Mini-Review: Great animation, stupid plot.

Mini-Review: Just like Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds it is morally confusing. Good guy does terrible things to the point where you end up despising every character. There is a lot of violence in this movie, and it is presented as some kind of celebration. Obviously, it is done deliberately, to confuse the morality of the viewer. Over all, I liked the idea, but it's very poorly scripted and wanders too much into absurdity. Bad acting is hard to ignore too.

Mini-Review: One of those cases when acting is better than characters and the movie is better then the script. After couple of low-budget afro-American themed flicks F. Gary Gray gets to helm a full blown action film, and does a really fine job. Made in a times when any thriller is expected to be built around action scenes, it is unique because it creates tension using dialogs rather than shootouts. Biggest weakness of the film is a poor script and misstep from the realism.

Mini-Review: Pre-Hammer gothic horror movie. Well, not really horror, heavy-handed mystery/suspense is more fitting. Cast is interesting, but performances are mediocre. Film is very dull. Even though it uses many devices, like race against time, to built suspense, but it is done terribly clumsy. Shoot the director, I say.

Mini-Review: A quite unique sci-fi movie, because the stress mark here is on science rather than fiction - an unusual practice in 90's Hollywood. Foster barely fits the bill, but she didn't bother me much. Film touches lots of interesting topics, especially clash of religion and science. Visual effects are great, beginning scene reminded me of the greatness of one Kubrick's film.