It stars Bette Davis, Joseph Cotton, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson and Regis Toomey.
You must watch this if you love campy, over-the-top emoting by an iconic actress hell-bend on career self-destruction.,īeyond the Forest is directed by King Vidor and written by Lenore J.
Well, the only thing BD buys here is a one way ticket to the platform of the local Chicago bound train depot, before applying a slathering of make-up which surely was a try-out for Baby Jane. She's just plain nasty and as Elizabeth Taylor would later describe her to Richard Burton in "WAOVA", she's "discontent" or she's a housewife."She buys things". A plethora of zingers, one-liners and one of the most famous lines in American cinema ("What a dump"), Bette chews up the scenery in her long hair wig and heaving breasts like never before. Davis to impersonate herself? This is her last film for Warner Brothers so old Harry gave her the screws with this melodramatic pot-boiler which, as it turn out, is an absolute hoot. One star out of four.Watch Beyond the Forest (1949) Full Movie Dailymotion “Law Abiding Citizen,” an Overture Films release, is rated R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language. And so in the end, all we’re left with are ticking time bombs and a chunk of our own time that we’ll never get back. But he gets off on the carnage too much, and the empty, repetitive conversations he has with Nick do nothing to humanize either man. He’s meant to be not just a purveyor of vigilante justice but a crusader. “Law Abiding Citizen” asks us to remain firmly on Clyde’s side even as the body count of decent, innocent people piles up, but it’s a tough request.
If Clyde has been focused on nothing but revenge for the past 10 years, how can he afford all the high-tech explosives and ammunition he’s amassed? Having seen human lives taken right before his eyes and knowing their value, does he feel even vaguely remorseful about killing others? And what sort of ice cream might taste good once the movie is over? The mind wanders distracting questions arise. Gary Gray (“The Italian Job”) dully directs Kurt Wimmer’s over-the-top script with a misty, bleached-out aesthetic that only makes the movie feel like more of a drag. (Naturally, Davis has great presence in her few scenes, but one woman alone can’t save this film.)Ĭlyde’s impossible omniscience and his sadistically convoluted game-playing feel like a rip-off of the “Saw” franchise, and the banter he shares with Nick makes “Law Abiding Citizen” seem like a poor man’s “Silence of the Lambs.” His tactics become so predictable, you know the second you hear a ringing cell phone or see a character climb into a car that something is going to blow up real good, real soon.į. But first he takes out everyone around Nick in ridiculously elaborate fashion, to the growing frustration of the mayor, played by Viola Davis. He gets himself intentionally arrested to go after his ultimate target, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx, looking bored), the slick prosecutor who cut that deal a decade ago to maintain his high conviction rate.
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Ten years later, he’s out for revenge – not just against the killer who went free after testifying against his accomplice, but against the entire judicial system. This time, Butler serves as a producer and stars as Clyde Shelton, who watched helplessly as his wife and young daughter were murdered during a home invasion. I Love You,” “The Ugly Truth” and “Gamer.” (To be fair, “RocknRolla” was a good fit for him and it was a lot of fun.) What’s truly baffling is how the star of the hugely successful “300" has managed to make yet another questionable movie choice since then, following “P.S. The real mystery of “Law Abiding Citizen” isn’t how Gerard Butler’s character manages to wreak explosive, bloody havoc on Philadelphia while confined behind the walls of his jail cell.
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