where: MOVIE2K.COM on my laptop
when: Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
show: 11:15 p.m.
costs: $0.00 Free Download
auditorium: My living room
seat: My swivel chair
2nd time:
where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
show: 5:20 p.m.
costs: $7.50 Ticket + $4.50 Pretzel Bites + $4.00 small Diet/Zero ( w/ Barq's & Cherry flavors ) Coke + $8.98 Mountain Mike's Pizza Restaurant's Wednesday Night All-You-Can-Eat Pizza & Salad Buffet Dinner after the movie = $24.98
auditorium: 12
seat: 4th row, 8th column
synopsis/overview: The best hit-man, Arthur Bishop ( Jason Statham ), is fooled into killing the wrong target. Now, he is out for revenge with the help of an unlikely apprentice/accomplice.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Swimming pool; 2.) New target; 3.) Parking garage; 4.) Cemetery; 5.) "What kind of person shoots someone in a wheelchair, anyway?"; 6.) Would-be car-napper; 7.) "You owe me now"; 8.) Animal shelter; 9.) Three-week assignment; 10.) Target shooting; 11.) Judgment calls; 12.) New roommate; 13.) Watch and learn; 14.) "A job"; 15.) Chihuahua and boys; 16.) Flunitrazepam [ Roofie ]; 17.) Change of plan; 18.) "Is it work or pleasure"; 19.) "I'm gonna call him, Arthur"; 20.) Luggage claim area; 21.) "File is a priority"; 22.) The new messiah; 23.) Adrenaline and epinephrine; 24.) "I'm hungry"; 25.) "Ketamine counteracts adrenaline"; 26.) Shoot-out; 27.) Rappel; 28.) Familiar face; 29.) "They played you so easily"; 30.) Hit-men; 31.) "I'm coming for you"; 32.) "I'm not a lefty"; 33.) Gun; 34.) Conversation in the truck; 35.) "You're gonna miss a good dinner"; 36.) "How much was Harry's ( Donald Sutherland ) life worth"; 37.) Flushed-out; 38.) Bus; 39.) Garbage truck; 40.) Overkill; 41.) Hints; 42.) Gas pump; 43.) Note; and 44.) Surveillance tape.
audience reaction: N/A
2nd audience reaction: The audience seemed entertained by this, even the 6-year old momma's boy that some dumb-ass woman took with her to see this R-rated show. I congratulate the woman for allowing her son to expand his vocabulary with the term, "Auto-erotic Asphyxiation," as mentioned and pornographically suggested in one scene in this movie--kid, don't do this at home! L.O.L.
recommendation: It was a good enough Action Movie. Go see this on the big screen if you're a Jason Statham fan.
spoiler alert! The bodyguards on watch should have noticed that something was amiss when their boss went swimming awkwardly and without turning his head to either side to come up for breath. The overhead shot doesn't show the swimmer with his wrists held at all. Why were there no sentries posted to guard/watch the perimeter of the villa? During the target shooting, an ejected cartridge had a crimped opening, shown exiting in slow-motion ( Why would they use blanks for target shooting? Ha, ha, ha. This is a rhetorical question, by the way. ). Why was this particular shot shown in slow-motion for? I want the Scene Editor's job! Why didn't the hanged man's tongue stick out? I see fingerprints all over the damn place! What's so professional about leaving your prints at the scene of a crime? The big guy could have easily gouged the little guy's eyes out in the kill-or-be-killed fight. Why was he the only one in the luggage claim area? Why did the hotel room have two-way mirrors? It should be easy enough to tell whether or not the garbage disposal is grinding-up your hand. Only $2.69 for a gallon of regular gas--when in heck was this friggin' movie made!?!?!? He couldn't hear the gasoline splashing on the ground or smell its fumes ...? Why didn't he see the note on the passenger seat right away?
fyi: Even if a prop weapon is loaded with blank cartridges, it should not be aimed directly at someone because its blank's paper or plastic wadding can still cause serious injury, even death. A promising young Hollywood actor was killed in this way: Jon-Erik Hexum ( in 1984, at 26 years of age ). And Bruce Lee's son, Brandon ( in 1993, at 28 years of age ), was killed by an unintentionally squib-loaded prop gun.
word of advice: "Revenge can kill you." Arthur Bishop, the Mechanic
The best weapon is the element of surprise.
tidbits: I had to see this movie again on the big screen to gauge the Audience Reaction and because the movie2k.com version is short by seven minutes. All that was missing was the Ending Credits--talk about a waste of my time and money!
attention: It's that time. So, please, vote for me. Thank you.
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