video review : Hell Or High Water

video review : Hell Or High Water

The Tanner and Marcus characters; a bank robber and Texas Ranger; are a bit over the top. It’s their partners; one in crime, the other in justice; that serve as their relatively normal counterparts if there is a such thing as normal people in Texas.

Hell Or High Water is a game of cat and mouse that’s both fun and mildly riveting from the start. That’s mainly due to the plot’s balance of humor and tension money-rolled with a tender backstory that’ll have you rooting for the purported bad guys.

my rating : 4 of 5

2016

video review : Perfect Sense

video review : Perfect Sense

I appreciate the sight of Susan’s bare tits. She’s attractive, so when a man named Michael meets her, fucks her and starts to development romantic feelings for her, in that order, I totally understand. But the times they spend together are the worst parts of this movie. They’re also the main focus for a long time.

That leaves its underlying concept; cataclysm in the form of a widespread epidemic that robs people of their senses and turns them into emotional maniacs; largely neglected. What an interesting flick this could’ve been if it were just that; an artsy science fiction drama about the end of the world as it might happen.

my rating : 2 of 5

2011