A Man Apart
Despite an interesting take on the role of a tough guy, A Man Apart is a boring and visually annoying rouge cop story.
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December 2, 2013
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Despite an interesting take on the role of a tough guy, A Man Apart is a boring and visually annoying rouge cop story.
As predictable as the tides, as clichéd as a poem that compares a rose with love and as inspiring as a ten-year-old public service announcement.
Normally you go to a gross-out comedy to get some cheap laughs. You’ll find them here, but Old School really does have something to say.
Unable to secure a good balance of character and plot, director [Mark Steven] Johnson ends up providing something that is at times exhilarating but more often tedious.
Every good actor needs to do his or her own Hamlet. For Benigni it wasn’t Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio. It might as well have been Problem Child IV.
I can’t get over the complete reliance on fate even if it is what the movie is all about.
Films: G · Films: H · Reviews: H
Starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus, point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar.
Christmas · Films: I · Reviews: I
A medley of familiar Christmas classics…with a distinct Muppet spin.
A…cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best – being teenagers.
I’ve been curious about “the Eminem movie” for months. And while I have gotten the chance to see 8 Mile, little of my pondering has been quenched; Eminem remains an enigma.