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Young heiress gets herself a new bodyguard, Sam, who's woman just to prevent the rich brat from having sex with her protector (and for us to have properly empowered movie experience).
Everything in Close screams TV production (even the opening credits are standard British television). Its story plays like bottom of the barrel BBC series and is paced almost as poorly as such show would be if someone was to edit it into a 90 minute film. Acting is the only thing in it that's competent. From mediocre beginning it gets gradually worse all the time.
It's also a sad example of a feminist movie where the most important thing seems to be that all female characters are good and every bad thing happens because of evil men. Not to forget that all men, including professional killers, can be beaten by a woman (even with hands tied behind her back) because instead of doing their job cleanly they always give in to their sadistic desires to oppress women. Obviously all this is more important than good characters, good story or not having blatant errors in continuity.
I like strong female action heroes, I really do. That's why it pisses me off that most films that aim there are carbage.
Young heiress gets herself a new bodyguard, Sam, who's woman just to prevent the rich brat from having sex with her protector (and for us to have properly empowered movie experience).
Everything in Close screams TV production (even the opening credits are standard British television). Its story plays like bottom of the barrel BBC series and is paced almost as poorly as such show would be if someone was to edit it into a 90 minute film. Acting is the only thing in it that's competent. From mediocre beginning it gets gradually worse all the time.
It's also a sad example of a feminist movie where the most important thing seems to be that all female characters are good and every bad thing happens because of evil men. Not to forget that all men, including professional killers, can be beaten by a woman (even with hands tied behind her back) because instead of doing their job cleanly they always give in to their sadistic desires to oppress women. Obviously all this is more important than good characters, good story or not having blatant errors in continuity.
I like strong female action heroes, I really do. That's why it pisses me off that most films that aim there are carbage.