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La boîte noire (2005)
Good thriller, but tails off at the end
The Black Box is an engaging thriller, which grabs you right from the beginning with a car crash and has all the right plot elements. The problem is, as the other reviewer said, the finale is quite disappointing and leaves many questions unanswered.
Following his crash, Arthur Seligman is confronted with a wide variety of fragments from his subconscious and sets out to piece them together. What follows is an unnerving, inventive psychological journey that shares the paranoia and confusion of David Lynch with a suitably gritty, noir-like cinematography.
Yet the denouement neatly discards all the mysteries of the film and dismisses the loose ends of the multiple deaths, the police investigation and the questions thrown up from his subconscious.
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Ranges from below average to good
After seeing Romancing The Stone, I expected that, as with most sequels, this movie would be terrible. It is not completely bad.
Although it has sections which are merely average, there are also some flashes of wit. The script has quite a few clever parts.
The finale is below average, and the plot is a bit of a joke. But if you can tolerate all that, this is a mildly entertaining movie. Admittedly it's not the most highbrow movie around but you may find yourself enjoying the duologue.
I don't have any knowledge of the making of this movie but it seems to me like there have been numerous scriptwriters working on this - some who are clever, others who are simply filling in the gaps.
Don't expect this to surpass the original but it is still an OK movie. If you feel like a night of mildly brainless action, watch this. Don't bother thinking about the plot holes, just veg out.