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No no mate...You're right that we are not the force we were, but I think the UK has bounced back nicely in the 00's. And can join France for certain in delivering some fine horror product. I actually think Dyer is very good and likeable in "Severance", but eevn if you donlt like him you have to admit that he's been part of a number of tough multi-genre pieces (even those that fail) the like of which we've not produced in this country since the early 80's...no costume dramas here. Indeed we have seen a rise in tougher genre's full stop. Whatever you think of "Lock Stock" (me I love it) it gave a real boost to violent, full-on, British thriller making...even if it rather got bogged down in gangsters. Certainly we have not had a tough thriller output like this since the 80's (and that was almost solely down to 2 or 3 'Hand Made Films' and "Who Dares Wins" even then). But "Rise of the Foot Soldier", "Rollin' with the Nine's", "London to Brighton", "The Crew", "Snatch", "Harry Brown", "The Bank Job", "Gangster no.1" and "Bronson" have all delivered well crafted, tough, stylish, gritty, brutal entertainment unlike anything seen since the 70's/80's. Even stuff like "Green Zone" and "Kick-Ass" are UK co-productions utilising much UK talent both in front and behind the camera in high profile positions. I'm actually really happy and quite proud with the way the UK has bounced back this decade as far as getting it's fingers in as many tasty cinematic pies as possible. |
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I watched Rob Zombie's "Halloween 2" last night All I can say is "oh dear!", after what I felt was a strong re-imagining of Halloween in Zombie's first outing. Although H2 was violent and gritty it failed miserably to even feel like a Halloween movie. It was a stroke of genius for Zombie to include the original score in the first movie, but not to include it in the sequel was a mistake. I also felt Michael in H2 could just have been any other killer in any other oh hum slasher. Nowhere did I have any feelings towards Michael good or bad .... I was just bored ... everything seemed to be played by the numbers! And what the heck with the ghostly apparitions of him as a child and his mother?! After a promising opening in the hospital, it all went very very quickly downhill. I did get the feeling that Zombie was trying to steer away from just another re-hash of the original Halloween 2 .. but didn't really have any idea where to take it! If so ... why bother!? Thankfully it tanked at the box office, so hopefully he will lay Michael to rest! As for the UK release of the DVD, did anyone notice just how poor the sound was? I had to crank my amp up just to hear to centre channel and speech. Very poor. |
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@ 42nd: i totally agree with tougher 'gangster' films although i do find alot of them Guy Ritchi wannabes, Don't get me wrong i love me abit of gangster action but Essex boys did Rise Of the Footsoldier better and The Crew was trying to be Long Good Friday with a scouse accent, the only reedeming thing about The Crew was the appearance of Stephen Graham, He's the reason i carried on watching it. Rollin' With the Nines was a fantastic film and featured some pretty good low budget action, but i found Julien Gibley tried to emulate that to Footsoldier and completely botched it...Good call on Snatch, love that film, constantly quoting it too. |
#4205
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I enjoyed Lock, Stock... on first viewing, hated it on second viewing! But if it did nothing other than allow the masterful Gangster No 1 to be made than its existence has been validated. I can't be bothered with British gangster films by and large, but I thought Gangster No 1 was spectacularly good. I was so inspired by the above list that I searched BT Vision's Film On Demand section and managed to come up with The Children which I just watched and which I am about to review in my review thread thing. Last edited by Gojirosan; 25th March 2010 at 10:03 PM. |
#4206
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Agreed.GANGSTER NO.1 is my fave of all the recent Brit Gangster films.
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What do you take me for, a c**t? Classic McDowall |
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It took a while but Gangster No 1 grew on me after repeated viewings. McDowell & Bettany were searingly good but David Thewlis was the whole film for me. A brilliant performance. However the scene where Eddie Marsan blows nasal groobers is almost unwatchable. |
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Watched Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eye's part 2 last night for the first time and it was pretty bad! Surprising that the previous year he made his brilliant Nightmare on Elm Street film. Such a dip in quality!
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This rates very highly for me on the Worst Sequels Ever Made list. |
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