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The Fugative
This is a solid, but typical film. I don't feel like it tries and do anything outside of the ordinary with its storyline, and all of the characters are cast as expected. That in itself makes this simply an average film.
It does have solid acting in it though, both Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford do solid jobs in their roles. And a lot of the supporting characters do good jobs as well. The secondary bad guy in the film is a bit over the top, especially in the still shots that Harrison Ford's character finds. They try to hard and make that character feel evil and look evil, when they could have just made him evil through his actions, not his looks.
The story in this film is also solid, but as I said in the introductory paragraph, it doesn't try and be unique from the type of story that it is. It doesn't set up unique characters or unique twists, but instead sets up the story in a typical hollywood fashion where the only thing that matters is getting from point A to point B at all points in time in the film. There really aren't any side tangents and the characters don't do anything that you don't expect them to do. That makes it somewhat boring to watch, but it also makes it a film that one can turn ones mind off while watching.
Overall this is just an average film in every way. The acting saves it from being completely mundane and sets it apart a little bit where the story doesn't set it apart at all, but this isn't that great a film. Good mindless entertainment, if one wants to see that sort of film, but beyond that this film isn't really all that great.
Overall Grade: C
Story: D+
Acting: C+
Audio/Visual: C
This is a solid, but typical film. I don't feel like it tries and do anything outside of the ordinary with its storyline, and all of the characters are cast as expected. That in itself makes this simply an average film.
It does have solid acting in it though, both Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford do solid jobs in their roles. And a lot of the supporting characters do good jobs as well. The secondary bad guy in the film is a bit over the top, especially in the still shots that Harrison Ford's character finds. They try to hard and make that character feel evil and look evil, when they could have just made him evil through his actions, not his looks.
The story in this film is also solid, but as I said in the introductory paragraph, it doesn't try and be unique from the type of story that it is. It doesn't set up unique characters or unique twists, but instead sets up the story in a typical hollywood fashion where the only thing that matters is getting from point A to point B at all points in time in the film. There really aren't any side tangents and the characters don't do anything that you don't expect them to do. That makes it somewhat boring to watch, but it also makes it a film that one can turn ones mind off while watching.
Overall this is just an average film in every way. The acting saves it from being completely mundane and sets it apart a little bit where the story doesn't set it apart at all, but this isn't that great a film. Good mindless entertainment, if one wants to see that sort of film, but beyond that this film isn't really all that great.
Overall Grade: C
Story: D+
Acting: C+
Audio/Visual: C