Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Review

Vamped out-Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart return as Edward and Bella in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2
                     I am so indescribably happy. As a film critic and a guy who goes to every movie out there....I am excitedly reporting that I will never have to see another Twilight film again. These two hour soap operas disguised as vampire films have wasted hours upon hours of my life but it is no more. As well---I am glad to report that Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is not the worst you can do watching a movie. This year---we have had Savages, Rock Of Ages and the god awful remake of Total Recall to name a few so this film will actually not be making my top ten worst list.

                     Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart return as Edward and Bella...still married and still horrible actors. Taylor Lautner is continuing to have no real emotion on his face as Jacob and now they all must fight together to go up against the evil Volturi led by the insane Aro (Michael Sheen.) Sheen's performance is actually pretty good. Sure...he's completely over the top and ridiculous but he's obviously having fun doing this role and he gives it his all. The always reliable Lee Pace plays a Nomad named Garrett and is thoroughly intriguing in his role.

                    This film does not gives us anything particularly great. In fact...I grew weary long before it was over. However...there is a cool final action sequence and the film is not as dreadfully one note as the previous films have been. It's never too unbearable and it does give us some decent scenes between Edward and Bella as long as other characters. In fact...I admittedly kind of liked how they wrapped up the Twilight saga. It was a good way to give the audience a "see ya" without going too sappy or boring.

                 I can not say anything really works here but it does provide more entertainment value than all the previous films combined.  Sure---I'm still happy this series is over and I can't recommend this film at all but it did have a few individual things I enjoyed and that's enough for me.
(2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity)

                         

Top 10 Films Of 2012

                                        I published my top 10 favorite films of 2012 to Facebook leaving two in particular out. That I will get to later. I have compiled this list to spread the wealth of all the great films that have come out this year. This is a list of 10 films that I think people should have seen this year if possible. With the exception of a few (including my favorite)....there was no excuse for people to seem most of these films that I consider to all be quality film making.
(10) Argo This is one of the two that I left out. I am sure many people are going to have this higher on their list. I thought although it lost its footing a couple of times....it was a movie lover's movie and a great piece of film making. Ben Affleck proves yet again that he is a quality director as well as a fantastic actor. This is a great film but not worthy of any spot but 10.

(9) Easy Money A truly great underground thriller....this film shows the rough and tough world of criminal rings. The film is extremely difficult to watch in many parts but that is the point. It shows what it's like to be a criminal and that is the whole point. Another underground crime thriller----Headhunters almost topped this list but I felt as if I could only choose one crime film.

(8) 21 Jump Street  While this film is not an Oscar caliber film like many on my list...it is fantastic for what it is...a comedy. It provides laughs galore and builds on a potentially dumb plot. It is also the funniest film I saw all year and therefore makes my top 10 list.

(7) Flight Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle once again both prove to be great actors who never pick a bad role in this phenomenal drama. With the most suspenseful scene I have witnessed all year...this is a thrilling film that gets you gripping onto your seat right from the get go.

(6) Cabin In The Woods The other one that I left out which I could have gotten in had I thought for a couple seconds more...this is the most inventive film I saw all year. It is a clever mix of horror and comedy that works as both a hilarious parody of all the cliches in horror films nowadays and a creepy horror film in and of itself. With a great cast and excellent direction...this is one film that should not have been missed by anyone.

(5) Lincoln Daniel Day Lewis may get yet another Oscar win for playing Abraham Lincoln in this flawless biography and you know what...I'm okay with that. The excellent supporting cast including Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field and the flawless James Spader and the amazing direction by Steven Spielberg help this to be the fantastic film it is.

(4) The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Anyone who is in high school or has been through high school can relate to this film. This film is the best high school comedy this side of John Hughes. The acting is outstanding and the script is quick and witty. It may not be the funniest high school comedy this year (21 Jump Street takes that honor) but that's only because it's the most touching and tender and therefore the best one.

