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The Edge (1997)
the edge, a disappointment
in my opinion, characters were too underdeveloped for me to feel what was going on. with hopkins, you don't get the overwhelming feeling of remorse for charles morse because you don't find out until the very end that he doesn't have that many real friends. the characterization of his wife changes at the end, but even then, you still don't know what kind of a woman she is. poor decision to try to marble in so many details as the story goes along. in my opinion, it leaves the actors looking like stock characters and it frustrates the plot to the point that you wonder if they're making this up as they go along.
Killing Zoe (1993)
Very good but not perfect
One of the better movies i've seen in recent weeks. acting was good, the music did well to add to the feeling of the scenes, camera effects were good. but there were a few small things that bothered me that probably no one else would have noticed otherwise. for one, at times the sound effects were cheap. i recall in at least one fighting scene, the punching sounds made me think i was watching a looney tunes cartoon. i also thought the fade-to-black routine was a bit overused. there are other ways to change points-of-view or make breaks in thought. and what's up with the police not caring about the hostages' well-being?? was this paris or pluto? kinda strange to give the cops that mentality, and yet, when they encounter the villain, they hesitate to shoot him. there are a few other minor things that made me wonder, but overall i enjoyed this movie. i gave it a 7.