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- Aug 20, 2018
Just watched the new Alita movie, I have no right to enjoy it that much.
Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
Got home early yesterday, so took in:
Dark City (1998):
Cult film to the max! I hadn't even heard of this film until I became a massive fan of the Crow, in 2007/8 or so, but for some strange reason, didn't pick it up until about a month ago: I am foolish for waiting so long.
John Murdoch (played very well by Rufus Sewell, who does a GREAT American accent) awakens in a bathtub and has no idea who he is, where he is and what has happened (recently). He finds clothes, gets dressed and sees that a hooker is dead in his room, along with a bunch of circles carved into her (that are bloody).
He narrowly escapes before 3 shadowy figures who are pale, come to his room and then plot begins!
Being set in 1950s northern USA (think a Chicago or New York, more the former), the sets are done brilliantly and make the setting realistic and believable. The acting by Sewell, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien (awesome job), Bruce Spence and Jennifer Connelly (more on her in a bit) is simply awesome and the acting is another high point of the film.
The plot can be a bit rickety at times, but never strays from the path, keeping it focused at all times, even if it has a couple of holes; it's a great premise and I immediately got a, "Snatcher-esque," vibe from it.
Absolutely worth a watch if you like cerebral films and some Sci-Fi action.
9/10
Jennifer Connelly is breathtakingly beautiful; for almost the entire film, she wears nothing revealing, has little makeup on and is not made up to be a beauty in the slightest, but by God is she the best thing to look at for the entire film. I saw A Beautiful Mind in grade 9 (2004) and someone mentioned in class about her being good-looking. At the time, I thought that person was foolish, but clearly, as an adult with better tastes and recognitions, yeah, I was the fool lol.
And to boot, she's a phenomenal actress, as the 4 things I've seen her in, she just knocks it out of the park. Total package.