And for wearing a series of excellent t-shirts, almost all of which I would like to buy. I do like a quirky t-shirt. Jason Patric eases the pain of Speed 2 with a 'Hello it's me' performance. More films to come for you now JP I predict. Bloke out of Watchmen was great, blue lady from Avatar was cool, geezer with the wobbly dog toy was funny, snipey hat dude was a dude. Yep. Team performance for the win.
Would have preferred a bit of a harder edge if I'm honest, felt a bit restricted at times with its 12A rating. Ending didn't quite live up to what had happened before the ending, but they clearly fancy a sequel or two and so do I and most of the rest of the audience I expect. There was even the odd ripple of spontaneous applause for a few bits of the film. This is a good sign. If a bit cringe-worthy.
So with complete agreement on the film and a 'you should buy that on DVD' from Mrs F, the only discussion left for the way home was where to eat. Chinese in the end. Deep fried courgettes in hot chilli salt. Nom.
I'm sad that this didn't do good business at the box office. I hope it finds an audience on DVD because I agree it is good and is the kind of summer action movie we should be supporting instead of like, you know, Transformers and crap.
ReplyDeleteYeh. If people aren't told it's the next big thing then they don't bother going to see it. They should have made it in 3D or had some soppy vampires in it or something.
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