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« on: March 10, 2006, 09:17:54 am » |
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When I read the reviews for this movie, I immediately decided to stay as far away as possible. Starring Paul Walker and a cast of other forgettables, (though Chaz Palmintieri does make an appearance) this movie, at first glance, seems like just another wall-to-wall boring action flick filmed so as to look like a commercial.
And, at about an hour and thirty minutes into the film, there is nothing to disprove this impression. However, after this long period of crap and plot building, you have some of the most bizarrely entertaining and accidentally funny sequences ever captured on film - I'm not kidding.
I won't let everything go, but I will try to describe what I feel to be the funniest scene that Paul Walker has ever been included in (just to whet your appetite)...
Near the end of the film, Walker is taken by a group of mobsters to a hockey rink. The mobsters take him out on the ice, and then turn on a "black light", so that everyone's skin is purple and the hockey puck is (get this) hot pink. The mobsters then proceed to hold Mr. Walker down to the ice while hockey players (who, I suppose, are on the mafioso payroll) slapshot that hot pink puck right into his face. Now this sounds pretty brutal and disgusting, but I gotta admit, the way it's filmed (and by this point in the movie) it is absolutely hilarious.
Also, I must say, there is some over the top and innovative cussing in this movie. Overall, I'd give it 2 and a half stars out of 5, just because of the last thirty minutes. If you can find a way to get into this movie for free, or for a discount price, I recommend it absolutely.
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