Free Fire - in which Brie Larson helps negotiate a gun deal between 1974 and 1975. Two groups show up to exchange guns and money, but one of the negotiators who helped put the deal together gets shot by an itchy finger, and then some gangster-vultures show up and try to take out everyone so they can get the guns and the money. Cillian Murphy asks out Brie Larson during the crazy warehouse crossfire, and she kinda says yes. There's a bunch of stuff going on, some of the helper low-level guys have beef, one appears to be a date rapist. That's what the beef is about. Mostly, there are a lot of guns and bullets, and it is kind of fun, but some people die.
Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,...
Comments
Post a Comment