Strength & Honour

Laserface

looking forward to this film
directed by Mark Mahon & starring michael madsen and vinnie jones as 2 street fighting pikeys (as far as i know)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787515/

twas shot here in ireland (including charles fort cork) and i've been dying to see it since i heard it was filmed.

anyone see it yet?
it opens this weekend here

Mr E

Heard Phillip Molloys review on The Right Hook last night and he said it was the worst movie this year (or words to that effect). Clichéd and badly acted, apparently.

He said Vinnie's Irish accent has to be heard to be believed.

Laserface

excellent!

now i want to see it even more

Pigman II

The directors dodgy hair plugs disturbed me. I can't bring myself to watch his movie now.

Laserface

seriously..

turned off by dodgy hair products and believing fat overpaid critics...

is there any filmheads in here or is it a girls hairspray forum??

Pigman II

Laserface wrote: »

seriously..

turned off by dodgy hair products and believing fat overpaid critics...

is there any filmheads in here or is it a girls hairspray forum??

It's fifty fifty. Most of us are film buffs but only with regard to movies with a hair theme.

For example Milos Formans "Hair" (1979), Hal Ashby's "Shampoo" (1975) and John Waters "HairSpray (1988) would definetly be ranked highly here.

Some of our number even enjoy Randal Kleisers "Grease" (1978). Personally I'd consider them Sell-Outs..

Like I said, dodgy hair-plugs.

Mr E

3 cheers for Pigman.... a researched retort.

Laserface - I don't let a bad review or two put me off a movie, but when its getting nationally panned by all critics, its hard not to take notice.

senordingdong

Laserface wrote: »

excellent!

now i want to see it even more

+1 hahahaha.

The negative reviews are putting me off, but Hitman recieved almost universally negative reviews and I still enjoyed it immensly for what it was.

I still plan on seeing it for Madsen, it's nice to see him playing a straight role for a change. He usually ends up as some heavie or dealer and rarely gets a chance to show how good an actor he really is.

Karl Hungus

I'd be curious to see what the Irish accents are like.

TerrorFirmer

Deleted User wrote: »

The negative reviews are putting me off, but Hitman recieved almost universally negative reviews and I still enjoyed it immensly for what it was.

I still plan on seeing it for Madsen, it's nice to see him playing a straight role for a change. He usually ends up as some heavie or dealer and rarely gets a chance to show how good an actor he really is.

After watching UKM this can only be a step up, surely

HavoK

HavoK wrote: »

After watching UKM this can only be a step up, surely

I've thus far managed to avot that horrendous piece of trash. The trailer was enough for me.

lukin

Haven't seen it, don't intend to. I could tell from the trailer it's total rubbish.

Simi

Went to see it last night. I thought long & hard about it afterwards & concluded it was indeed the worst film I have ever seen. Had I not been on the very inside of the row I was sitting it I would have walked out. Having said that 2 of my 5 friends enjoyed it. The other 3 agreed pretty much with my assessment. The acting was terrible & the accents appalling even for cork.

Laserface

ah damn!!

now ye are putting me off it too

I mainly want to see it cos there was scene shot in charles fort...right across from my house!

damn ye all though, damn ye all to hell :mad:

Gunther_Gloop

Ooh it's dangerous for someone from Kinsale to say damn ye all.

You might start a war with that other fine Cork port town, Eochall. Better hang onto Charles Fort just in case!

Decided to kill some time last night and went to see it. I don't think I have laughed so much during any film in recent memory. it was woeful, a blatant rip off of Rocky with so many similarities that Stallone should be talking to his lawyers. Every aspect of the production was inept. Most scenes were bathed in shadow making it impossible at times to see what was going on. The fights were badly choreographed, the acting strained and a screenplay so riddled with cliched that it could have been written by 12 monkeys alone in a room with half an hour to kill.

The final scene

where Madsen is knocked to the ground and his father in law gives him the motivation was exactly the same as when Mickey got Rocky back up by calling him a bum

How Mahon has managed to attract Leonardo De Caprio to be in his next film is beyond me. Then again, Americans sure do love anything about the Irish.

Pigman II

Deleted User wrote: »

The final scene where Madsen is knocked to the ground and his father in law gives him the motivation was exactly the same as when Mickey got Rocky back up by calling him a bum.

Aagh! You've spoilt the whole movie for me. I'm never gonna watch it now! :mad::)

How Mahon has managed to attract Leonardo De Caprio to be in his next film is beyond me.

His hair is hypnotic.

Pigman II

Pigman II wrote: »

Aagh! You've spoilt the whole movie for me. I'm never gonna watch it now! :mad::)

I've just done you a favor then. Spend the money on two hookers and an eight ball. At least thats not wasting it.

Pigman II wrote: »

His hair is hypnotic.

His writing certainly isn't.

Tableman

I watched this and didnt think it was too bad.

Vinnie Jones accent was perfect. I know many travellers and he got that accent superbly. Madson's accent was less convincing.

Yeah, Sure, the film wasnt the best but certainly not one of the worst I've seen.

Laserface

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Ooh it's dangerous for someone from Kinsale to say damn ye all.

don't worry...i ain't from kinsale
just lived there for a few years

Laserface

Deleted User wrote: »

Decided to kill some time last night and went to see it. I don't think I have laughed so much during any film in recent memory. it was woeful, a blatant rip off of Rocky with so many similarities that Stallone should be talking to his lawyers. Every aspect of the production was inept. Most scenes were bathed in shadow making it impossible at times to see what was going on. The fights were badly choreographed, the acting strained and a screenplay so riddled with cliched that it could have been written by 12 monkeys alone in a room with half an hour to kill.

The final scene where Madsen is knocked to the ground and his father in law gives him the motivation was exactly the same as when Mickey got Rocky back up by calling him a bum.

How Mahon has managed to attract Leonardo De Caprio to be in his next film is beyond me. Then again, Americans sure do love anything about the Irish.

you could have been a bit more curteous there and added a Spolier Alert!
I didn't read past "the final scene"

MagicMarker

Darko, edit your post ffs! Reported.

Apologies for that, it was an error and I apologies.

Karl Hungus

Darko, use proper spoiler tags. Posting something in white is not a spoiler tag, because not everyone uses the same theme as you.

Mr E

Karl - Laserface (4 posts up) quoted Darko, so the ending is still unspoilered...

Karl Hungus

Sorted.

Apologies. Notmally I'd spoiler even the slightest story point but in my haste I missed that one. Won't happen again I promise.

Pigman II

On the plus side it's fortunate that this catastrophic act of carelessness happened to a movie that no one is ever going to see anyway.