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Freelancers (2012)

Fake Training Day

[5/10 · 14 August 2012]

Has great cast and what should have been a great movie, well wasn't. Felt forced and nothing really surprising. 3 teenagers who were arrested are set free and become cops. There was nothing unique about this movie. Cop turns bad who gets worse who wants to redeem his life.

50 cent plays the main character who is a criminal on the outside with a honest person trying to get out. Seems every step forward requires him to take 2 steps to the wrong side of the law of which he is more then willing to do. I guess they were hoping 50 cent would help this film, but to me he just doesn't have it and looks like a fish out of water still.

Not the worst movie I have seen.

Puncture (2011)

Great movie

[10/10 · 29 November 2011]

I watch this movie with no expectations or aware of the cast. I have an eye for details and as I watched this the scene where they open the refrigerator and there is a news clipping on the door and it say Bellaire High School. I hit pause and rewind and freeze and read the article. No way. This movie is real and it happened in my hometown of Houston. I went to Bellaire HS and I was thrown for a loop.

The movie is one of those that tells a tale of injustice and a lawyer suing for a large group of people. Finding out that Bono liked this movie so much since it relates to his charity touches on the fact that this tries to be a feel good movie for heart.

It tells a story that after doing research on the facts, safety needles, makes you think. Makes you want to know why the Hospitals have all the power and why we have no health care in America.

Wish it touched more on personal lives of the lawyers especially since one wrote the script. Great movie.

Rampart (2011)

Never takes off.

[4/10 · 29 November 2011]

This star studded movie just never takes off. It is slow and never builds up to anything. When you think it is going to get good it falls flat and just drags on. There are scenes, like the sex club, that just make no sense and you have to wonder why it was put in the movie. Sex is a theme and that can only be my guess as to why.

Would have been great to develop more of the characters instead of having them in the movie to just have them. Ice Cube was great, but only has a few scenes. You wont realize who Ben Foster is until you read the credits.

Spoiler The ending is horrible. If I was at the screening I would have booed. After an hour the movie could have ended and I was like are they ever gonna wrap this up. The story is horrible, though the actors are great and that is what the other reviews touch on. GREAT actors, horrible movie.

Two for the Money (2005)

Starts good, but goes down in the 4th quarter.

[5/10 · 4 October 2005]

I rated this movie a 5 out of 10, Closer and Garden State were 10's so use that as a guage of how to read this. I just saw this at a sneak preview with a packed house. This movie starts of OK but then fizzles out. This movie does not require you to think at all. I thought from the previews it would dive into the world of illegal sports betting. Jeremy Piven got no laughs in my showing although I think I was the only one laughing at his jokes. How about the guy from sixteen candles as the chauffeur? Poor guy. There is the gratuitous shots of Matthew who was quite ripped and I am sure the ladies wont be mad. Jamie King had 2 scenes, should have been more. Predictable movie, glad I had free passes. Domino is next week.