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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
not as bad as expected
Being a Nic Cage fan is sorta like being a Steven Segal fan, you keep coming back to see if they have captured some of their past glory. In Segal's case it was brief moment in the early nineties with Under Siege and the answer is a resounding NO. Of every film of his I watched since I reckon I've not watched 50% all the way through and the rest i sucked it up and wish I hadn't.
With Cage it's a little different even when he is bad by his standards there is always something to watch that makes the journey worth it.
Bangkok Dangerous was one of those films, while the acting was only OK, the script passable and the direction just reasonable I stayed interested in the movie and Cage's characters until the end of the movie.
Worth the trip to Blockbuster to rent (but not to own).
The Number One Girl (2006)
awful just awful
Just turned up in Melbourne, Australia in December 2007. Never a good sign! Not only straight to video, but late to video.
I've seen Vinnie Jones drag other crappy movies from total crap to watchable crap (say Condemned or Slipstream). A true scenery chewer, one of the best.
But even Jebus himself couldn't have saved this woeful turkey. Started bad, got worse and surprisingly even worse.
I can tolerate the bad acting, the bad script and bad music but the direction was truly pedestrian.
Avoid at all cost, I want by 2 dollars and 2 hours back!