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Richie Rich
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
It was fun for what it was...which is not very much, but hey...kids will get a kick out of it for all the fun gadgets.
3/5
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Honestly, when I first saw the movie, I was probably around 8 years old, but the allure of the Ninja Turtles, while faded over the years, is still hard to deny. Not for all tastes by any means, it's decent enough.
3/5
5
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1,724
The Lion King
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
A classic animated film. There's a reason it was the highest grossing animated flick until Finding Nemo came along...a marvel for all ages.
5/5
5
5
5
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8
9
2
1,724
Velvet Goldmine
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
A bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
2
1,724
Will Penny
Kansas City Star
Dan Lybarger
Charlton Heston's solid turn in a more life-sized role is the centerpiece of this darkly haunting western.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
1,724
Grind
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Akin to a real skateboarding show, Grind lands a few tricks but ends up falling on its face the rest of the time.
D+
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18
1
1,725
The Missing
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Missing a little something.
C
long_letter
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10
18
1
1,725
2 Fast 2 Furious
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Just because you give an old car a new paint job doesn't mean it runs better.
C
long_letter
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10
18
1
1,725
8 Mile
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
This Eminem melts in your hand and not in your mouth.
C+
long_letter
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11
18
1
1,725
Bowling for Columbine
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Try and find this film, watch it and talk about it. The issues that it covers are ones that beg to be discussed, and this piece has only scratched the surface.
B+
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14
18
1
1,725
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Your appreciation of the movie will hinge on your tolerance for the "quirky" antics of Spade.
C
long_letter
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10
18
1
1,725
Die Another Day
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
With its contemporary feel and set pieces galore, this Bond will leave you both shaken and stirred.
A-
long_letter
null
null
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15
18
1
1,725
Elf
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Big laughs in an Elf-sized package.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,725
Finding Nemo
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
There are so many subtle jokes, or little bits of insight into these fish's minds, it proves yet again that Pixar strives to make a complete experience instead of just 'some cool-looking graphics.'
A
long_letter
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16
18
1
1,725
Freddy vs. Jason
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Horror-ifically bad.
F
long_letter
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1
18
1
1,725
Jeepers Creepers 2
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
The film relies more on jump moments than gratuitous blood and guts for its scares, which is a welcome choice after such blood-drenched dreck as Freddy Vs. Jason.
C+
long_letter
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11
18
1
1,725
Matchstick Men
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
The story's a bit on the traditional side (it could be pitched as "Catch Me If You Can" meets "Ocean's 11"), but the three leads make it an enticing and tense caper flick.
B+
long_letter
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14
18
1
1,725
The Medallion
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Speaking of cartoons, the whole movie is awfully similar to Chan's self-titled cartoon series, except with one major difference: the series is decent.
D
long_letter
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7
18
1
1,725
Once upon a Time in Mexico
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Depp steals the movie with a swagger and a smile in his second great part of the year.
A-
long_letter
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null
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15
18
1
1,725
Starsky & Hutch
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
The tag line says it all: 'They're the man.'
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,725
S.W.A.T.
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
It gives S.W.A.T. that kind of feeling where it should be corny, but everyone is just too cool to care. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for a movie in uniform.
A-
long_letter
null
null
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15
18
1
1,725
Taking Lives
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Use the title as a warning- Taking Lives takes hours of your life you can't get back.
D+
long_letter
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null
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8
18
1
1,725
The Rundown
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Worth the chase, the Rundown is simple entertainment at it's best.
B+
long_letter
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null
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14
18
1
1,725
Thirteen
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Despite the flaws, it is worthy of recommendation for people interested in film, if for no other reason than Wood's performance.
B-
long_letter
null
null
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12
18
1
1,725
Uptown Girls
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Worth going Uptown for.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
1,725
What a Girl Wants
Kansas City Star
Shawn Bowers
Despite her obnoxious Nickelodeon pedigree, Bynes proves that, given the right project, she isn't half bad.
B-
long_letter
null
null
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12
18
1
1,725
Fatal Attraction
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
Suspense at its finest. This is the granddaddy of erotic thrillers!
