HALFWAY SOLID

There was a wave of innovative movie scripts in the nineties that wanted to offer a different perspective of war insanity and its futility. „A midnight clear” is one of those attempts, although it may be considered only half successful.

Intro about the group of American reconnaissance soldier stranded deep in the Ardennes prior to the Nazi offensive experiencing eerie provocation from the enemy is certainly the better part of the movie, playing around with the viewer’s mind.

However, the second part of the movie and its conclusion fail to materialize that leverage, leaving the script and a solid cast of young actors (Hawke, K. Dillon, Berg) to hang somewhere in between.

„A midnight clear” could have been a great war movie, but it’s only a solid one.

A MIDNIGHT CLEAR – 6/10

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COCKY AND PATHETIC

True stories can be a powerful material for movie scripts, but not always. Terrorist attack at the Boston marathon 2013 could’ve made a great movie, but Peter Berg's hasty adaptation starring Mark Wahlberg just isn’t a good story.

It is really emotionally shattering from time to time, but most of the celluloid is just eaten by tacky American patriotism and artificial hope boosting. On the positive side, there will be some really tense and well directed action sequences, but that’s it.

„Patriot’s day” is story about one of those true events that needs a greater historical distance before transcribing into a movie script.

PATRIOT’S DAY – 4/10

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DIRECTING FEAT

True stories are always a powerful material for the big screen. Even when there are no hidden facts to awe the viewer.

Everything said about the Mexico gulf incident with the oil rig has been said in the news. Semi-documentary movie with Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich and Kurt Russell will repeat that story by the numbers, while the director Peter Berg will create „oscar” worthy production and CGI to deliver the atmosphere of the disaster to the viewer.

However, the script will remain the main problem with the movie, not giving the satisfying conclusion nor the epilogue to the story worth of such a closure.

„Deepwater horizon” is one hell of a story that received „just” a solid Hollywood story.

DEEPWATER HORIZON - 6/10

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