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Red Eye (2005)
Not so good Wes!
Why, oh why was this film not a straight to video title. Predictable and not at all frightening, Wes Craven has yet again churned out another dud film. As if Scream 3 and Cursed weren't bad enough!! Unfortunately I must lay all the blame on Mr.Cravens shoulders as Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy were more than adequate leads. If De Niro and Streep had been cast instead it still would have an utter shambles! One must question how Craven has attained such cult status. One good film every decade or so must be suffice for his legion of followers. Perhaps he should direct a romantic comedy next because his talents, if indeed any exist, are not for this particular niche.
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Excellent franchise
Thank you God for Lethal Weapon 4. Why, because its everything that Lord of the Rings 3, Terminator 3 and Die Hard 4 are not......good! Thats right its not predictable and it doesn't bank on the old one liners from the previous 3 films. I believed that Lethal Weapon is one of the elite untouchable franchises left out there and guess what their not gonna make another yay! Don't fix it if it ain't broke. It really grinds my gears the way Die Hard and Terminator in particular sold out with there recent toned down comically poor releases.
Mel Gibson is everyones favourite cop once again as Martin Riggs and Glover does what he usually does and plays more of a supporting role. He was "too old for this s**t" in the original Lethal Weapon and guess what he's still too old in Lethal Weapon 4. Jet Li is a menacing bad guy also, and I actually prefer him that way....he never looked like a good guy. Anyway check it out, its a very good film.
Ressources humaines (1999)
Do yourself a favour and take my advice.
This film is probably the worst film that I have ever seen. I'm studying french at college and thus understood all the dialog, so the language barrier wasn't an issue. I must say it is really hard to empathize with any of the characters depicted in the movie. There is only one professional actor in the cast and I'm guessing no professional directors or writers.
Although I have rated it 1 out of 10 it probably doesn't merit such a poor rating. This is merely a futile effort of lowering its current overall rating of 7.3 to something more realistic. Perhaps 4.3 would be a more accurate rating because the film is a true non-event 100 minutes or so in length that you will never get back.
The real shame is that I am sure some college student is busting his nut making a film twice as good and half the length. However if you want to join the bandwagon which seems to be rolling around IMDb you might as well go ahead give "Lost in Translation" a 10 as well.