by jellydonut25 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:37 am
JUST got done watching this. Not sure that I LOVED it, but I really liked it a lot. There were like two or three times watching it where I felt things were very similar to Assault on Precinct 13 or They Live...but I just didn't think this had the one-liners that They Live has to REALLY make me fall in love.
One thing I can say I was SUPER SUPER glad was dropped was the slow-mo stuff...because the initial raid was like the third time we see it in the film, and by that point, I was already getting irritated with it. Once the movie moves on past that point, there's some great stuff.
In terms of all these movies today that are trying to recapture the magic of the 80s action flicks, this one is far and away the best one I've seen. I just wish there were some more quotable moments. There's some decent dry/dark humor from Dredd at various points, but just not QUITE enough for my unabashed love.
My "less than in love" feeling MIGHT be due to just having watched They Live yesterday, though...
I'll have to come back around to this one eventually. Maybe I'll buy it down the line, and revisit it then...