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Hamlet (1990)
excellent portrayal of the Dane
Gibson's best work. This film hits on all cylinders. Hamlet is one of the hardest characters to pull off in film and Gibson does it with ease. There are more traps than one can imagine with Hamlet and Gibson deftly avoids nearly all of them. All roles were expertly played and the production value was fantastic. It was a truly extraordinary production and I highly recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of the Bard's work - or any film fan for that matter. It's unfortunate that so few people go to the theatre any more so it's nice when the theatre comes to them in the form of films. Again, I highly recommend this piece to anyone who likes movies (or plays). Well done.
Target of Opportunity (2005)
Solid film, solid acting, solid story
I feel this film rates about a 7.5 but due to some people rating it low for no good reason I am rating it a 10. I know film, particularly those in this genre. One thing that has to be considered is the amount of money that is generally spent on lower budgeted action features compared directly to the amount of production value that they got out of this motion picture. Had Target of Opportunity been shot anywhere in the United States it would have cost them a minimum of 15 million dollars and that's not paying some "stars" to play the lead roles. Danny Lerner is a good producer and in the 3 films that I have seen of his as a director he has gotten significantly better in his craft with each one. Les Weldon is also a talented writer who knows this genre well and made for a compelling storyline. I have seen Todd Jensen over the years in various action-type films and this is certainly his best work. He brought something to the character and avoided the obvious traps that exist for his role. I am also familiar with the other lead in the film. Ironically, I saw him play Hamlet years ago and have wondered what he had moved on to do. Cochran was a wonderful Hamlet playing the role with gusto and zeal. Again Hamlet is a role with many traps and he deftly avoided them in his performance. In Target of Opportunity he brings a very strong character to the screen but one in which he is not afraid to show some vulnerability in. I was quite impressed with his work as I see some others were as well.
Target is a solid bit of film making for this group and I look forward to seeing what they put together in the future.
The Perfect Score (2004)
Not great but not bad
This isn't normally my type of movie but this one wasn't so bad. The actors were pretty decent and the story was OK. Again, I'm not the best judge but this movie deserved mention because there was an interesting plot and the direction was fairly decent. I would definitely recommend this film for younger film goers although I couldn't recommend it too highly for the older generation. This isn't normally my type of movie but this one wasn't so bad. The actors were pretty decent and the story was OK. Again, I'm not the best judge but this movie deserved mention because there was an interesting plot and the direction was fairly decent. I would definitely recommend this film for younger film goers although I couldn't recommend it too highly for the older generation.