Dean (6926 KP) rated Anna (2019) in Movies
Jul 5, 2019
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
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Jet Li plays Liu Jiuan, China's top government agent, who arrives in Paris from Shanghai to carry...
Unleashed (2005)
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Crime Boss Bart (Bob Hoskins) raises orphan Danny (Jet Li) with no knowledge of anything other than...
Taxi (2004)
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Loose comic remake of the 1990s French film trilogy written by Luc Besson. Queen Latifah stars as...
3 Days To Kill (2014)
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Facing a terminal disease, spy Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) has decided to give up his dangerous,...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Unleashed (2005) in Movies
Apr 4, 2019
The plot is barking mad (not inappropriately for a film with the alternative title of Danny the Dog) and impossible to take seriously, but that's hardly new for a Besson film, nor necessarily a disincentive to see it. This one is lifted by genuinely good performances from Hoskins and Freeman, and extended sequences of Li beating the living daylights out of everyone in sight (at one point there's a kung fu fight in a toilet cubicle, which is surely a first). Not to be taken remotely seriously, but still highly entertaining.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Léon: The Professional (1994) in Movies
May 13, 2019
Stylish and witty, with great performances from the three leads; genuinely affecting in a way that most Besson movies simply are not. Surprisingly little action for what's supposedly a thriller but still very involving; the theatrical cut delicately skips around what's really going on in Leon and Mathilda's relationship. Knock a point off if you're watching the director's cut, which trades some of the subtlety for extra scenes which add a mixture of hokeyness and pure ick.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) in Movies
Mar 1, 2018 (Updated Mar 2, 2018)
The script is certainly baffling and doesn't feel like the work of a man credited as writer or co-writer of fifty other movies; the whole section with Rihanna and Ethan Hawke is just filler, in terms of the actual plot. Or is the plot itself only of secondary concern with this movie? It seems that way. DeHaan is arguably badly miscast as Valerian; however, Delevingne is something of a revelation in this movie (very good hair, too). And it definitely has its moments and always looks interesting. If only Besson could keep the script under control for his sci-fi films...
The Year of the Geek: 365 Adventures from the Sci-Fi Universe
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The Year of the Geek is a fascinating look into geek culture. Each day will tell a different story...
Nickg24 (492 KP) rated Anna (2019) in Movies
Sep 15, 2019
This is the first decent Luc Besson film in years (he will never ever beat Leon).Sasha Luss impresses as anna,helen mirren is also good.I wasnt to impressed with the way the story switches backwards and forwards in time.
The restaurant fight scene was pretty impressive and very bloody.