TOO CORNY

Love traingle is one of the most frequent motifs in the romantic drama genre. There are all sorts of those traingles, but Koreans tend to sharpen their edges a bit. Especially when you mix a young artist, an Interpol agent and a professional hitman in a story about the unrequited love.

However, Korean wouldn't have earned their reputation without some tragical twists, but sadly, leaving the rest of the script to roll in a mud of deja vus, common places and really, really tacky outcomes.

„Daisy” can be watched even by a non-demanding European romantic drama lover.

DAISY - 3/10

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A FEW DECENT SHOTS IN THE DARK

Dennis Villeneuve established his reputation as a movie director of slow tempo, difficult life stories with some strong symbolism („Incendies”, „Enemy”, „Prisoners”). His movies are highly recognizable, but also often without a real conclusion and purpose.

„Sicario” is one of those movies with its painfully slow script about the DEA and FBI agents hunting Mexico drug cartel leaders in the border area between two countries. The characters represent just rough sketches, with Benicio del Toro stealing the show as a merciless support male role. Emily Blunt is really annoying and redundant  as a female lead, while Josh Brolin is actually decent when it comes to quality of his acting, maybe for the first time in his entire career.

Villeneuve's directing talent bursts out in two tense action sequences (entering Ciudad Juarez and border stakeout), but remains dormant in the second part of the movie, excluding the dining scene at the very end.

„Sicario” is one ambitious flick with no real coverage when it comes to quality.

SICARIO - 4/10

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