intermediaryco Reviews

Generation P (2011)

A brilliantly told story about psychological manipulation in the modern world

[8/10 · 7 December 2018]

This film beautifully tells the tale of an advertising copy writer as he rises up in the world of Russian Busness. This film is so well done that it borders on an "Art" film and the story is both intriguing and disturbing for the viewer because the mechanisms shown fully exist in the world we live in, and this is a "glimpse behind the curtain" of that dark and relatively unseen world. Filmed with High production values the film showcases that indeed Russians are not only capable of making great movies but, that they can be done in a way that is every bit as entertaining and sophisticated as Hollywood. A remarkably worthwhile watch even with the subtitles. The story will provoke thought long after the film has been watched. Highly recommend for folks that like intellectual storytelling!

Blackhat (2015)

a meandering pseudo-techno-thriller that leaves you utterly disappointed

[2/10 · 18 January 2015]

What a Dud! What a slow developing, Boring, overly long Dud! As a person from the IT industry I went into the theater wanting to actually like this "film" (shot on Video), but it was just impossible. From the overly used computerized graphical depiction of electrons insidiously racing their way through motherboard and chip circuitry during the boring attack sequences, to the seriously dragging rest of the storyline that makes the viewers ask "Please God - Will it ever end?!" Also I personally discovered that watching a a group of pretty nerds frustratingly tap, TAp, TAPPING! through command line widows of programming code also proves to be approximately as unpleasant as that funky smell that hits you when first entering a truck-stop bathroom. If you paid me I don't think you'll get me to watch that movie again. It has the look and feel of late night cable crap to the film style, and a (Here is where I should responsibly say "spoiler alert" but that would imply you could do that beyond Michael Mann's own hugely crappy anti-climactic ending. Cliff's notes Version: Save your money and see something else, thank me later. Also, For the record; I dare anyone to watch that Turd of a Film and call me a liar. : D