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In the Electric Mist - (2009)
In the Electric Mist has all the hallmarks of a difficult transition from the pages of a book to the screen - it feels like a faithful transferral that has nonetheless let the subtext be diluted. That's my take anyway. Tommy Lee Jones gets to beat the living hell out of nearly every character in this film - and I have to emphasise
beat the living hell, because as Detective Dave Robicheaux he gets
brutally vicious without ever really voicing his anger. He's on the hunt for a person barbarically murdering hookers, and also an age-old case where a black man was gunned down, and his remains surface 50 years later. He also becomes good friends with the ghost an old Confederate General. John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard and Mary Steenburgen round out a cast that includes Ned Beatty in a small role. It's somewhat uneven and doesn't really tie it's loose ends up - but it's not deserving of derision. It's just an adaptation that doesn't completely come off, despite being compelling enough to stick with until the anticlimactic end.
5/10
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The Hangover Part III - (2013)
The first
Hangover sequel had the same problem, and provided the same solution as
Die Hard - namely, "How the hell does this happen twice? Oh, never mind, it happens twice - just go with it." But once you get to the third film, it strains credulity too much - even if the movies are silly. So
Hangover Part III serves up an anemic thriller which at times forgets the broad comedy that made the films what they were. The fun is gone. Now it's hostages, hoodlums and guns - which makes this one of the stranger sharp turns I've ever seen in a film franchise. Leslie Chow? (Ken Jeong) - he's only good in small doses. Oh, and in a mid-credits scene we see that the whole 'hangover' schtick happens a third time anyway - there you go. Sorely lacking as much fun and comedy, the third
Hangover film would be a tough ask as far as multiple watches go.
5/10
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Night and the City - (1950)
Fantastic film noir classic featuring Richard Widmark as remarkably overconfident con-man and hustler Harry Fabian - about to be pinned to the mat with his new, "can't fail" wrestling venture. Directed by Jules Dassin, who had fled the U.S. and it's Un-American Activities Committee hearings. Reviewed
here, in my watchlist thread.
8/10