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Mark Carpenter
Reviews
Le dernier combat (1983)
An intriguing, but wearisome movie
First, I'd like to say that I haven't watched this movie in it's entirety, so my judgement of it will be flawed.
I'm a great fan of Luc Besson's works, and I've just watched a 5 movie Luc Besson special on TV here in the UK, which ended with "The Last Battle"
I was expecting something early on in the movie to grab my attention and keep me watching, but that doesn't seem to happen. My attention began to wane after 15 minutes of viewing, but maybe it was because I wasn't fully understanding what was happening. ...or it was happening too slowly. I think that maybe I was expecting something on the lines of the movies I had just watched beforehand; which were The Big Blue, Nikita, Subway and Leon.
Maybe I should've watched further that 40 minutes; however, if it wasn't a Luc Besson movie, I'm dubious if I'd have watched as far into the movie as I did.
Stag (1997)
A very disappointing film...
From watching the start of the movie, i though that Stag looked quite promising. The introduction of each character, although minimalist, was quite effective... there would be a freeze frame on each character, and some text describing their occupation and past.
Unfortunately the movie takes it time to get to the crucial plot twist that this movie is based on. There's a lot of uninteresting dialog and a scene of gratuitous sex. "When's this movie going to start!" i was left thinking for a good while.
So eventually after the death of the stripper, the protagonists of the movie try to figure out what to do next. But... this is the problem... they spend the entire movie trying to figure out what to do next. And even worse, they still haven't figured out what to do even after the end credits come up. But obviously you don't expect this to happen when you first see this movie, so it's the only thing keeping you watch it.
At the end of the movie i was left feeling very unsatisfied. There could've been such an interesting story made from the idea it presents to you at the start. (Well maybe not the *start*... it does drag on quite a bit ;-) I was expecting some great little plot twists or an intelligent story, but no, the outcome in my opinion is unbelievable and unfinished.