Redbelt
Monday, November 17, 2008
Redbelt came out last year, and it was a Mamet movie about Jiu Jitsu, so I was sort of amazed when it got crappy reviews. Then I saw it last night, and I'm done trusting stupid movie reviewers. Redbelt was awesome.
It was proto-Mamet. The dialogue was insane, the women were almost all horrible, and at the end, nothing matters to the hero -- not love, not money, not justice -- as much as this old guy who hasn't been in a single scene in the movie, and I was like, "That's excellent".
Plus, it teaches the lesson that sometimes, the clever twist is that the guy who's an amazing fighter just beats the shit out of somebody, and that solves the problem. Excellent movie.
posted by henry |
11/17/2008 03:13:00 PM|
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