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Savior (1998)
Gritty, bleak, war.
I first saw this film when it was screened on the small screen by the BBC here in the UK a couple of years ago.
When I saw it in the company of my then girlfriend, I wasn't aware of Oliver Stone's involvement and, frankly, I think that's for the good as I could quite easily have flipped channels having pre-judged it as YAHWF ("Yet Another Hollywood War Film").
Fortunately, I stuck with it and it opened my eyes to a war that was, by and large, merely seen as an inconvenience to many would-be holidaymakers here in Britain.
Whilst reported ad-infinitum by the mass media here, making the phrase "ethnic-cleansing" into an everyday term, it wasn't until I saw this film that I fully appreciated what this meant.
It's a hard film that brought me a sense of remoteness, helplessness, futility and anger.
There have been few other films I've seen that made caused me to weep (big, macho guy that I am ;-)), particularly those that are often mis-labelled as "war movies" -- "The Killing Fields" being another of this ilk -- when, in fact, they're really (if we're labelling things) human interest films that come about because of a war or conflict.
Dennis Quaid is, to me, one of those actors who isn't hugely prolific in the projects he gets involved in and I actually found it difficult to think of other titles of his that I'd seen. A quick skim through IMDb and a couple of them stand out for me, films I've thoroughly enjoyed and would happily see again; "The Right Stuff" and "Enemy Mine". This is, without doubt, the best I've seen him in.
Biker Boyz (2003)
Like "The Fast and The Furious" but on two wheels...
This film reeks. Even as a biker and fan of bike stunts, this film is weak. Poor story, poor acting (Larry Fishburne, whatchoo playin' at?!) mediocre soundtrack, yadda, yadda, yadda. Should have gone straight to video. My girlfriend (also a biker) and I set our expectations low before going to see this and were *still* disappointed. If you want bike stunts, buy a specialist vid.