(3) End Of Watch Like a more realistic episode of "Cops"...this is a funny, touching, thrilling and altogether fantastic film that tugs at your heartstrings while you are on the edge of your seat. How this film was not seen by everyone on Earth is beyond me. With all the crap that has been coming out in wide release..it is nothing short of a miracle that films like this still get wide release.

(2) Silver Linings Playbook There is no other way to put this...this film is so close to the number one spot I can't stand it. However---there was one film that was just slightly better this year. If you have been reading my reviews consistently and/or have talked to me about film...you know what that is. With instantly palpable chemistry from Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper and touching supporting performances from Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro....the film never gets too mushy or into too much romantic comedy territory and for these reasons is an amazing piece of film making.
(1) Killer Joe As previously mentioned...anyone who has talked to me about film and/or has read my reviews constantly knows how much I love this film. With a stunning performance from the previously unreliable Matthew McConaughey and amazing supporting performances from Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon and a witty and daring script by Tracy Letts as well as fantastic direction by the almost always reliable William Friedkin...words can not do justice to how much I love this film. I might as well stop typing because I will not get my point across as to how great this film is. I will end this by saying that this film is now available on DVD and Blu Ray and you should see it right away. In fact...don't Netflix it because despite how brutal it is (which is what makes it so great)...you will want to watch it again and again.

The Guilt Trip Review

Mother and child reunion-Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand go on a cross country road trip together in The Guilt Trip
                         The Guilt Trip is that rare film in which the trailer has nothing on the film itself. Upon watching the trailer for this---I thought "this looks dreadful." Upon watching the film itself---all I can say is that it's one of the funnier, more likable comedies I have seen this year. Sure---it's no Silver Linings Playbook but The Guilt Trip just plain works.

                      In the film---Seth Rogen plays Andrew Brewster who just invented a new product and is desperately trying to get companies to buy it. On his way to more interviews---he visits his mother, Joyce (Barbara Streisand) and decides to take her on a cross country road trip for more than one reason.

                      The chemistry between these two is instantly palpable. They are obviously having fun with one another and play well off one another. When Joyce says something completely inappropriate---Andrew is right there with a very funny response. Rogen has always been one of my favorite comic talents while Streisand has never been one of my favorites. I'll admit---she's talented but I've never loved her in a film. That is until now. While Rogen is very, very funny here---Streisand plays what could have been a cliche character and does wonders. She is in equal parts sweet and funny and reminds every member of the audience just what she is capable of.

                      This is also one of those feel good films where if you don't get the message of the film you are either (a) completely dumb or (b) completely cynical. The film is very sweet but not in a syrupy or over-the-top way. Rather---it makes us feel for the characters at hand and gives us people to root for.

                       In the midst of Oscar season...it's nice to just sit down and watch a funny comedy. While it may not be a fantastic film....The Guilt Trip certainly fits that bill. It works on almost all levels a comedy should work and makes the audience think twice about their relationships with their mothers.
(3 and 1/2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for language and some risque material)

Django Unchained Review

Kill fill-Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx are a couple of bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained
                    Django Unchained is a film for the film fan in all of us. It is a great film with movie references galore. It's like that one friend who was obsessed with movies and always made tons of film references and you had fun hearing him list off a reference to every film ever made. The film can not be described as an action film because that would be cutting it short. It's more like a piece of art that could only come from the mind of a genius. In fact---it did come from the mind of a genius. Quentin Tarantino---the master of all things violent and fantastic has proved yet again that he is quite possibly the smartest man working in Hollywood today. He wrote and directed this masterpiece and by these standards---you can see why he keeps making movies.

               In the film---Christoph Waltz plays Dr. King Schultz...a bounty hunter who hires a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) to help him with his bounty hunting business. He does this because Django's wife (Kerry Washington) has been held as a slave by Calvin Candle (Leonardo DiCaprio,) and his assistant Stephen (Samuel L Jackson.)

