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The late
Lord Grade proved that having big name actors wasn't a guarantee
of success. Raise the Titanic anybody?
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| Richard
Gere, Hugh Grant, now Brad Pitt. Not bad huh. |
While
Verbinski's movie goes no where near the plethora of star
attractions, he must be hoping the pull of Brad Pitt and Julia
Roberts will draw male and female fans into the cinema.
Unfortunately,
The Mexican is just a run-of-the-mill tale of a small
time punk trying to prove himself on one last job while suffering
earache from his girlfriend.
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| Don't
dare lock me in the boot again |
Pitt is
the crook who's asked to pick up a priceless antique pistol
from Mexico.
Roberts
plays his girlfriend who's far from happy at the proposition,
especially when she ends up being kidnapped.
This is
a movie which mixes light comedy with thriller. It has it's
moments. You get the impression of another film trying to
emulate Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. It falls a long way
short.
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| And
this is what all the fuss is over |
If there
is one actor who comes out of it well it's James Gandolfini
of The Sopranos fame. He's already received rave reviews
for his performance as a sensitive killer (if that doesn't
sound too contradictory).
Roberts
especially seems an actor who sways from very good films to
forgettable ones. This, sadly, forms the latter.
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