Sundance Review: "Weapons" Is Violent, Feels Authentic
Summary
Adam Bhala Lough's "Weapons" has an opening to remember. A teenager sits in a fast food joint eating a hamburger, chewing blithely away in slow motion. He sits facing the camera for minutes until a figure in the background approaches, pulls out a shotgun, and blows off his head mid-lunch -- splashing a ketchup-red splatter of blood right onto the camera lens. It's a harbinger of what's to come. Back to Article
Adam Bhala Lough's "Weapons" has an opening to remember. A teenager sits in a fast food joint eating a hamburger, chewing blithely away in slow motion. He sits facing the camera for minutes until a figure in the background approaches, pulls out a shotgun, and blows off his head mid-lunch -- splashing a ketchup-red splatter of blood right onto the camera lens. It's a harbinger of what's to come. Back to Article
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on Jan 25 2007 07:08 AM It's DJ Screw, bit DJ Skrew! But anyways, "Weapons" does look good! (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 25 2007 09:14 AM [b]here's hoping[/b] last violent movie i got excited about was History of Violence, and that movie ended up being horrible. Here's hoping this one actually ends up being good. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 25 2007 10:13 AM sounds like a hella good movie a great plot that is very real. The beginning sounds like me and my friends (other than listening to rap), Paul Dano gets another great role in a Sundance film and if his acting is half as good as it was in "Little Miss Sunshine" then this is sure to be a great film! (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 25 2007 10:27 AM In reply to this comment (#853943) really? really really? you thought A History of Violence was horrible? really? (Reply to this) |
on Jan 25 2007 10:36 AM this sounds like a rip-off of Irreversible (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 25 2007 10:59 AM [b]RIPOFF[/b] It looks like a total rip-off of "Irreversible," from the beginning part to going backward in time, the rape, etc, etc, that's all lifted & twisted around. What an original filmmaker, pfft (Reply to this) |
on Jan 25 2007 12:40 PM I think it sounds very good, and that opening scene should get you involved right away. Glad to hear that Dano's got another great role. I doubt if it will feel like Irreversible, I hope not at least. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 25 2007 01:42 PM In reply to this comment (#853946) Exactly what I was thinking! Right down to the fire extinguisher. *yawn* (Reply to this) |
on Jan 25 2007 06:38 PM Amen to all the people who agree that this is a total rip-off of Irreversible. Irreversible was amazing... Alpha Dog+Irreversible=Weapons? (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 26 2007 08:21 AM How come teens really do have unbelievably easy access to drugs, but I can never find any? And DJ Skrew is dead? Thank god, and let his "style" die with him. (Reply to this) |
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