The Corruptor (1998)
7.3
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Martial arts expert Detective Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) teams up with his colleague Danny Wallace...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Final Debt (Indebted, #6) in Books
Jan 11, 2021
It's a pretty brutal but just-deserved ending to this story. Bad guys get their comeuppance, more secrets are revealed and answered and the debts are finally brought to an end.
I really enjoyed some parts of this, others made me wince in sympathy/pain at what they were going through but I have to admit it was one of the better endings I've read to a series, even if I didn't agree with one of the authors casualties. I cried friggin' buckets for a good twenty per cent at the end. That person shouldn't have died and should have gotten their own book because I liked them too much. :'(
Kim Pook (101 KP) rated That Awkward Moment (2014) in Movies
May 19, 2020
South Beach (Alexa & Holly #1)
7.0
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HOT SAND. HOT CLUBS. HOT GUYS. What more could two girls want? Try the same guy. SPRING...
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
6.1
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Re-cut Americanised version of the Japanese movie 'The Return of Godzilla' from 1984. In addition to...
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The Group (The Group #1)
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Sure, Ron Green had made a mistake, but it wasn't one that millions of other guys hadn't made before...
Mystery
Sitting in Bars with Cake: Lessons and Recipes from One Year of Trying to Bake My Way to a Boyfriend
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Audrey Shulman moved to Los Angeles with two dreams. One, to write screenplays. Two, to find true...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated American Girl on Saturn (Saturn, #1) in Books
Jan 11, 2021
I enjoyed the gentle romance of Chloe and Milo. It was sweet and I loved the fireflies and treehouse and midnight meetings... sigh. I also enjoyed reading the cammeraderie between the guys and by the end, the girls and guys together. Like an extended family.
There was just a point about 65% where I started to lose interest. It seemed to be a lot of the same stuff going on and I got a little bored and then the drama hit--the one where boy and girl have a big misunderstanding--and I wanted to hit both of them. I know something had to happen but it was just so cliché.
I was pretty happy when they resolved the matter but by then I'd sort of lost interest in the story and was just skimming the text, looking for interesting bits.
Not a bad book but one not quite to my tastes.
BankofMarquis (1832 KP) rated The Equalizer 2 (2018) in Movies
Jul 29, 2018
So...I was "all in" when they announced a sequel to this flick. I figured that Washington and his frequent collaborator, Director Antoine Fuqua (both Equalizer's as well as helming Denzel's Oscar winning performance in TRAINING DAY) would make things "bigger and badder" as often happens in sequels - bigger stakes, more bad guys, bigger - and trickier - improvisations - this time, perhaps at a Walmart!
But I was wrong - they didn't go bigger, they went smaller and smarter - and the movie is better for it.
In EQUALIZER 2, we get more personal with Denzel's character, Robert McCall. There still are plenty of bad guys getting the punishment they deserve, but it is the toll on McCall and the reasoning behind why he is doing what he is doing that is at center stage in this film, putting the weight of this film, rightfully so, on Denzel's more than capable shoulders. He comes through - as he always does - tremendously well. There is one scene where Denzel is trying to get a teenage boy to walk away from a gang. I was amazed that I was watching an "Academy Award" level scene in the middle of an action flick, but that is absolutely what it is.
Now...make no mistake...there is plenty of action, chases and violence in this film, but Fuqua shows great restraint, giving the violence a purpose instead of being gratuitous. Even when they have a final battle in the middle of a hurricane-level storm, Fuqua rightfully focuses on the people element of things - and not the spectacle of the elements and circumstances.
Both Fuqua and Washington make some smart choices in this film, which makes it a smart movie, well made with just enough action to please all.
Letter Grade: A-
8 stars (out of 10) and you can take that to the Bank (ofMarquis)