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Reviews
Pups (1999)
Not bad at 4 in the morning
I was about to turn the TV off and go to bed, then I saw some interesting movie on TV about two kids robbing a bank. First off, thank God someone finally casts actual 13 year olds to play 13 year olds (generally speaking, movies cast at least 3-4 years over what the actual age is, therefore high school seniors are 22 year old men and women which make it very hard to believe). The children were great actors for the most part. The message they were trying to say was a bit diluted, because it was obvious the child had a mental issue, and that clouded his own decision making abilities, yet the wheelchair man continually tried to make him out to be a product of the 1990's, and play it off as though he didn't have a choice. This is exactly what the media tries to do, is ignore the fact that the kid has a serious issue and blame it on the video games and the music he listens to. Amazingly, the Kurt Loder interview was intelligent and I don't think his "character" (if you can call it that) tried to reveal that image with the sequence. The very ending sequence was extremely powerful, and I think that should be the message and not who is to blame for the situation--the message should be what CAN happen if we don't change our ways. That's what happens if we don't start parenting responsibly and don't put any effort into raising a child the proper way, and indentifying mental issues before they go too far.
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Two Movies For the Price of One!
This movie truly could have been great. I mean incredible. Instead, it was two different movies. The first movie was one about some girl breaking up with some guy, Tom Cruise taking her back and them falling in love. During this first hour or so of film, I was so bored I don't even remember what all happened. THAT's how bad it was. Just a bunch of random scenes all tied together somehow. Then the characters... normally I don't care about "underdevelopment," especially in action films. But we get a glimpse of some Aussies then suddenly we know them like we know Cruise's character? Huh?
Well the second movie... rocked! John Woo all the way. No doubt about it. Face/Off times ten. True action. No way around it. Some of the most hair raising sequences and most unrealistic. Still, it was incredible. I had a blast during this film.
So, we are presented with 3 films... the first one, M:I 1, the original, remains true to the original series. The second film, M:I 2.1, bores the hell out of you. The third one, M:I 2.2, is the best of the series.
Overall: 6.5 out of 10.