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A Kiss
by Marilyn Oakley - 03/18/25 02:17 PM
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The Works
by Michael Thomas Ellis - 03/18/25 02:11 PM
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Janita
by Gary E. Andrews - 03/17/25 10:54 PM
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Bonepony
by Gary E. Andrews - 03/16/25 07:01 PM
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As soon as you hear the Jungle-y Drums thumpin' away, you know this is going to be one of those "Mean-Streets Cop Movies"..& fast-drivin' Keanu Reeves plays LAPD Dectective Tom Ludlow with a Vengeance!
Judge, Jury AND Executioner for the Area's Bad Guys, he tells Internal Affairs Captain James Biggs (TV HOUSE's Hugh Laurie), who's been shadowing him, "You don't WANT to take me out..You NEED me here!" Seems true enough..his cheating wife's been murdered, & his former partner's just been murdered..saving HIM the trouble for wanting to bust him up for blabbing to Internal Affairs about previous "Rodney King-ish" encounters..(Reeves DOES swing a Mean Phone Book...as you'll see later!) ;-)>
So, he's now-challenged with clearing his name with his ex-partner's widow, finding the cop-killers, all the while being "shielded" by his newly-promoted overseer, Captain Jack Wander (Forest Whittaker). Captain Jack has a habit of "Looking the Other Way" when Justice gets served/& Detective Ludlow doesn't seem eager to waste time reciting Miranda Rights...ever! LOTSA Gangsta goings-on, with Rap Music provided by Common & The Game, & with a good performance by Cedric The Entertainer as a Shiny-Red Caddie Convertible-drivin' small-time Hood in da Hood who gets squeezed to be a "Snitch", mid-point in the Plotline.
Lots of brutality by police & badguys, (Some of which are Both), plot twists galore, & you won't find this flick boring. I didn't find it as intellectually-stimulating as for instance, "Bank Job" or "21", but it's as fast-paced & crime-laden as the City it's taking place in, and it's fun to see what a Modern-Day John Wayne would look like, "in-action", without the Lawyers around.
Rates a "6 1/2-Outta-10"...leave the Kids at Home (So they can sleep at night), & get a BIG bag of popcorn for the wild ride ahead!
JMO...Keep-or-Sweepit!
Big Hugs,
Stan
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Ack.. not another one of THESE movies... yawn!
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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We used to LOVE John Wayne doin' all these Tough-Guy things to the Baddies...heh...so it's a fun way to gauge how much Lawyers..& Time..have changed "Justice, American Style".
I'm still scratchin' my head to think of WHERE in L.A. they dug up the "Abandoned Hilltop House" that factors into the Plot repeatedly, complete with Abandoned Swimming Pool~
Must be havin' One Heck of a Recession Out There...IF such places actually exist! Heh!
Best Wishes & 'nuther Big Guy-Hug,
Stan
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