               The performances are the key to the film. Although Waltz and Foxx are two of my favorite working actors today and are great in the film---DiCaprio and Jackson give the two best performances. DiCaprio is obviously having a blast and that gives the audience a reason to do the same and Jackson gives his best performance in years. In fact...Jackson definitely deserves an  Oscar nomination for his brilliant performance here. The film is more fun in its comic violence than this year's The Man With The Iron Fists and there is a very funny scene involving none other than bags. The film is also the most visually awesome film you are likely to see this year. The fact that the film looks exactly like an old spaghetti western doesn't even begin to describe the ways this film looks cool. Also---the way it takes its ludicrous plot completely seriously is much of the fun.

             Although the film could have been shortened by 15 minutes (it is, after all, 165 minutes)....Django Unchained lives up to the hype. It is funny, smart, cool, thrilling, fun and need I go on? I've seen many great films this year and this one adds to the reason why I need to think for a long time about what's going to be in my top 10.
(5 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for strong graphic violence throughout, a vicious fight, language and some nudity)
                 

Rust And Bone Review

He's got a leg up on her-Matthias Schoenaerts as a man who falls for a double amputee in Rust And Bone
                Well---it's the end of the year and that means I am making my best and worst list. Good thing I saw the new Belgian film Rust And Bone before making the latter. This is a disgusting little film that in equal parts mocks the handicapped and women. It is a truly despicable piece of work with the most unlikable male lead I have seen this side of Hannibal Lecter. Nothing works about this film and when I say nothing I mean nothing. It is garbage. It reeks. It makes sitting through every other film I have seen this year seem like a cakewalk.

               The film stars Marion Cotillard as Stephanie---a killer whale trainer who suffers a terrible accident and becomes a double amputee. She then meets Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts)---a completely misogynistic jerk who sleeps with multiple women and asks for sex from Stephanie not only after she has lost her legs but when they barely know each other. This starts a relationship in which we are supposed to believe that Stephanie sees even the slightest bit of charm in this guy,  He is the lowest common denominator form of scum and never gives the audience any reason to root for him. He's even awful to his very young son.

               The film never reaches past the point of "oh---there's a woman with no legs--you *the audience* should all stare in disgust." This would be insulting enough as is but then the audience is supposed to believe that an attractive woman like Stephanie would never get any guy except for this jerk after she has lost her legs. Perhaps the film may not have been so grossly offensive had it not been for the fact that Jacques Audiard had directed it. He has done three previously beautiful films---A Prophet, The Beat My Heart Skipped and Read My Lips. Now---he presents us with this ugly piece of trash that gives the audience no one to root for and nothing to be engaged in.

                 Upon watching Rust And Bone---I felt like I was watching that one rare car crash that I can look away at but I am forced to sit and watch. It is nothing more than a mockery of people---especially females and the way they live their lives. Why must these films be green lit? Well---I know many are going to enjoy this film as an art house picture. That may be a reason. However---those people also probably don't mind making fun of people with disabilities or an awful script or terrible acting or a completely unrealistic film or you know---being in pain.
(0 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for strong sexual content, brief graphic nudity, some violence and language)

This Is 40 Review

Wouldn't it be nice if we were younger?-Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd as an "aging" couple in Judd Apatow's This Is 40
                            Knocked Up may be the best comedy-drama I have seen in the past 10 years. It was such a perfect mix of the two genres that I can't see how anyone didn't like it. Now---there's This Is 40---being advertised as the "sort of sequel" to Knocked Up. However---while Knocked Up thrived on its own inventiveness and charm---This Is 40 falls flat under the weight of its own recycled ideas and plot. In fact---even the final scenes of This Is 40 feel exactly like the final scenes of Knocked Up. It's not even that I want to compare the two (although director Judd Apatow does ask for this comparison to occur)----it's that This Is 40 is a bad movie on its own terms.

                          The film follows Debbie (Leslie Mann) and Pete (Paul Rudd.) You know---they were the other hilarious couple in Knocked Up. As the film starts---Debbie finds out Pete has had to take a Viagra to have sex with her and Debbie is turning 40. Pete's 40th birthday is also quick approaching and they try to relive their glory days while raising their two very different daughters (Maude and Iris Apatow.)

