Just watched it on Film4…
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Marlburian — 18 years ago(January 17, 2008 08:38 AM)
Yes, I too saw it last night, and nearly gave up on it several times - almost wish I had now. I guess that if I watched it again, some bits of the jigsaw might gall into place, but I can't be bothered. I did wonder how long Ben Marco had had that implant in his shoulder; I assume it was when he was captured during the First Gulf War, in which case it took him a long time to realise it was there. And then it appears he bit the implant out of Shaw's shoulder. And how come Shaw managed to slip away from his minders to do the double-murder? And I'm still not sure how the black "Shadow-team" girl felt about Marco (and why) and why she helped Marco when he was obviously a very loose cannon.
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skibadee66 — 15 years ago(May 21, 2010 01:44 PM)
i thought it was very good, saw it for the first time last night on channel 4 and i liked everything about it, the ending seemed a bit rushed. but it was a crazy film, the bits where there being altered and messed with are disturbing, cool stuff.
dont get me wrong it isnt the godfather, granted.
but still a good flick. would watch it again.- who am i? im a spoke on a wheel, so was he and so are you.
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Marlburian — 15 years ago(March 16, 2011 12:21 PM)
The other night I watched it again, three years after my first comments (above). It took me 30 minutes before I got the feeling that I had already seen it, so obviously it hadn't made much impression the first time around. Having seen it all again, I feel no need to alter my report of my reactions first time around, though I wonder about the ending and what happened to Marco (and why and how).
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rmfenn-2 — 15 years ago(March 26, 2011 05:42 PM)
I guess people who don't like this just expect too much. It's only a movie.
The original was a good movie. This one is scary good.
If only those responsible for it had waited 4 years, they could have had Denzel Washington play Sgt.Shaw and made the movie much more relevant and realistic. Not to mention Meryl Streep has the Nancy Pelosi character pegged.
