THE INFORMANT! - A BADASS MOVIE REVIEW It is great to know that Steven Soderbergh is willing to come correct after his actorless spirit-killer, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE. Unfortunately, he is still signing on to directing projects with weak plots. This time around he is dragging the waters of the “based on real events” realm of moviemaking. There is even an artistic license disclaimer at the beginning stating that the characters are composites, and the dialogue has been touched. THE INFORMANT! is carried solely by the quality of acting in the film, especially that of Matt Damon.
Damon’s performance is captivating. He has put on the extra pounds around the middle, grown a fireman’s moustache, and mastered some twitches that come off as intelligent yet imbalanced. Damon’s performance is initially zany, but the off-kilter pacing of the film and general lack of plot make the Whitacre character less and less amusing as the film wears on.
extortion and international price-fixing crimes involving ADM, a corn-processing company. Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) is the vice president who reveals to his bosses that he’s received a corporate extortion demand for ten million dollars. His bosses (against Whitacre’s better judgement) bring the FBI into the mix. Whitacre’s home phone lines are tapped, and at the prompting of his wife Ginger (Melanie Lynskey), Whitacre tells Agent Shepard (Scott Bakula) about ADM’s price fixing schemes. READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW HERE Questions? Email M-REX here |
ULTIMATUM The first film was a fun parkour-filled light action film. This next one promises to be more of the same. What could possibly be wrong with that? Furthermore, for this film. A movie with this little behind it is usually earmarked for the trash heap. D13-U is shaping up to be the movie to see. Read more on D13-U in our FORUM. |
There has been a LOT of noise about this film recently. A big part of it is that it screened at SUNDANCE. The responses have been all over the place. Some case, Director Alan Green can now focus on HATCHET 2 which the Mediasaurs are really looking forward to. Click the link and see pics, etc in the FORUM |
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WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S REMAKE? 21 JUMP STREET THE MOVIE SHERLOCK 2 FILMING THIS SUMMER SPIDERM4N SCRAPPED REMAKING THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON? KULL REMAKE? HELLRAISER IN 3D? LEONARD NIMOY IN STAR TREK SEQUEL? CRONENBERG TO REBOOT HIS FLY REBOOT. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD TO BE REMADE AGAIN IN 3-D? JEEPERS CREEPERS 3? AND THE CREEPER GETS THAT BADASS TRUCK BACK? |
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