                           I think if I were a bit older and could relate to these situations I may enjoy this a bit more. As I was watching the film...a man leaned over to his wive multiple times and asked "look familiar?" At the end of the film..they both found the film thoroughly enjoyable. However---I am not this couple. I am still in my younger years and have yet to get married or have kids. Is it such a crime that I wanted to laugh? I only really laughed once. This laugh comes from Chris O'Dowd as Ronnie---Pete's coworker at their record label. Let's just say Ronnie describes a neon sign and why it was not a smart investment. Melissa McCarthy---a comic force is in a couple of scenes that could have been funny but end up being just plain uncomfortable. Albert Brooks and John Lithgow play Pete and Debbie's dads and they have never seemed more desperate to get a laugh from the audience or a good performance from themselves. Also---Jason Segel and Robert Smigel---two of the funniest men working today bring nothing to the table as Debbie's personal trainer and Pete's friend and biking buddy.

                          Like I said---the film may have worked better had I been able to relate to these scenarios. There is nothing here that a 40 or even 30 year old will not like. However---This Is 40 was a desperate attempt to bring back the excellent chemistry that Mann and Rudd had in Knocked Up. The film is too long and with---as previously mentioned---only one real laugh. I will say that people under 30 should not see it because it will feel more like a cautionary video like the ones you see in driving school than a film to them. All the people over 30--you may enjoy it but it also may hit way too close to home for you.
(2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for sexual content, crude humor, pervasive language and some drug material)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review

Dwarf and dwarfer-Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) must help a group of dwarfs in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
                            From the visually stunning 2005 remake of King Kong to the underrated gems Dead Alive and Meet The Feebles---Peter Jackson has proven himself a great director. Now he takes on the world of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. We have been hearing about it for quite a while and fan boys and general audiences alike have been getting pumped up for it. In fact---on the weekend when Skyfall opened and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 was going to open the next week...The Hobbit reigned supreme in Fandango sales. Now---is it worth all the hype and excitement? No---not at all.

                           The film is an incredibly long endurance test that moves like molasses and is Jackson's first film that manages to be neither visually stunning nor exciting. The film follows Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman)---a hobbit who must help a group of dwarfs get back their stolen mountain home. Freeman is decent here but I feel as if this character could have used a more intense personality and less of one that feels as if it came out of a Friedberg-Seltzer parody film. The whole film is like this in fact. It manages to both look and feel both like it's trying to impress the audience too much and yet it also feels as if it's making fun of the very ideas it's presenting.

                             The whole beginning scene with Ian Holm and Elijah Wood also falls flat. It feels like a scene that was added in just so a few more actors could get a decent paycheck. The whole film actually feels like an excuse for people to get paychecks. I say this because they are screwing people into paying for the next films---one of two sequels in the works. Why are they making audiences sit through another one? Well----without giving too much away,.,,the ending is not so much an ending as a to be continued sign. The ending does not wrap up the movie and actually makes what the audience just watched confusing to them. Therefore---the audience must watch the next film to answer all their questions.

                              The film is way too long. At two and a half hours (not even including the endless credits)---there are simply too many scenes in which nothing happens. People walk, people talk but the audience is not excited in the least. There is not a single scene in fact that feels authentic or exciting. Also---the appearance of a mysterious creature named Gollum is annoyingly pretentious.

                               Where did Jackson go wrong? Perhaps he was too confident in himself. Perhaps he thought maybe he didn't even need to try. Perhaps there is simply no reason to make a live action film version of The Hobbit. I think the latter is correct. There was no possible way I can think of to make the dwarfs look even slightly normal in live action and the general story line isn't fit to a two and a half hour movie. Even if you're a fanboy---there is no reason you need to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in anywhere but the comfort of your own home.
(1 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence and frightening images)

Playing For Keeps Review

He shoots, he misses-Jessica Biel, Noah Lomax and Gerald Butler as a family at odds in Playing For Keeps
                                                 Playing For Keeps is a severely misguided attempt. It is a film that thinks if a man sleeps with many women, betrays his son and ruins his ex-wife's new relationship---we should still root for him. Why this film has these thoughts I will never know. It is a truly dreadful film featuring both unappealing and appealing actors all doing equally unappealing things.

