![]() There’s a bit involving a Ejiofor and a giftwrapped package that you will see coming a mile away, but Ejiofor sells it fine. The cast does well for the most part, although Paul is saddled with a dopey haircut (another gimmick), and Reedus is sorely lacking a crossbow (a gimmick avoided). And it also left me concerned that he might get lockjaw. It doesn’t make his character any tougher or hard-nosed. He’s a commanding actor, and his characterization of Chris is impressive and memorable enough without all the popping and cracking. I guess my harping on the gimmickry of gum chewing is to point out that Affleck doesn’t need that kind of bullshit. As for the weed, that stuff was probably authentic. Woody, if those are your actual teeth, I’m totally sorry, bro. Or, at least, I think they are fake teeth. Woody!) wears some pretty wacky teeth and smokes a lot of dope as Jeffrey, Chris’s detective brother. Still, that’s a pretty impressive acting crew running around shooting at each other, and Hillcoat makes it all look good.Īffleck isn’t the only one resorting to gimmickry in this film. They make up for the fact that the plot isn’t much. The heists themselves are nicely staged, reminiscent of the epic Michael Mann heists in Heat. the guy who played the murderer in Capote and one of the Vegan Police in Scott Pilgrim vs. the guy from 12 Years a Slave!), and dirty cop Franco (Clifton Collins Jr., a.k.a. Jesse Pinkman!), explosives expert Michael (Chiwetel Ejiofor, a.k.a. Daryl!), his brother Gabe (Aaron Paul, a.k.a. That crew includes Russell (Norman Reedus, a.k.a. Rose, sporting yet another weird accent). the Falcon!), a bad cop running with a crew doing heists for a crime kingpin (Kate Winslet, a.k.a. Affleck’s Chris finds himself rolling with Marcus (Anthony Mackie, a.k.a. ![]() Only this time, there’s a whole lot of gum chewing and some fast moving, impressive action scenes to go with all of the brooding.Īll right, back on point. Nobody is happy in this flick, and they are going to let you know that for sure. Like the usual Hillcoat movies ( The Road, The Proposition, Lawless), it’s a dark film with a bleak outlook on humanity. It’s going to make my action star so freaking tough looking. We’ll get some Bubble Yum and Bazooka for bigger, longer lasting bubbles. ![]() Nope, I’ll get some Big Red in there, adding to the color palette. I will make sure to have my action cop guy constantly unwrapping pieces of gum and shoving them into his pie hole. If I should ever get to helm an action cop movie, what with my budding film career and all, I’m going for the gum-chewing title. He cracks it, he pops it, he moves it all over his mouth and lets the white wad stick out of the corners, and he makes sure it gets in the way of nearly every line delivery and nearly every shot in the movie. ![]() Affleck plays Chris, a new cop in a fleet of bad cops who distinguishes himself by, you guessed it, chewing gum a lot. The culprit this time out is Casey Affleck in Triple 9, the latest from super reliable director John Hillcoat. He is, always has been, and shall remain the gum-chewing action guy king! Knock it off, Hollywood actors! You will never surpass the gum-chewing prowess immortalized by Reeves in Speed. God damn it, when is somebody going to ban gum chewing in movies? I’m a card-carrying, unabashed Keanu Reeves fan, but he started the whole “Gum-Chewing Action Star” thing with Speed, and it’s become such a visually distracting, cheap acting trick.
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