Give 'em Hell, Malone
Hard to Love... Hard to Kill.
Malone (Thomas Jane) is a private eye with a reputation for being tough.... so tough he can't be killed. Sent to retrieve a briefcase from a seedy hotel, Malone walks right into a trap set by the city's most notorious crime boss. Bullets, fists and blood fly as Malone battles the hulking Boulder (Ving Rhames) and an army of thugs to protect the case, its mysterious contents and a bombshell client who may be more trouble than she's worth.
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better than expected - FieroGT
This film is done sort of in the sin city style with a Mike Hammer twist. I was not sure what to expect but Thomas Jane really does well here. The acting is what you would expect in this type of film but the excessive spurting blood kinda take away from what could have been a much better movieSo Close to Being Good - moviedoug
This movie is done in the style of an old film noir. The first 30 minutes is very well done with stylish action scenes and memorable lines, it just oozes cool. But then the second and third acts kick in the film falls a bit flat. It introduces some Dick Tracy type villains but really doesn't deliver.It Is Exactly What It Is - c4th
Russell Mulcahy did an excellent job of creating a comic book (Sorry! They call them graphic novels now don’t they?) atmosphere. He did some funky frame things in the seven minute prelude to the opening credits in which he duplicated some frames, removed others and inserted cgi. The sultry melancholy sax music, the excessive violence, the blood squirting injuries, and the cheesy melodramatic dialogue filled with “goddams” are all way over the top as are all the characters. The time setting is ambiguous. The majority of elements are from the early fifties but Mulcahy intimately mixes in elements from later time periods right up to current day.
I have little doubt Mulcahy created exactly what he was trying to create and if that were the measure of my rating I would feel impelled to give him five stars. I’m just not sure who his target audience is. Are film noir fans turned off by the satire or will they and others enjoy the cheekiness? How will the nostalgia crowd react? I think there are many out there who will get wrapped up in this and enjoy it as light entertainment. It’s just hard to say who. I suspect it will be hit and miss with most of its audiences. If you keep an open mind and are willing to take the risk, you’ll just have to view it and hope for the best.
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better than expected - FieroGT
This film is done sort of in the sin city style with a Mike Hammer twist. I was not sure what to expect but Thomas Jane really does well here. The acting is what you would expect in this type of film but the excessive spurting blood kinda take away from what ...So Close to Being Good - moviedoug
This movie is done in the style of an old film noir. The first 30 minutes is very well done with stylish action scenes and memorable lines, it just oozes cool. But then the second and third acts kick in the film falls a bit flat. It introduces some Dick Tracy ...It Is Exactly What It Is - c4th
Russell Mulcahy did an excellent job of creating a comic book (Sorry! They call them graphic novels now don’t they?) atmosphere. He did some funky frame things in the seven minute prelude to the opening credits in which he duplicated some frames, removed ...