03-06-2012, 03:07 PM
My boss suggested I see this film since I would be doing a review on the follow up movie to this.
It was okay. There were some good fight scenes, but the story was very slight. Actually, the fight scenes were very good, but I kept getting the feeling the people in those fights would be dead. But they have a lot of very creative moves. Some they use a lot. There were plenty of catching the guys leg during the kick shots. And Silat, the martial used in the fights, seems to be predicated on a lot of elbow and knee strikes.
And it was slow in the beginning. When watching what is billed as a fight movie, you get very antsy waiting for the first fight. Then there were plenty of fights. Fights and fights and fights.
There is also something about the cinematography and editing that bugs me. Some of the shots are "Look at me. I've rented a big crane for this shot and it's going to look cool" shots. Too intrusive. Some of the fights have too many cuts (Yes, I will burn in hell for that comment when you see the cutting I did in my little fight extravaganza)
It's like the film needed a bit more polish, a bit more time on the screenplay, a bit more time on the pre-production of how the film was to be shot. Maybe this polish they need is applied in the next film?
It was okay. There were some good fight scenes, but the story was very slight. Actually, the fight scenes were very good, but I kept getting the feeling the people in those fights would be dead. But they have a lot of very creative moves. Some they use a lot. There were plenty of catching the guys leg during the kick shots. And Silat, the martial used in the fights, seems to be predicated on a lot of elbow and knee strikes.
And it was slow in the beginning. When watching what is billed as a fight movie, you get very antsy waiting for the first fight. Then there were plenty of fights. Fights and fights and fights.
There is also something about the cinematography and editing that bugs me. Some of the shots are "Look at me. I've rented a big crane for this shot and it's going to look cool" shots. Too intrusive. Some of the fights have too many cuts (Yes, I will burn in hell for that comment when you see the cutting I did in my little fight extravaganza)
It's like the film needed a bit more polish, a bit more time on the screenplay, a bit more time on the pre-production of how the film was to be shot. Maybe this polish they need is applied in the next film?
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit