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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
Misses the mark
In this day and age you are gonna do a gangster flick set in Brooklyn it has to be something special. With a cast this strong this movie should have been much better. The characters are clichéd variations of numerous movies made in the 90's. I think the movie should have been much shorter. It doesn't offer enough quality action moments to keep you interested and yet the shallowness of the characters makes it difficult to take it seriously. There is something lacking with this film and I would say that it is originality. If this film was made without the big names such as Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes and Richard Gere it would go straight to video, and thats exactly where you should look for it.
Lymelife (2008)
Reminds me of American Beauty (minimal spoiler warning!)
This movie is very character driven. Strong cast and good overall plot. It feels like American Beauty told in a more real life, down to earth kind of way. The acting quickly draws you in, and the characters have room to grow in complexity and depth. Nice little film, I cannot believe it was made so quickly. I like how the movie touches upon real issues of troubled marriages with out getting too sidetracked. One thing I that I found annoying is the far-fetched portrayal of the symptoms of Lyme disease. It is as if the character who contracts it, has a green light to change symptoms with each scene. He quickly goes from completely confused to focused and back again. The movie does pull off all the faculties of the human condition it attempts to expose, in a very simplified way. It is as if any holes that exist due to the writing, are for the most part patched up by great acting. I like it when that happens:)