The Pink Panther (2006) Ladda Ner Film

Martin (who also co-wrote the screenplay) is so uninspired and dull in this witless movie, he almost -- almost -- makes you long for Adam Sandler.. Fernando Meirelles's excellent adaptation of the novel by John le Carré is likely to linger in your mind and may even trouble your conscience.. The Skeleton Key is strictly summer schlock.. The Pink Panther, while hardly the disaster it might have been, renders the love as labored as the pronunciation.. Viewers who like real-world issues interwo...

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Eagle Eye (2008) Spela Film

At the very least, Eagle Eye gives us two principals who are appealing enough to keep us interested in them.. There are lots of new wrinkles to ponder about American surveillance, but it seems that all the writers have surveilled is HBO.. Should this film be a huge box office success, it will stand as a sad testament to how low the bar for cinematic entertainment has been set.. The chase eventually wears thin, and Eagle Eye eventually strangles its actors in the threads of its plot.. Eagle Eye i...

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Premonition (2007) Ladda Ner Hela

Premonition barely remembers to create suspense.. I just returned from the immediate future, like two minutes from now, and I have a strong feeling I'm about to give this movie a big thumbs down.. Premonition, for all its far-fetched nature, never lets go of its momentum and holds the audience every inch of the way.. The convoluted setup doesn't produce a payoff worthy of the attention this film demands.. At least all this uncertainty is leading up to a spectacular twist ending -- oh, wait. No, ...

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The Unborn (2009) Ladda Ner Hela

Changeling reminds us that the veneer of civilization is thin and made of quicksilver.. Exceptionally well written with clever twists and witty dialogue by first-time screenwriter Russell Gewirtz, Inside Man is adroitly executed by director Spike Lee.. . The Unborn is a baby-sitter horror flick (it's for and about them) with classic creep-out elements that unite in a surprisingly engrossing story.. A laughably bad horror flick involving demonic possession, concentration camps and torturous genet...

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The Losers (2010) Spela Film

An aptly titled, grossly overdone big-screen adaptation of a DC Comics publication, it is, as though we needed it, another symptom of where we're going cinematically, and a movie that takes bilious joy in its own soullessness.. The Losers is simply a lot of low blows, telegraphed each and every time.. Though they have plenty of lethal weapons at their disposal, the Losers are nowhere near as fun as the '80s action-flick heroes they emulate.. . Movies aren't loaded weapons, though sometimes, they...

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The Words (2012) Fullständig Film Streaming

This film's layered storytelling lacks the fluidity, grace, or good humour, to pull off its conceit.. It's somewhat better put together than Saw II or III, though there isn't a scare in it.. A throwback to trim, intelligent moral thrillers like The Verdict and Absence of Malice.. . This is unequivocally a thriller for adults. Easily the worst and most pointless episode of the gore-saturated quadrology.. "The Words" is a decent, ambitious, unoriginal film about a decent, ambitious, unoriginal wri...

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Max Payne (2008) Spela Film

Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video-game roots even as it transcends them.. The filmmakers aim their cynicism more at us than at any government or drug company.. Honestly, you find yourself rooting against Payne's survival, even with a good actor in the hollow role. There's nothing inside the film's sour, slovenly spirit of vengeance.. The movie is a series of glum interrogation scenes that lead nowhere special, with a not-quite-sci-fi urban murkiness that makes it lo...

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