So it's too often ponderous, and Natasha Lyonne as some sort of blind sciene whiz?!? Uh-huh. And Wesley Snipes has gone from being kind of badass too being far to full of his supposed serious coolness. But all that said - if you're in the mood for this kind of thing, it's not bad. It looks good, sometimes very good, and there are some great action sequences. Dominic Purcell is just right as Drake, Jessica Biel is ... well, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey is nuts, and Ryan Reynolds is great as the comic relief. Actually, if Reynolds hadn't been in the picture it would have been so over-wrought I probably couldn't have stood it. But it's both action-y and sometimes funny. And hey, how can you not love a movie with a vampire Pomeranian?
Though don't take the above as any sort of ringing endorsement. Since I've been sick all week, and have rarely benefited from this thing called sleep that I hear so much about, I decided to watch the commentary track by Biel, Reynolds and director David Goyer too. And you know what - that was more fun than the movie. Nonetheless, both tracks are reasonably entertaining diversions.
Posted by armand at May 7, 2005 12:46 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesYou're right of course - the less said about the writing (you'll notice that I didn't mention it) the better, and more Parker Posey would, as usual, have been a good thing. As to what Reynolds was doing ... just who doesn't want to be Jason Lee? Also as to Reynolds - when did he get that body? If he had in it his Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place days you'd think that the producers of that show would have come up with some him-bo storylines (or at least gratuitous abs and Adonis belt shots) to spice up that otherwise deadly dull sitcom. I tuned in occasionally just for the fun of watching him, Traylor Howard and Richard Ruccolo desperately try to make what they were doing mildly amusing. On occasion they seemed to put such effort into it - even if was like trying to bail water out of the Titanic.
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