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    Wildefire

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    Do wrong, you get done, simple as. Gail Wilde is an average policewoman, but one who lives up to her...

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Awix (3310 KP) rated All the President's Men (1976) in Movies

Jan 24, 2021  
All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
1976 | Classics, Drama, History
9
8.8 (13 Ratings)
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Superior movie that still sets the gold standard for recent-fact-based-drama and heroic-journalists-investigate-corruption movies. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are assigned to what looks like just a weird break-in at the Watergate offices of the Democratic party, but discover a trail that ultimately incriminates some very big names indeed.

Proof that you can make a gripping thriller without actually including a single car chase or fist-fight; much of the film is people on the telephone making notes, but it's still a captivating story. Solid performances, decent structure, perhaps lacks a big climax, but you can see its influence on many other acclaimed films since (The Post and Spotlight are cut from the same cloth, and in the former case features some of the same figures). And yet Rocky still won the Oscar. Conspiracy!!!
  
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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated The Commuter (2018) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019  
The Commuter (2018)
The Commuter (2018)
2018 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
6
6.5 (26 Ratings)
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A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.



Yet again, Liam Neeson has a certain set of skills that prove to be useful. Honestly, he really should start trying to stay out of trouble. Was this film ground breaking? No, not really. But it was enjoyable in a completely unbelievable way. It feels like a lot of different films that have been cut and pasted together, a little bit of Taken, a smidge of Source Code, but then at some point a lot of these films do tend to all look alike.

A good bit of entertainment, but when it comes to me recapping what films really stood out for me this year it won't be remembered. It's already not the worst Unlimited film of the year though... congratulations have to go to Downsizing for that one.