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jamesmalzard
Reviews
The Specialist (1994)
Good...But Not Great
I'm a big fan of action films, love the explosions, gunfire and fights!
By no means is this a bad movie that you should avoid, its got a good, solid story thats easily understood, Sylvester Stallone puts in a solid performance, however this is surpassed by Wood's evil, cowardly character, pent up on revenge. Stone's performance was however the best in the movie, showing true disgust in the presence of woods, and amazing admiration when in the presence of Stallone.
A few good twists, great explosions, albeit with a couple of random, unneeded fights. Introducing a cat to show the characters sensitive side was pretty bad to be honest.
However this was in no means a bad film, it takes a lot to impress me and in a way, this film did. Not the best action movie ever, but definitely worth the watch.
The Benchwarmers (2006)
If you want to maintain your faith in comedies, do not see this movie!
*Spoilers*
Awful! Everything about it was poorly worked. From the Catastrophic characters to the the woeful writing to the the dodgy directing. This film had a moral; nerds and bullies can get along, like i haven't heard that 1000 times in every other movie of its kind. The protagonist 'Gus' is portrayed as some kind of superhero, while the two dodgy supporting roles just kept up the pathetic nature of the film, and honestly..i did not laugh once. And by the way, the whole pizza hut girl with the video guy....what was that about? what was her motive to get with him? 'wow a creepy guy in a video shop that plays baseball with kids, what a turn on' give me a break, and the character 'Howie' who is afraid of sunlight is completely not needed! This movie should only ever be seen as a demonstration on how NOT to make a comedy.