                                                 The film stars Gerald Butler---quite possibly the worst working actor in Hollywood as George Dryer---a former soccer king whose life has gone down the tubes. The audience is supposed to wonder what went wrong but we can answer that question immediately. George's wife Stacie (Jessica Biel) left him and his kid Lewis (Noah Lomax) is not his biggest fan either. George's quick solution is to sleep with the moms of all the kids on Lewis's soccer team. Among the actors playing these women are Judy Greer, Catherine Zeta Jones and Uma Thurman. Dennis Quaid is a fellow dad who looks up to George for God knows why. Barring Butler and Biel to some extent, every actor in this film is talented. However, they are all making jokes of their careers by being in this film. Even Lomax---his first appearance on the silver screen obviously has potential.  Why are these actors in this film?

                                                  Perhaps they saw director Gabriele Muccino get an excellent performance out of Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness. Perhaps they saw writer Robbie Fox's surprisingly funny So I Married An Axe Murderer. Even after writing these two sentences---I can still not place my finger on why anyone thought this sappy, incoherent, unfunny, completely cliched and predictable romantic comedy would be a good idea...at all. Butler is a terrible actor and drags everyone else down with him. It seems now that everyone in this film is in the same boat as Butler.

                                                 Don't see Playing For Keeps. I really mean this statement. Don't watch it in the theater or if they are giving away free copies on the street. And yes---the cast and crew of this shameful film will probably end up having to give away free copies at some point and for good reason. Everyone involved in the making of this project should be ashamed of themselves...it totally reeks.
(0 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image)

Rise Of The Guardians Review

Happy holidays-Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and North (Alec Baldwin) must come together in Rise Of The Guardians
                  Remember when you started to think that The Sandman, Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny and The Tooth Fairy didn't exist? Well...I am young enough to remember that time of my life. Perhaps this is why I found art director Peter Ramsey's directorial debut Rise Of The Guardians so charming. It gave me a feeling of joy as I was watching it. It was a fantasy that I have been wishing for my whole life. However, don't get me wrong-the 89 minute run time is long enough for me. Also---writer David Lindsay-Abaire may have written a clever script but he does go a bit too overboard on the fantasy aspect of the film.

                In the film---Tooth (Isla Fisher), North (Alec Baldwin), Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and Sandman must come together to fend off the evil Pitch (Jude Law.) All the while---hopeful guardian inductee Jack Frost (Chris Pine) is helping in the ending of Pitch's diabolical plans.

                All of these actors do an excellent job at bringing their animated characters to life. These are all talented people and their voice work is among the best I have seen all year. Law especially brings a menacing and realistic presence to the villain of the story. Fisher makes Tooth charming, Baldwin brings a comic element to North, Jackman is perfect for Bunny and Pine gives us a very likable character in Jack Frost. The animation is also very beautiful---giving the kids many bright colors to gaze at while adults can enjoy how visually stunning much of the film is. There is no real reason to see this in 3D because the film looks excellent in 2D. The film is funny and features some nice action. The film also does a good job of keeping both parents and children interested in the plot and what is going to happen next. There are some slow spots in which kids might find a reason to wobble out of their seats but they will get right back into the film.

              While it may need be a great film---Rise Of The Guardians does provide enough fun to make it worth both parent's and children's time and the parent's money. I will say that if you have kids this weekend and have already seen Wreck It Ralph---Rise Of The Guardians will be harmless, fun entertainment for both of you.
(3 and 1/2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG for thematic elements and some mildly scary action)

Silver Linings Playbook Review

How does it feel?-Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as two socially awkward friends in Silver Linings Playbook
                                    Silver Linings Playbook is the very definition of a perfect film. My readers may recall that I have claimed many films this year to be perfect. In particular-I said Killer Joe was my favorite film of the year so far if not my favorite of all time. If the latter still gets that honor by the end of the year then Silver Linings Playbook is coming in at an incredibly close second. The film is perfectly acted, directed, written and cast. I literally could not find one gripe with the film as I sat there---watching in amazement at how good this film was.

