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Damned If You Do (2000)
David Alan Grier, a hilarious devil!
This is an excellent and very funny short film for many reasons, not least of which is David Alan Grier's hilarious performance as the devil. I was laughing all the way through this little gem. It's a very short clip, i'm guessing from memory it was about 10-15 min long more or less. I highly recommend taking the time to watch this, over streaming video or otherwise.
Dip huet seung hung (1989)
i was disappointed, seems this is very overrated
i was excited to finally be watching this movie that i'd heard so many great things about. i'd heard it was a classic of action films, that John Woo was a brilliant master, that great directors such as Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had borrowed from this movie. Plus i was already a fan of Chow Yun Fat.
After watching it though, i don't know why this much hype has been generated. It's really not that good of a movie. Quite a bit of it was actually boring. It lacked the depth of character of El Mariachi, the stylistic imagery of Pulp Fiction, the wit and humor of a Jackie Chan movie, the intense drama and action of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and the good natured buddy feeling of Lethal Weapon, to give a few examples.
Overall it was pretty flat. However the version i saw was overdubbed in english, which i think always hurts a film by robbing us of the original tones of the actors. And i still think Chow Yun Fat gave a commendable performance. Nonetheless i wouldn't recommend anyone go out of their way to see it. It looks like an average shoot-em-up that you might catch on cable on a saturday afternoon.
Soul Survivors (2001)
had the potential, but went way wide of the mark
It's too bad... i love these type of psychological thrillers. This one had all the right elements and a good story, but in the end the whole thing fizzled like a wet firecracker. The plot could have used some sharpening up, particularly the end, and better acting would have helped a lot, not least of which in the leading female role. Wes Bentley, in particular, was not used to his potential. The missing footage, that was cut to avoid an R rating, could have helped it, but wouldn't have saved it alone. In the end i was wondering whether the characters were better off alive or dead.
i recommend you go ahead and rent it, if you happen to like these type movies (Sixth Sense, The Others) but don't expect it to be nearly as good as those.