I never saw Guy Ritchie's "Lock..." , but if it's anything like this loser, I pity it. I watched this wishing I could fast forward it. It was very disjointed and stark. I watched it for Gerard Butler, who evidently did a small part in it to help his friends, the other actors, out. He plays a psychotic hottie...who uses violence as a sadistic baton. we see him make a deal in a small segment, and then we see him in a room with a woman. He has on a towel..and that alone would make me want to watch more. (I'm shallow when it comes to Butler)He hits people with baseball bats, smothers them nearly to death with a plastic bag, kisses them on the cheek and tries to make friendly, gets shot at, shoots at, and eventually is killed outside in his towel. Nice leg shots, however. The leads are forgettable..and one ends up dead. It's seedy and dark...but the Glaswegian brogue is beyond me, and there are no subtitles. So..if you like rather unglued jigsaw pieces of movies with violence, you might like this; or if you enjoy anything Gerard Butler, you'll enjoy his towel only as a preview of his Spartan loincloth in "300." I bought the DVD...just for Gerard...I fast forward it to Butler's parts and then store it away.
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Shooters
(2002)
I'm a Gerard Butler fan..and that's the only good part of the movie.
30 June 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
(1999 TV Movie)
A stale piece of hogwash
16 May 2004
This film vilifies Michael Landon, a man of extraordinary talent, guts, compassion,intelligence, and empathy for the downtrodden. I am a big Michael Landon aficionada...and I watched and taped the movie when it was aired years ago. It was completely biased. For example, it made Lynn Landon look like a poor betrayed wife...well, that is partially true, but nowhere did Michael, Jr. mention that Lynn was married to two men before Michael!!! Mr. Pontrelli...and then Mr. Manny Baier...She was older than Michael and more experienced...in many ways. She was said to be more concerned with her Beverly Hills status than with enjoying life with Michael. She wouldn't cook, and she apparently couldn't even be bothered to learn how to make a cup of coffee. Michael,Jr. also neglected to mention that he was heavily into drugs as an older teen, and that he was asked to leave the college he attended. Cindy was made out to be a teenybopper type; I have met Cindy, and she was warm and sensible..and she truly loved Michael. Such a superficial treatment by Landon, Jr., with bad acting, poor casting, hackneyed direction, and poor-me writing...makes this "daddydearest" a real loser. Avoid it; spend the time watching repeats of "Bonanza"..."Little House" and "Highway to Heaven".... Betsy
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