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(This movie has some of the absolute WORST, fakest fight choreography I have ever seen!) Neil Giuntoli stands in this time for Michael Rooker (the original Henry) and, while he has a couple of effective scenes of underlying, stoic menace, for the most part he doesn't make much of an impression.
One or two effective surreal set-pieces (involving the hearse and its driver) and Mori Kawa's nicely atmospheric photography, just can't make-up for the lame, weak and overly boring presentation.
James Spader's acting ability is marginal at best, but here, he does a very effective and surprisingly understated job and he and Sarandon do make sparks (although Sarandon could make sparks all alone in a full-force hurricane!) as a couple in this.
Paul Hogan was very effective in the earlier films, but in this one he seems tired of the role.
It's a daunting task to make an effective sequel to one of the all-time creepiest movies, but the filmmakers pull it off.
This is a most effective little thriller from 1950 concerning a disturbed killer who holds a group of people hostage in a bar.
It's still an effective movie, however.
Conrad Brooks is really effective (maybe I've been drinking too much of the wine he was pushing in this movie).
It's a feel-good-story of believing in someone, and it is incredibly effective.
On the more positive side, I felt that 1980's style film clips were effective and realistic.
The acting was good, filming effective.
Freeman hasn't played a role like this before or since, and his best known roles to come after this (including Oscar nominated roles) have consisted of more positive characters with effective leadership skills.
The narrator makes derogatory comments about everyone else, even those who arguably are not so different from McGovern (smart, well intentioned, often effective, and human).
Luckily as well, Herzog's anti-war statement does not need to be explicit to be effective.
The cast is small but effective.
It also boasts impressive camera-work and effective CGI.
Stoltz and Richardson are quite good (plus the first film's John Getz makes a welcome return in a cameo role), and there are some effective moments here and there, but this is a totally pointless sequel, one that doesn't even come close to matching the original.
Lugosi is effective as Dr. Vitus Werdegast and Karloff is diabolically evil as the satanic Hjalmar Poelzig.
For example, as the characters became more and more dehydrated I started to experience the same symptoms as them... clever use of sound and light maybe, but highly effective.
Dennis Coffey's funky, syncopated score and Mark Rasmussen's plain, no-frills cinematography further enhance the gritty realism of this moving and effective picture.
In fact I cannot think of any other actor who so consummately conveyed villainy with such effective "European" sophistication and grace.
Otherwise effective, and at times touching, performances by Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, and Mr. Whaley himself are wasted here.
The elements of surrealism and paranormal activity were effective in each story.
I will say the Titanic visuals are quite creepy and fascinating and the subtle overlays were pretty effective in showing the viewer what section of the ship we were seeing at a given time.
The picture is beautifully helmed and McKee's compositions are often quite effective and moody, even if the overbearing influence of Argento's masterpiece sometimes works against "The Woods".
Battle Cry - from beer to eternity- this Raoul Walsh directed ode to the marines is a long slog-148 minutes- and most of it is spent following the marines on liberty and their love lives.Some of it works- Aldo Ray is surprisingly effective as big lumberjack who falls for the New Zealand gal - but for the most part this overwrought melodrama follows lesser lights like Tab Hunter.Based on a script by Leon M. Uris and featuring a score by Max Steiner this movie is over-sentimental and a middling soap opera.James Whitmore does a good job as Mac the Sargent and Raymond Massey is fine in his cameo as a general-but for the most part this is a less glamorous and more plodding retake on the From Here to Eternity vibe.The DVD has a trailer and text retrospective on Walsh's directorial career.Avoid this like a landmine.
The music and camera-work are also very effective and there are excellent supportive roles for Hoyt Axton ("Gremlins"), Suzanne Snyder ("Killer Klowns from Outer Space") and Leslie Wing ("the Dungeonmaster").
The quasi-documentary style is effective most of the time, but we do get way too much Stanley Tucci, although his role plays right into his difficult to like persona.
The synthesized music was occasionally effective but surely deeper chords would have created an ominous atmosphere.
The characters were three dimensional and the script was simply great, offsetting the heaviness of its subject matter with a surprisingly effective sense of humor.
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