dembowski-1 Reviews

World Trade Center (2006)

Please wait a generation before making these films

[1/10 · 11 August 2006]

I heard President Bush called Oliver Stone and said that's milking a tragedy to further your own career.

The only thing worse than this 9/11xpoitation is to have the IMDb plot description explain the outcome of the film "the true story of John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno, the last two survivors pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Center."

Please show some respect and wait 20 years before making these films. Should our kids learn about this tragedy through informative films? Sure. But the rest of us were alive and aware in 2001.

The only way I could support this film or United 93 is if 100% of the profits went to the victims of 9/11. And if they don't want it I'm sure the soldiers families from Afghanistan or Iraq would be grateful. And if they don't care for it, wait 2 more years and you can hand it over to the soldiers from Iran and Syria.

Born to Be King (2000)

Well shot, interesting for the genre

[8/10 · 15 November 2005]

Keep in mind that the title here is "Young and Dangerous Part 6." It would be an insult to the audience if each of these flicks had to recap the previous plot points for those who can't make it down to the local video store. Personally if I see Kickboxer III on the shelf I look again till I can find Kickboxer. It's the best of the series since part I, and chicken again steals the show from Ekin Cheng as his character allows humility and depth. Real treat to see Sonny Chiba of the over-the-top streetfighter series hold it down. It was nice to see Gigi Lai overshadow Shu Qi even as a dobbleganger. This genre of hong-kong action flicks often asks the western audience to suspend their standards of Hollywood style visuals and comprehendable plots. But "Born to be King" is visually appealing throughout and is logistically comprehensive. We need not know the backstory of each of our leads to grasp their current position on the triad totem pole and their moral dilemmas in a grasp for more power and responsibility.