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Death to Israel???
by KT (movies profile)
May 3, 2007
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I should have known when I saw a badly edited trailer that I thought was calling for "Israel's Death" ... that this was going to be bad. However, an offer of a free preview was too tempting. The 200+ audience was silent nearly the whole film (and not in appreciation) and then left disappointed.
This tried so hard to be 'hip' and edgy and wanna be Tarantino (who's a hack anyway) so badly you could taste it. It was incredibly well cast, nearly everyone was some famous actor - which made it all the more disappointing that it sucked. There were too many characters to keep track of. Everyone was a stereotype. Naked hookers. Af-Americans who called everyone "bitch" "N*gger" and had to act all tough. Lesbian contract killers. Redneck Nazis. Bail bond guys. Coked up freaks. The "snitch"/rat. Thuggy Russians. Thuggy African-Americans. The mob boss. The mob lawyer. The corrupt FBI guys. The earnest/honest FBI guys.
This wanted to be every gangster film ever. The plot was loose/pointless and the "plot twist" was painfully obvious from the start. Trite. Boring.
Dialogue - when it could even be heard was uninteresting and served no purpose.
I don't think I'm spoiling it when I say there's a huge bloodbath that was not even interestingly choreographed or filmed and that served no purpose If John Woo was dead he'd be spinning in his grave at this insult to bloody shootouts.
Even who lived or who died seemed completely random. There was no one to root for.
Have I mentioned this was bad? Sure there were a few funny moments with the hick neo- Nazis. Jeremy Piven did a great job. It was nice to Ryan Reynolds in a serious role.
I've definitely seen worse, but this was a waste of time.
P.S. the promotional comic that was given away with the film actually has the neo-Nazi's looking at a list and saying "Death to Israel" and "Destroy Israel". I can only assume that was purposeful (and very tasteless) irony?? |
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