Night Moves

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Alain E @AlainE 1d Other movies tell us that crime doesn’t pay. This one adds bioterrorism to the least of career options that will most likely disappoint. Young people eager to pursue unconventional employment opportunities face many challenges. To stop joking, the movie is solidly built and well photographed. Terrorists have ideas of omnipotence that most people abandon before the age of ten. No matter how large the target, you cannot change the course of history with explosives. The Oklahoma City bombing and the destruction of the World Trade Center are prime examples of. Eisenberg brings to life the character of a loser who cannot get the girl, commits his stupid crime and is reduced to working in a mall retail store. See more Laura W @RT08427794 01/04/2025 A film that becomes increasingly ominous with the use of action-based sequences and a tragically underwritten script, which is a shame for the excellent actors whose characters and relationships fail to generate a compelling journey for an audience to become immersed in. See more Dani G @RT81139271 11/25/2024 Very much in the slow paced style, with no peaks, of Reichahrdt's films See more Steve M @RT80379505 09/06/2024 I like stories by Elmore Leonard, which chronicle bottom feeders racing even further to the bottom. His stories are funny, in a grim sort of way. This movie is not based on an Elmore Leonard story, but it could have been. The characters amount to mentally challenged Oregon environmentalists who blunder their way through blowing up a dam and then spend the rest of the movie being confused about why a lot of water suddenly came through and caused damage downstream. They ponder deep philosophical questions, such as, "Who knew there was so much water behind a dam?" and "Why did all the water come out when the dam blew up?" They especially dwell on the delicate ethics of, "Are we responsible even a little tiny bit for all the damage that was caused when we blew up the dam?" They perform all this pondering while taking themselves very, very seriously. If you changed the story about 5% you could make a dark comedy from the same raw material: Wayne's World meets River Wild. "Whoa, dude, our explosion changed the concrete into water. I hope our canoe can make it down these rapids. What a trippy explosion! Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth!" If Elmore Leanord had written the script, at least this movie would have been funny. This version was just self-important, pretentious, and amounts to a public service announcement about the dangers of spending too much time in the woods smoking too much weed. See more Alec B @Alec97 11/10/2023 It's a shame that a little after the half-way point the film becomes more straightforward, because before that it's a fascinating thriller. Reichardt constructed a lean narrative that seems to indicate that the planning and execution of this act of terrorism is less an outgrowth of any specific ideology the character's hold, but rather a desperate attempt to find something to believe in. It's a great concept that is hampered by a messy final act. See more Randy F @RT06267951 09/05/2023 The movie begins with a plot that looks promising. Not! Scene after scene drags out like the camera crew went for lunch with the result that the whole movie drags. One keeps hoping for something exciting to happen, but . . . nothing. And it ends with nothing . . . like the whole movie crew grew tired of the venture and closed it down with no real ending. Don't waste 10 minutes on this poor excuse for movie making. See more Read all reviews

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