Showing posts with label Jason Isaacs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason Isaacs. Show all posts

Monday, 14 October 2019

Abduction (2011)



A young man realizes he's not his parents' son, and after they are attacked and murdered, he finds himself amidst a mysterious conspiracy.

Mediocre spy thriller with some Bourne Identity allusions speeds along with run-of-the-mill action sequences and some remarkably wooden performances.

Maltin**: "Teenage BOURNE IDENTITY rip-off gives TWILIGHT star Lautner a chance to show off his action, if not acting...Nothing memorable here, but the pace is intense and the movie doesn't try to be more than a filler for Lautner fans."

Monday, 8 April 2019

A Cure for Wellness (2016)



An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.

The movie compels with some beautiful cinematography, especially of the Swiss location, and has some genuinely creepy moments, but the plot's mystery is protracted way too long and seems deliberately obscured by assembling one more diquieting set piece after the other.


Sunday, 18 October 2015

Good (2008)



A novel about a mercy killing brings a German professor to the attention of the Nazi Party, which now wants him to write a treatise on euthanasia to justify the "final solution."

Well-intentioned, but highly botched character study about an intellectual unintentionally being drawn into the Nazi system; the star does his best to fight the inconsistencies of the plot, but fails; the 'revealing' end sequence at the concentration camp is staged as a ridiculous tunnel of horror ride and is on the verge of being offensive. 

Maltin**: "Ineffectual and unsatisfying, considering the dramatic, ingredients."