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Red White & Blue (2010)
Good.... but not that good.
The reason I gave this movie a 4/10 was because of it's original plot and story-line. Other than the originality of the film it was all around a pretty shitty movie. I felt that the acting was horrible, the characters were all pretty lame, and the climax was below average. I have seen many movies like this one, and most of them were better: ex. I Saw The Devil, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, Oldboy, just to name a few. The movie depicts a woman who whores herself out just for the satisfaction of sex, her neighbor is a creepy ex-military. They have a friendship but all of that changes when one of her past sex partners finds her to 'talk' about something important. Things escalate and get violent. I don't want to spoil the story so I'll leave it at that, and in a word of advice, I would suggest skipping this one.
Valhalla Rising (2009)
Very good.... if a minimalist fan.
I recently saw Aguirre, The Wrath of God and the similarities between that movie and this one were staggering. I was very surprised to hear that this got O.K. reviews. I thought critics were supposed to be holistic in their opinions. From the perspective of a minimalist film fan this movie has high rankings all around. I would greatly suggest watching this movie, but, not with other people because it is a slow film, and when with friends or girlfriends this could drag on. The overall feel of the movie is somewhat depressing and gloomy with bits of violence here and there to keep one watching. I say try the movie out, if it isn't to your liking then, stray from minimalist films, they all try and leave a deep impression without much happening, and in my opinion it works. The reason for the eight out of ten is because it truly is epic and original for it's time, I really can't recall the last good minimal-istic film I saw in the past ten years so, if a fan, jump in for a good time with this one.