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6 Bullets (2012)
Would have been a great film, if they had left out the bits between the action scenes
It's got the feel of an 80's B Movie. Also, the way it is shot makes it look more like a TV production than a feature film, but that could play towards its retro charm. So much so good, but unfortunately the script progressively deteriorates towards the second part of the film, until the plot takes turns that are so hair-raisingly stupid that it made me cringe. All of this is compounded by a cast that for the most part fails to even remotely convince in their roles. At least in my humble opinion, not even JCVD's decent performance can't quite salvage the film. The action scenes are good, although the majority of the good martial-arts stuff is in the first part of the film. So, beware, this film is only for JCVD die-hard fans.
Constantine (2005)
Matrix meets Dogma
Well, once again we see Keanu Reeves as the pseudo-Christian salvation figure saving the world. It's quite amazing how little Reeves changes his way of acting for this one. The gestures and looks are almost identical to the Matrix trilogy. The way he bends down, turns his head or shoots the daemons... It's a first class deja vu. Indeed, the director did obviously play on this effect. Many of the special effects look similar, too. The story itself was supposedly constructed so as to attract American Christian fundamentalists. The plot is so bloodcurdling in some parts that the audience involuntarily started to laugh... In a way, these are the strongest moments of the film, where at least there is some irony. Altogether, this is one you can unscrupulously skip.