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A Tale of Two Guns (2022)
Unfairly low-rated B western
Ed Morrone plays Artemis Hollinger, an uncorruptible and determined law enforcer hired by the legendary Marshall Terrance McTeague (Tom Berenger) to chase the cold-blood killer Abel Cruz (Casper Van Dien) in a classic "good vs. Evil" manhunt.
The mediocre sound quality of the film, the poor acting of some secondary characters, the discrepancies in timing between a bullet impact and the physical reaction of the bodies being shot at (which are in fact highlighted by slow-mo takes) are all strong reminders that this is a low budget movie.
But, if we manage to put that aside, we´re left with a nice story which reminds us that the world doesn´t always fall into the clear-cut, black-and-white model that we´d want it to fit most of the time for the sake of our peace of mind.
Chivalry, honour and ethics strugle to find a share at a place and time where those qualities maybe were rather unusual.
Despite the feeble general production of the movie, director and writer Justin Lee succesfully achieves the task of delivering a story that is worth to be told.
BTW, there is a cute redeeming post-credit scene that somehow enhances the plot twist that the whole movie ends up revolving around. Make sure you don´t miss it.
After Midnight (2019)
Not a horror movie, not quite a comedy, not a drama... but definitely not for everyone.
I assume that most bad reviews are from people which had expectations of some kind regarding the genre of this movie, feeling plainly dissapointed when they got something totally different (or a mix of genres) instead.
The plot is simple, but creative, and intriguing enough to keep your interest.
The characters are nicely developed. Acting is great. The photography is quite neat.
The amount and length of the romantic flashbacks is somehow excessive.
I´m still struggling to understand the director´s intentions when taking two bizarre close-ups of Wade (Henry Zebrowski) while munching on peanuts.
The monster´s effects are lame, but forgivable for a low-budget flick.
The ending was a bit predictable, but nevertheless hilarious and nicely resolved.
It´s a light movie, with a speck of romance, an innuendo of drama, and a pinch of horror, definitely worth the watch.
Siberia (2018)
Unfulfilled promises from an otherwise nice suspense plot
Siberia is the story of Lucas Hill (Reeves) an american diamond trader who is left by himself to negotiate with a russian mobster by his fleeting (diamonds and all) russian partner Pyotr.
The plot takes Hill to a ever-rising dangerous situation making you guess what would the ace up his sleeve be that could give him and his lover Katya (Ularu) safe-passage out of the mess and into a happy ending.
That´s to say, nearly a hundred minutes of intriguing plot, superb acting, interesting characters, cool locations, etc., all contributing to building up a climax that ends up being as blunt and surprising, as unsatisfaying.
It´s not that you expected a ´John Wick´-ish solution to the tangle, but... really? Just... that?? You end up feeling lied to.