Film The Redcafe Movie review thread

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Well alright then.

Though Country Road was nice in Whisper of the Heart. But then it played throughout the film, so I suppose you're not counting it.

If that allows me back in your good graces, yes.

 

[Cheimoon]

Rebel Ridge. An action thriller with more suspense than action. It works pretty alright and I like that no-one actually gets killed (how rare is that!). But it's also a little long and the conspiracy is rather underwhelming (and needlessly complicated by leaving too much unsaid). 6/10

Just watched Rebel Ridge (awful title). It was decent but struggling to understand the conspiracy afoot.

What's with the 90 days thing? I get that they can delete dashcam footage after that period but how are they stopping it from being released? I took it that they they were holding people without charge in isolation for 90 days without outside contact or legal represtation in order to prevent them requesting it. How are they getting away with that? That's surely a bigger crime than the police brutality that took place in the first place? Even if that's what's happening, what happens after the 90 days and they're released? Are they sworn to silence or something?

I had the same, but luckily my wife was with me and she always gets this stuff right away.

Spoiler: Conspiracy

So yes, they continue mishandling arrests and particularly make sure they end up with a situation where they can do another civil forfeiture (so basically money theft). But they then downgrade all offenses for which they arrest people to misdemeanors, so the suspects never see a judge and never have a change to dispute anything. Consequently, no-one ever sees the dash cam footage, which they can delete after 90 days - at which point nothing can be done anymore and the suspect is let go.

Or something like that. It's illegal, but also rather underwhelming. Plus it's a little odd that basically everyone cracks as soon as someone puts them under a little pressure - while you never see why the Chief and his right-hand guy would have such a hold over the other cops.

 

[Chumpsbechumps]

28 Weeks Later

Watching this as I post....so fecking angry....these two cnuty kids!


Edit....
Shite movie. 28 Days was miles better.

I watched both last week and it’s night and day. The more you think about even the idea of trying to repopulate a country where even a drop of blood can start the outbreak all over again is just ridiculous…. You can’t sanitize an entire country in a few months. Sure a person can get infected from a crow pecking a corpse!!

I trust Boyle and Garland will bring it back on track, 2 movies in 6 months is exciting!!!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Rebel Ridge. An action thriller with more suspense than action. It works pretty alright and I like that no-one actually gets killed (how rare is that!). But it's also a little long and the conspiracy is rather underwhelming (and needlessly complicated by leaving too much unsaid). 6/10

I had the same, but luckily my wife was with me and she always gets this stuff right away.

Spoiler: Conspiracy

So yes, they continue mishandling arrests and particularly make sure they end up with a situation where they can do another civil forfeiture (so basically money theft). But they then downgrade all offenses for which they arrest people to misdemeanors, so the suspects never see a judge and never have a change to dispute anything. Consequently, no-one ever sees the dash cam footage, which they can delete after 90 days - at which point nothing can be done anymore and the suspect is let go.

Or something like that. It's illegal, but also rather underwhelming. Plus it's a little odd that basically everyone cracks as soon as someone puts them under a little pressure - while you never see why the Chief and his right-hand guy would have such a hold over the other cops.

I was seriously underwhelmed by this. Perhaps because I’d read some positive reviews and really enjoyed previous films by the same director. For a movie that is quite nuts and bolts in many ways the elements of the plot you’re explaining were annoyingly over complicated. Throw in a bunch of straight up bizarre scenes (like when he cycled faster than a bus, wtf?!) and it was all a bit of a mess.

 

[Cheimoon]

I was seriously underwhelmed by this. Perhaps because I’d read some positive reviews and really enjoyed previous films by the same director. For a movie that is quite nuts and bolts in many ways the elements of the plot you’re explaining were annoyingly over complicated. Throw in a bunch of straight up bizarre scenes (like when he cycled faster than a bus, wtf?!) and it was all a bit of a mess.

I'm not sure if that's what you mean, but I thought it was frustrating how they made the conspiracy seem like this really complex, deep thing (insofar as that's possible in a small town) - while it's really rather mundane and small.

 

[Pscholes18]

I watched both last week and it’s night and day. The more you think about even the idea of trying to repopulate a country where even a drop of blood can start the outbreak all over again is just ridiculous…. You can’t sanitize an entire country in a few months. Sure a person can get infected from a crow pecking a corpse!!

I trust Boyle and Garland will bring it back on track, 2 movies in 6 months is exciting!!!

I know of 28 Years, but what is the other?

 

[Posh Red]

I know of 28 Years, but what is the other?

I heard it’s going to be a trilogy