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| U shoot me! I shoot u! Deal? |
Welcome To The Punch Review – If you
had a looooooooong day you might want to avoid watching this James & Mark
combo of cat and mouse chase flick. Or else you might find yourself dozing off
by halfway. Don’t get me wrong, it is a good movie but you have to watch at the
right time. Otherwise you won’t fully appreciate the effort to execute this
British movie. It is done in way that you have concentrate to understand what
is going on. There are some action scenes but the Director took his own sweet
time to move from ‘talking scenes’ to ‘shoot everybody’ scene. Even though the
movie is less than 2 hours long, you might feel it takes forever for them to
finish chatting and get on with their next move.
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| Brains over brawn
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The story starts off with Max
(James McAvoy) [a rookie cop] chasing after Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) but
fails to catch him and ends up with a serious wound to his leg and pride. He
almost quit the force but stays on with a new partner with hope of grabbing
Jacob someday. Max gets his chance few years later when Jacob’s son gets caught
up in a gun deal gone wrong. Thus begins the cat and mouse race again. While
trying to outsmart and outrun each other, both of them discover a bigger plot involving
people in the high position. They then find a way to work together to bring down
the ‘real’ bad guys.
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| Go get a shave James! |
I was so looking forward to watch
James McAvoy after his brilliant performance in ‘Wanted’, he didn’t disappoint
me but I felt kinda short-changed. He gave a good act but I just thought he
could have done better. Mark Strong on the other hand was great. He showed
loads of emotion going back and forth as the bad guy, a father and ‘good guy’. The
‘English’ accent used by the supporting cast takes a while to set in. The way
they speak, the twang sounds kinda funny sometimes with the usual Brit dry
humor. The setting of the movie was quite dark as well, not much color and the
background music blended well with the environment.
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You just have to try and
appreciate a different way this movie was shot. It’s not the usual Hollywood
style of fast phase full on action. Plenty of lines to listen to and then comes
the actions scenes and few minutes later they are talking again. Takes a
patient person and strong ‘love’ towards James to sit through and make it till
the end of the credit role. If you value another style of criminal movie, this
might be your cup of English tea mate!
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