Saturday 15 February 2014

Film Review: Most Wanted (1997)

Genre:  Action Thriller

Cert: 15 cert

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Naked woman stepping out of a pool briefly breast showing

Violence & Gore: Alot of fight scene show brutal hits, man fall from a highway, blood is seen on the face, man gets shot in both legs, man get shot in the head body's are see on the floor,House explosion.

Profanity: There are a few f words throw, few sh*t words

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Cigar is seen being smoked

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Man seen being shot in the head maybe a little disturbing



Story: Sgt. James Dunn, who is wrongly accused of assassination of the officer he had a row with, is saved from death row and recruited for top-secret special operations squad led by Lt. Col Grant Casey. Their mission is to neutralise criminals who had avoided conventional law enforcement methods. On his first Mission, James is made the fall guy for the assassination of the first lady and everyone is looking for him and Dr. Victoria Constantini who was lucky to videotape what happened. One of the forces looking for him is military, led by Gen. Adam Woodward, which is in fact an alias for Grant Casey.

Likes : This is not as bad as some people make it out to be, it an average action thriller that works well with a great story-line of cat & mouse concept with a lot smoke, mirror & deception thrown in which make this an interesting film to watch. Throughout the '80s, we saw a trend toward more and more outrageous action films. The Die Hard series really pushed the limits of the suspension of disbelief, and that trend continued with a number of other films. Most Wanted is a continuation of this trend, perhaps the culmination of it.
 Keenan Ivory Wayans (Scary movie, Glimmer man) does a brilliant job as a hero, condemned for defending himself from an order he refuse to carry out get draw in to a fake assassination plot & it become a dangerous game of deception as he tries to uncover the truth of why he was set up, Keenan does this brilliant with a quote (we're marine, we don't plain, we improvise).  
 Jill Henessy (Crossing Jordan) does a brilliant performance playing the witness that get unwittingly involved which put her life in danger, together Gy. Sgt. James Dunn played by Keenan they must find the truth.Special mention to John Voight (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy , Pearl Harbor) playing as a crazed and evil General in a sensationalistic and overblown interpretation but played this role perfect for a believe character which gave this film a true villain of this film.
  The best part of this is it keeps twisting and turning right to the end which make this one of those film's you you can really sit down & watch all he way through with out being board depend on your taste of film, but this is a great film to watch.

Dislikes : This film could of done with a sequel, but clearly his film didn't get enough reception for being made which is a shame because of the best film can be see with a low budget in special effects with no C.G.I.

Overall : Great performances, good action scene, good twist in the story.

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.6 out of 10 for story-line/ action



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