A billionaire's wife is abducted. Now, he is forced to play a game where getting his wife back is the prize...eight hours to win...only he's never played a game like this. He calls on the only people who can help: the Armchair Combat Professionals.
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The scene where she stares into the camera, tears streaming as she holds a baby is seared into my memory along with Clive Owens weird body language meant to convey how wonderfully devil may care he is to contrast with poor Elizabeth who can never have an adventurous life or give birth. Merely condemned to be the most powerful woman in England and have her name stamped on an entire age. Not only is this film foul because of its condescending attitude toward Elizabeth, but it just runs rough shod over vast amounts of time and cares nothing for historical accuracy.
Another movie where the majority of critics and the audience portray terrible judgement. Both Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts fall very far short of their best in this rather tedious and brutal film with almost nothing to recommend it. I couldn't suspend disbelief with the characters or the story, a mix of cliches and strained credibility. Oddly, Mortensen seems to have received Best Actor nominations for his performance here, which tells me more about the questionable standards of those who make such nominations though he's at least serious about his character in this. The direction is probably the worst aspect of the movie. It veers from routine to jarring, almost amateurish at times. Whether the script called for it or not, the opening scenes are gruesome and disjointed for no good reason. Other scenes struck me as contrived or stylized in the way they were staged.
David Cronenberg weaves this tale of the Russian mob and a nurse who becomes slightly entwined with them when she attempts to discover the identity and family of a young 14 year old girl who died giving birth, in order to find a proper home for the child. This leads us to the story of the Driver of this mob, Nicolai Luzhin, and his attempt to rise in the ranks there. It is a great story well weaved, and features one of the best action fight scenes I have ever seen (with Viggo Mortensen entirely nude in a bath house for the entirety of it). It is a fine picture, with a great cast and a good story.
Posted on: February 18th, 2017
Posted by: aragon
