Kite 2014 attempts to be a Luc Besson film but fails miserably
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South African filmmakers, writer
Brian Cox ( who directed some bad films himself ) and a director
Ralph Ziman decided to try to adopt what appears to be a hentai ( animated pornography ) film from Japan ( with the same name ) into a cool-ass female-empowerment action flick. They even got
Samuel L. Jackson ( an objectively good actor ) involved in the project somehow. Yet almost every decision made in the production of this film was a wrong decision.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996 is how you make a feminist film
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At one point in time ( roughly before Tarantino )
Shane Black was the hottest writer in Hollywood. He wrote stuff like
Lethal Weapon,
The Last Boy Scout,
Last Action Hero ( the man is obsessed with
Last anything ). And his
Last film before he recovered from Tarantino induced depression and returned to the scene with
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, was the 1996 movie he wrote for director of things like
Cliffhanger Renny Harlin The Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Harlin's wife at a time
Geena Davis.
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Gladiator 2000 is Ridley Scott's turn at mimicking Michael Bay
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There are quite some differences between the Scott brothers ( Ridley and Tony ) and the Maximus himself
Michael Bay. You can read
Troler's observations and then my rant in the comments to see why they aren't quite the same. But specifically
Tony Scott films sometimes feels almost like Michael Bay movies. Especially early Tony Scott and early Michael Bay, before both of them knew how similar they are and before they started trying to develop each other into opposite directions. Which happened roughly in time with the 21st century. And yet with all this the
Ridley Scott epic
Gladiator which was shot at 20st century and released at 21st, bluntly steals one of the shots Michael Bay is known for.
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