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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 03-15-2003, 09:47 AM:

Tommy Lee Jones is a professional tracker and former trainer of millitary men in the field of tracking and survival instincts and use of light weapons such as knives. Del Toro is a trained proffesional assasin who has developed battle stress so seveare that he has turned into a killing machine.

Jones has been called in to investigate a crime scene by the F.B.I. His tracking abilities lead him to Del Toro were they have there first hand to hand combat. Eventually, the scene turns to the city where we find Jones eventually having to track Del Toro thru the city on a Wild unbelievable chase sequence.

The film does have a sub plot that tries to explaine why Del Toro has lost controle. But mid way thru the film that is totally abandoned in favor of the chase and hand to hand combat sequences.

The hand to hand combat sequences were done well and fitting for Joneses older character against Del Toros younger one. However the chase sequences were a bit over the top and unbelievable.

I give the film ** stars out of 4.

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 03-16-2003, 06:29 PM:

03/16/2003, 12:45PM, Cinemark 17, Springfield OR, #8.

Attendance about 125. Is it me or is the ADR dialog in this film really bad at times? Characters sounded like they were talking inside a cardboard box or something half the time. Plus the overall volume was too low. OK otherwise.

Darryl is too kind. The chases and the hand-to-hand combat are so over the top in the big climax that I started laughing. Think of the black knight in Monty Python/Holy Grail who has all his limbs hacked off and blood squirting out from the stumps:

only serious. Throw in some stabs and hacks at faces and jugular veins and torsos, blood gushing forth by the litre, and you have the most memorable scenes in this film. [thumbsdown]

It's just barely watchable. Wait for the 99-cent video rental.

[ 03-16-2003, 07:32 PM: Message edited by: David Stambaugh ]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 03-22-2003, 01:12 AM:

Viewed 3/14/03 at Cinemark Movies 14, Theatre 14 Mishawaka, IN DTS

Presentation: I built the print and started it, so I'd expect nothing better. [Big Grin]

Picture quality was superb. I felt Friedken shot this film beautifully and it really shows up on this print. The sound mix was also excellent. The DTS mix really puts us inside the world of this chase, with great use of the surrounds. I could really feel every hit these two guys laid on eachother. Turn this one up. EDIT: Yeah, the dialouge sounded kinda weird. It sounded to me like less ADR and more raw audio from the set and locations. Even though this does not have as much fidelity as ADR, performances sometimes work better when using the raw audio.

Movie: Hey, it was actuallly very entertaining. People have been saying there is no character development and no real plot. I say, who cares! This movie is about the chase between Jones and del Torro and nothing else really. I find some films fall short because of countless explanations of countless subplots. This film did not have this really, and that is why I found it highly enjoyable. I highly reccomend it.

AJ Garman