                                     The film stars Bradley Cooper as Pat...a socially awkward and deeply troubled young man who just got released from a mental hospital. His parents (Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro) want him to get better but can't seem to help him. One night...Pat's friend Ronnie (John Ortiz) invites him to dinner at his house. This is where he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence)---the sister of Ronnie's wife (Julia Stiles.) Tiffany and Pat seem to not like each other at first but quickly become friends and eventually decide to go into a dance competition together.

                                     The chemistry between Cooper and Lawrence is instantly palpable while both of them are extremely vulnerable, sad characters. Cooper plays Pat as one of the most touching characters to ever be seen in a movie. The audience wants Pat to get help and get over his mental illness but he never seems able to. Pat is also amazingly complex in the way the audience does not know what he is going to do next. This is all due to Cooper's brilliant, Oscar worthy performance. As well---Tiffany is both sexy and dangerous. She is unpredictable but that's what makes her so charming. Lawrence nails it. Weaver and De Niro are both excellent as the loving but ultimately fed up parents. Also---Chris Tucker has a nice role as Danny---a friend of Pat's who is sad in his own right. Tucker breaks out of his usually completely comic shell to give what is one of the more dramatic performances in the film. The dialogue is witty and the direction is sharp. This is all due to writer-director David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees.) Russell here proves what someone can do when they put their effort into something. In fact----this is my favorite film that Russell wrote and directed since 1996's incredibly funny Flirting With Disaster. 

                                        There is no other way to put it---Silver Linings Playbook is fantastic. It never peters out and becomes a typical romantic comedy and it even has many parts that will make most people cry. I can not recommend this film enough. I feel as if not many people are going to end up seeing it but I urge you to go see this brilliant film if it is playing anywhere near you.
(5 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity)

Killing Them Softly Review

Stale violence-Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins as an enforcer and his employer in the action film Killing Them Softly
                  I love gritty action films when done well. I think we can all agree that Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are two of the best films ever made. I also love a little known gem called Suicide Kings. Killing Them Softly-writer-director Andrew Dominik's second feature film starring Brad Pitt does not fit that bill. It is a film with too much of a political agenda and not enough grittiness or wit to it. Pitt proves once again to be an excellent actor but for most people that will just be because you remember the same type of "don't mess with me guy" in something like Inglorious Basterds. The film even starts with a Barack Obama speech being cut in and out of. I don't care what Dominik thinks he's doing---either way, he is not making a good movie.

                 In the film---Pitt plays Jackie. He's the kind of guy who likes to see people experience long and painful deaths. After two inept robbers (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn) hold up a card game run by Markie (Ray Liotta)---Jackie is hired by Driver (Richard Jenkins) to take them down. This may sound like a totally awesome idea but despite an extremely violent beating of Ray Liotta in a parking lot...all the audience is getting is violence with no substance. People who have been reading my stuff for a while now should know that I need substance with my violence.

                McNairy and Mendelsohn are by far the best part of the film. Perhaps it is because they are newcomers that they impress so much but they were excellent. Their characters are completely unlikable and yet we the audience enjoy watching every second they are on screen because they are in fact---so inept. Where the movie fails is showing all the experienced actors in supporting roles doing nothing. It's as if they lost all hope on the film and decided to not even try. Also---the film goes on for way too long. It is a cool idea for a TV show episode stretched out to a feature length film. Within half and hour of the film---I kind of wished it would be over soon. This is not to say it is a bad film---just a tedious one.

                  Overall---Killing Them Softly can never seem to get its own two feet off the ground. Never have I seen a film I wanted to end so badly and yet wanted to continue so much. I wanted it to continue because I had hopes that it would improve greatly. While I can say that the end line comes out of nowhere and sums the film up perfectly...I can also say the film hardly improves at all throughout its entire run time. I would say see this film only if you are dying to see it or love politics and even then...wait for Netflix.
(2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for violence, sexual references, pervasive language and some drug use)