A Tale of Two Movies: The Gunman/Run All Night

The other day I went to the movies and saw a pair of recently released action films. The first one I saw was really bad, the second one, fortunately, was really good. It made me take pause and wonder about why there was the chasm between them in terms of their quality. They both had competent directors and cast that has seen success. The difference in their relative effectiveness was pretty stark. I did find that a lot of it came down to emotional involvement, an element I have found to really want in recent years, not always, but more often than not. I also wondered if the filmmakers stopped o watch the finish product before unleashing it.

Movie Review: RoboCop (2014)

It has finally arrived. Despite what seems to have been a troubled production and vociferous protestations from the anti-remake brigade, the new take on RoboCop has arrived in theaters. Many have sworn not to see it, others were excited for it, others were cautiously optimistic. You can count me among the latter group. It seemed clear based on who was brought in to make it that it was not meant to be merely a cash grab, although there is a certain amount of that to be certain, but the got a generally interesting cast and some new blood behind the camera. Was the end result worth it? Ultimately, that is up for you to decide yourself.