harrys12 Reviews

Apprentice (2016)

Excellent

[10/10 · 21 July 2017]

If you love real movies where there is no bad and good when humans interact then you have to watch this film.

Treats the same theme of "el verdugo", for many the best Spanish film ever. The dilemmas of the executioner who struggles to convince himself that this is a job like every one else and someone has to do it. Needs guts to be a legal serial killer and sleep well during the nights without doubt.

Just see it and you will feel compassion, hate and frustration at the same time. When a movie makes you feel strong feelings, is a good movie.

Nothing else, a must watch.

Logan (2017)

Excellent

[9/10 · 20 May 2017]

Dark... Though it is a superhero movie, the center of the film is Logan's feelings.

He is a tragic person. It is like a Greek tragedy that even if you know that this will not end well, you are curious to see how more tragic can this be...

You then understand why the character chooses darkness instead of hope. And you will share it with him...You will face his fears...

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

Good biography film

[9/10 · 26 August 2014]

I enjoyed watching the film, both parts together, one after the other. More than 4 hours of action, good music and a real story just flied...

Overall it reminded me Carlos, another great production based on the real story of a character that was opposed to the system on his own way...

NEve heard before of Mesrine but afterwards I had to search for more. It proves to be a very interesting person, a tragic figure of a "revolution" against the system. At some point he became a hero for the poor, the people that do not dare to go against what is supposed to be socially correct. Of course, meanwhile he killed a lot of people but still, an interesting and intriguing character full of contradictions...

Last but not least, excellent performance from Vincent Cassel.