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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Enough energy
Brian De Palma delivers a kinetic live wire suspense filled espionage thriller to open the Mission Impossible franchise. The camera work is exceptional with De Palma's trademark sense of motion applied to suspenseful heists and an amazing train ride sequence during which you really get the sense of speed and danger. Also created is one of the most iconic images from any thriller of recent times Tom Cruise suspended mid heist inches from a pressure sensitive floor. Cruise lives up to his star billing and for me really nails the Ethan Hunt character, Jean Reno, Ving Rames and the stunning Emmanuelle Beart provide able support.
My one problem with this film and unfortunately quite a big problem is that the twist in the tale can be seen coming a mile off. Which is a real shame as this film is inventive, fun, stylish and everything a main stream thriller should be.
Fun but the twist in the tale doesn't have enough of a sting 7/10
Live Fast, Die Young (2008)
Great direction and performances make this an excellent film
For a film like this it is very difficult to make it completely unpredictable, yet while Live Fast is in a way conventional, it is also unpredictable many times. It has great characters to boot, but also a strong cast that is willing to give it their all. This is the best ensemble cast of the year,, many amazing performances. First, I start off with Eric Fellicicano (sp?), who has been the most under the radar, but he is definitely up for this. He is a great lead and I am surprised he was as good as he was. I am also very pleasantly surprised by Tammy Felice - she succeeds is an understatement. She is excellent, and is only made strong when sharing the screen with any other actor.
Chey's direction is part of what makes this film so great, He soars scenes to unbelievable heights and I think that his screenplay in another director's hands would have came out with a merely good film. But here, we have an excellent film, perhaps better than 2006's The Genius Club, and one of the best films of the year.