Directed by Peter Berg Lone Survivor is an assault on your senses. It's gritty, romantic, larger than life and frames its central four characters like they are Greek gods. Berg clearly looks up to the marines, and everything he does glorifies their brotherhood, loyalty and sacrifice, in a way that almost fetishizes it. It's a strange … Continue reading Lone Survivor (2013)
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Fear (1996)
Directed by James Foley David (Mark Wahlberg) becomes obsessed with Nicole (Reese Witherspoon) in Fear, a lurid thriller in the mold of Fatal Attraction, Cape Fear or Misery. There seems to have been a trend of late 80s and 90s thrillers that dealt specifically with obsession, a motivation beyond greed or revenge but something more disturbed. In Fear … Continue reading Fear (1996)
Three Kings (1999)
Directed by David O. Russell In Three Kings four U.S. soldiers celebrate the end of the Gulf War by hatching a plan to steal Saddam Hussein's gold. They will find a map rolled up in a man's ass and quickly determine what this map signifies. Then the four soldiers of varying ranks head into a small … Continue reading Three Kings (1999)
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