Monday, July 11, 2005
HOSTAGE
Featuring: Bruce Willis, Jonathon Tucker, Ben Foster, Michelle Horn, Jimmy Bennett
Brief Synopsis: 3 youngsters from the wrong side of the track break into a house and find themselves in a tricky situation where they are surrounded by lots of law enforcement people.
Comments: The one word title should explain all.
But that would make a lousy film review so here are some further words:
Well my friend, Grace, said it was a typical Bruce Willis film - filthy language + lots of action. However it was fun to watch as the story was paced quickly together with its many twists and turns. You soon found yourself empathising with Jeff Talley (Willis), rooting for the kid (Bennett) and despising the truly evil bad guy Mars (Foster). With the twists and turns, there are quite a few jumpy bits and this is the first film that I watched where Grace screamed so much that I noticed (and probably the people in front of her too!!). However the sound system is terrible - I really wish Golden Screen Cinemas (Penang) would really sort out their speakers.
It did start to get a bit more cliched towards the final quarter of the film - actually the whole film is a bit of a cliche but it was only towards the end it was more noticable (with, of course, quite a few loopholes but you don't have time to think about them)!
I guess in the end, everyone was a hostage either literally or metaphorically. Talley with his family being held, the Smiths being held captive in their house, the younger brother stuck as a reluctant guard by his older brother, the (rich) bad guys as they want a certain DVD (no kidding!), Mr. Smith Sr. as he is trapped in his own body and Talley again as he is held captive by his past.
What was also very annoying was the censorship of the language. Firstly it was an 18 anyway. Secondly I think scenes showing people getting shot, thrown off a balcony and stabbed somewhere really painful are graphically violent - and frankly it is unnatural to see this sort of thing WITHOUT swearing. The censorship chopped up the dialogue to such a degree that watching it (in conjunction with the lousy sound system) made the first 5-10 minutes very irritating to watch.
Things to learn from this film: Molotov cocktails are a handy thing to have in a bad situation.
Rating: 5.75 /10
Featuring: Bruce Willis, Jonathon Tucker, Ben Foster, Michelle Horn, Jimmy Bennett
Brief Synopsis: 3 youngsters from the wrong side of the track break into a house and find themselves in a tricky situation where they are surrounded by lots of law enforcement people.
Comments: The one word title should explain all.
But that would make a lousy film review so here are some further words:
Well my friend, Grace, said it was a typical Bruce Willis film - filthy language + lots of action. However it was fun to watch as the story was paced quickly together with its many twists and turns. You soon found yourself empathising with Jeff Talley (Willis), rooting for the kid (Bennett) and despising the truly evil bad guy Mars (Foster). With the twists and turns, there are quite a few jumpy bits and this is the first film that I watched where Grace screamed so much that I noticed (and probably the people in front of her too!!). However the sound system is terrible - I really wish Golden Screen Cinemas (Penang) would really sort out their speakers.
It did start to get a bit more cliched towards the final quarter of the film - actually the whole film is a bit of a cliche but it was only towards the end it was more noticable (with, of course, quite a few loopholes but you don't have time to think about them)!
I guess in the end, everyone was a hostage either literally or metaphorically. Talley with his family being held, the Smiths being held captive in their house, the younger brother stuck as a reluctant guard by his older brother, the (rich) bad guys as they want a certain DVD (no kidding!), Mr. Smith Sr. as he is trapped in his own body and Talley again as he is held captive by his past.
What was also very annoying was the censorship of the language. Firstly it was an 18 anyway. Secondly I think scenes showing people getting shot, thrown off a balcony and stabbed somewhere really painful are graphically violent - and frankly it is unnatural to see this sort of thing WITHOUT swearing. The censorship chopped up the dialogue to such a degree that watching it (in conjunction with the lousy sound system) made the first 5-10 minutes very irritating to watch.
Things to learn from this film: Molotov cocktails are a handy thing to have in a bad situation.
Rating: 5.75 /10
Comments:
I saw this film with Jen and it was awful. I got to choose it because she made me wait an hour while she was trying on make up! I subsequently wasted a further 3 hours of our time when I chose this terrible film. When the psycho theif wrote "burn" on the window after he had been stabbed by various domestic items as the whole place was on fire was the kind of goth horror that underlined this film. The kid was a whacko and how he defeated the team of professional mercaniaries just goes to show that this film is probably as good as the mercs themselves. Actually, it was worse. Avoid at all costs! Don't even rent the DVD!
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