4 marker-covered-map & newsclipping drawingboards out of 5
Despite Russell Crowe`s past misdeeds, this movie was not bad.
Seriously, it`s suspenseful, realistic and for the most part, believeably entertaining. Russell Crowe plays a father who`s wife is accused of killing her boss with whom she`d fought earlier. So, Mommy`s in jail and the kid`s naturally affected, whatever. Typical story, we`ve seen it before many times but with the mom & dad in opposite places, big whoop. Sidenote: we`ve also seen this kind of situation in the movie Old Dogs, which if you haven`t already seen, definitely do, because it`s even worse than any Nic Cage movie you can think of AND it`s got both Robin Williams and John "not a gay" Travolta starring in it. UNAPOLOGETICALLY BAD. Back on track: so Russell Crowe meets a shady Liam Neeson at a bar and gets some insider info on how to effectively escape from a prison. I haven`t spoiled anything yet, so shut up. This all happens in the exposition.
Anyway, the movie continues on predictably from there with a nice "getting prepared" montage that everyone always loves BUT once the plan sets itself in motion, it gets a lot better. Most of the ways that Crowe goes about his plan are super realistic. His character is just a community college literature professor so all the badassery that he learns comes from shit like blogs and YouTube videos which is not a bad touch, in my opinion. It really lets you relate to the character and he doesn`t really wallow in all the personal hardship bullshit that someone like Tom Hanks or Nic Cage would. He plays a really honest and decent character which is nice to see. No dumbass Robin Hood speeches in generalized British accents in this movie, guys. You can put your colloquial dictionaries away now.
Crowe`s character makes some very real and extremely stressful, lifechanging decisions in this movie that anyone will be able to relate to and enjoy simutaneously albeit in a very "ohmygodifthatweremeIwouldtotesvomit" kind of way.
See this movie. Bring the girlfriend. She`ll ask you about children after the movie and even if you tell the bitch that future children = raised BJ quota now, you will still be alright because you experienced the movie alongside her, giving you a caring and gentle personality by proxy. SCIENCE.
- Bill
PS - My apologies for not having posted in quite some time. I`ve been thoroughly engaged in the BBC series Human Planet, which despite it being an 8 part, 16 hour miniseries about awesome shit, is not a movie and doesn`t really need a review, but DOES deserve a look. It does not disappoint. Other fantastic things taking up my time; The Office, Parks and Recreation, Portlandia and shamelessly, GLEE. That`s right, watch the fuck out when my Glee is on.
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