This is a movie about the attempted assassination of the US president. It's told in Rashomon Style, thus the film's title. The problem was, in short, that it was a lame attempt and it was more of a gimmick than a story telling style. In the five or so times you watch the events of the movie occur from the different perspectives, only once did I ever feel like I was shown how something had changed based on my viewpoint. And after all that it just degenerated into a run of the mill action movie punctuated by an overly long and underly inspired chase sequence. Note to Hollywood. Film school gimmicks are not a replacement for story and/or actual character development.
Two Stars.
thanks for the review. we were just considering what to see this weekend for our delayed "oh, god, we've been married for 5 years?" celebration. This came up, and I thought 'hey, Weaver, Quaid and Whittaker are all good, preview looks a little toooo confusing" followed by 'kevin posted this ..."
ReplyDeleteSo, thanks for avoiding wasting 2 hours of my time. Not sure what we're going to see. Peter loves the art-house theater in uptown. So, In Bruges or The Visitor are the candidates.
Hope all is well in Down Under Movie Land. -- eliz.