Suspect Zero and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Here's a quick take on two more movies that are out on dvd.
"Suspect Zero" is a Ben Kingsley film about serial killers. Kingsley's character, Benjamin O'Ryan, is himself a killer, but his targets and his reasons are more complicated than simple carnage. Aaron Eckhart plays plays the principle FBI investigator while Carrie-Anne Moss is in a supporting agent role. There really wasn't much for Moss's character to do in this film, and Eckhart is just okay in his role. As usual the movie belongs to Ben Kingsley. He's excellent, but unfortunately there's little more to recommend the film. The plot is rather ridiculous with Kingsley's character leaving clues for Eckhart so big a trained monkey could follow them. Later I found it odd that the terrible serial killer being pursued doesn't really fit the profile described with the words "Suspect Zero". Sure he crisscrosses the country, but the title words are said to describe a serial killer who kills in both a different place and a different way every time, making him very difficult to detect. On the other hand, this sicko seems pretty consistent. Two stars out of four for this one, mostly for Kingsley's effort.
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is a British film starring Clive Owen of Sin City fame. In short, this movie sucks. The pacing is mind-numbingly slow. As with some other artsy films, the slow pace seems to be deliberate to set a particular mood. In this case that mood is known as boredom. We're constantly watching long, slow shots of Owen's character standing around saying nothing. Apparently he's the strong, silent, withdrawn type, which is difficult to translate into good film when that character type is the movie's central character. It can be done, but it doesn't happen here. 1 star. Bleh.
Oh, and here's my rating scale:
4 stars = Absolutely superb film, one of the year's best
3 stars = A film that delivers the goods, entertaining, well worth seeing at the theater
2 stars = An okay film with some significant flaws. Wait for the dvd or skip it.
1 star = This film sucks. Don't see it anywhere. The film industry should not be encouraged to make more of this crap.
0 stars = "It's like a kind of torture to have to watch the show." This film is a horrible waste of celluloid and, if you watch it, your time. For the love of all that is good, don't watch this film. It may induce severe depression, nausea, and the desire to poke out your eyes. Don't say I didn't warn you.
"Suspect Zero" is a Ben Kingsley film about serial killers. Kingsley's character, Benjamin O'Ryan, is himself a killer, but his targets and his reasons are more complicated than simple carnage. Aaron Eckhart plays plays the principle FBI investigator while Carrie-Anne Moss is in a supporting agent role. There really wasn't much for Moss's character to do in this film, and Eckhart is just okay in his role. As usual the movie belongs to Ben Kingsley. He's excellent, but unfortunately there's little more to recommend the film. The plot is rather ridiculous with Kingsley's character leaving clues for Eckhart so big a trained monkey could follow them. Later I found it odd that the terrible serial killer being pursued doesn't really fit the profile described with the words "Suspect Zero". Sure he crisscrosses the country, but the title words are said to describe a serial killer who kills in both a different place and a different way every time, making him very difficult to detect. On the other hand, this sicko seems pretty consistent. Two stars out of four for this one, mostly for Kingsley's effort.
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is a British film starring Clive Owen of Sin City fame. In short, this movie sucks. The pacing is mind-numbingly slow. As with some other artsy films, the slow pace seems to be deliberate to set a particular mood. In this case that mood is known as boredom. We're constantly watching long, slow shots of Owen's character standing around saying nothing. Apparently he's the strong, silent, withdrawn type, which is difficult to translate into good film when that character type is the movie's central character. It can be done, but it doesn't happen here. 1 star. Bleh.
Oh, and here's my rating scale:
4 stars = Absolutely superb film, one of the year's best
3 stars = A film that delivers the goods, entertaining, well worth seeing at the theater
2 stars = An okay film with some significant flaws. Wait for the dvd or skip it.
1 star = This film sucks. Don't see it anywhere. The film industry should not be encouraged to make more of this crap.
0 stars = "It's like a kind of torture to have to watch the show." This film is a horrible waste of celluloid and, if you watch it, your time. For the love of all that is good, don't watch this film. It may induce severe depression, nausea, and the desire to poke out your eyes. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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