Tag: Wesley Snipes
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Despite sometimes exceptional direction from del Toro, Wesley Snipes’s second BLADE outing can’t overcome the terrible script (by David S. Goyer) or the awful supporting performances (everyone important except for Snipes and super-vampire-monster Luke Goss are atrocious). It also doesn’t help del Toro’s direction peaks in the first act–it’s a two hour movie and a…
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Misfire of a star vehicle for Wesley Snipes, though not through any fault of his own; he’s well-cast as the Marvel Comics vampire hunter, it’s just the insipid script (by David S. Goyer) is bad and Norrington’s downright silly and inept direction is even worse. Also the supporting cast is mostly godawful–Stephen Dorff and Donal…
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There’s so much strong acting in Major League and director Ward’s script has such likable characters (and such a hiss-worthy villain in team owner Margaret Whitton), the film moves on momentum alone for quite a while. It’s only in the third act, when Ward throws in an unnecessary plot twist to ratchet up tension. He…
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One Night Stand is such an emotionally exhausting film, one of the few moments of relief comes when Wesley Snipes, Ming-Na (as his wife), Nastassja Kinski (she and Snipes had a one night affair) and Kyle MacLachlan (as Kinski’s husband) go out to dinner together. It’s awkward in a far more comfortable way than the…
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When Richard Gere gives the best lead performance in a film, it’s definitely a problem. Gere doesn’t bring any gravitas to this role–a retiring police officer–and, when it gets to his redemption, it’s not clear why he needs redeeming. The film calls him a failure a lot, but it’s never clear why he’s a failure,…
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Umm. Yeah. Where to start with Demolition Man. Stallone’s really personable in it. It might be his most personable, because the viewer automatically identifies with him as the modern (mostly modern) guy in the strange future. The real star is Sandra Bullock, whose performance is far from perfect and her character is poorly written, but…
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I imagine you’re thinking, why would he watch that? And I agree, Blade: Trinity is hardly Stop Button material. Except… I have been insulting David S. Goyer a lot lately (because he sucks) and I wanted my insults to be more informed and, also, because I enjoyed Blade II. I’ve never seen more than fifteen…
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