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
1,726
The Getaway
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
A pale imitation of the 1970s classic!
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
1,726
Beverly Hills Cop
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
An Eddie Murphy classic! One of his best, but not better than "Coming To America."
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
1,726
Disclosure
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
Excellent, accurate, smart analysis of sexual harrassment in the workplace.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
1,726
Nick of Time
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
Tight, suspenseful thriller.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
1,726
Operation Dumbo Drop
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
After watching this catastrophe, it's almost hard to believe that Ray Liotta was in "Goodfellas."
0/5
5
0
5
true
0
6
1
1,726
Saboteur
Katrillion.com
John Oliver
Top-notch espionage thriller with a jaw-dropping finale atop the Statue of Liberty.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
1,726
XXX
Katrillion.com
Ron Bishow
A PlayStation game come to life, XXX is a movie almost exclusively dependent on the special effects department and the charm of its leading man, Vin Diesel. But it's sound and fury signifying nothing.
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
1,726
A Thousand Words
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
There is something almost poignant in the way Eddie Murphy so palpably desires to make a meaningful film about enlightenment. The almost comes from the difference between that aspiration and the painfully ill-conceived follow-through
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
1,727
Green Room
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
a cinematic text book on how to make such a film
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,727
Hunter Killer
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
A curiously inert attempt at an action film played out in a form reminiscent of a barely competent industrial film rather than a taut suspense flick.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
1,727
I Am Number Four
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
When the dust clears, and the disjointed coda is tacked on, the way is paved for a sequel, or several, and the audience is left wondering if they will appeal to more than the tweens targets for this one
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
1,727
The Next Three Days
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
what should be tension more closely resembles air being let slowly out of a balloon
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
4
1
1,727
The Other Guys
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
the fun here is discovering that Wahlberg is one of the finest comic straight men ever to have graced the big screen
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,727
Pilgrimage
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
The film finds a kind of transcendence as entrails are violated and lightning strikes with unsettling purpose, a meditative element that permeate one monk's spiritual journey from darkness to light to something for which he does not have a name.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,727
Rambo: Last Blood
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
Little more than a soft-core snuff film
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
4
1
1,727
Sausage Party
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
Like the sex, drugs, and politics that are fodder for the script, the question of what happens when we leave this world is addressed directly, and with the same fulsome sense of mischief.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,727
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
with a sigh of relief we come to the end of a trilogy that fell criminally short of all that is could have, and by all rights, should have been
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
1,727
The Iceman
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
That The Iceman is a film eminently worth seeing is a tribute to Michael Shannon.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,727
Vanity Fair
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
a lush, sprawling, sensual film that totters unevenly under the weight of its own ambition . . . an apt metaphor considering that its heroine has the same Achilles Heel.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,727
The Corporation
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
more than just another anti-corporate screed. . .a cautionary work [that informs] its audience as well as getting its collective blood up in a fit of righteous indignation
5/6
6
5
6
false
4
6
1
1,728
Sherlock Holmes
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
The film called "Sherlock Holmes" that has been raking in the money at the box office this Christmas season does not really exist at all. It's an illusion. A Jedi Mind Trick.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
1,729
W.
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Stone's film is like an affectionate kick in the groin of a good old boy you'd like to have a beer with, or with W today, a near Beer.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
1,729
Inglourious Basterds
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
This is a FILM with blood in its veins, a heart in its body and a red hot engine in its chassis. It is alive with ideas and a geniune belief in the power of FILM to express them.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
1,730
Public Enemies
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
There are powerful images that sear into your brain upon contact with your eyes but PUBLIC ENEMIES clearly wants to alienate the audience as much as it engages them.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,731
Chloe
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
This isn't a particularly deep story but it does a good job at making what would be obvious in a Skinemax movie much more ambiguous.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
The Ghost Writer
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
I am consistently amazed at Roman Polanski's seemingly effortless mastery of cinematic craft. There is no wasted energy and no indulgence.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,731
Dracula
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
This is sort of a Saturday Night Fever version of the story with a stylish, afro'ed Langella walking around with an open shirt looking for girls to take to his Castle Disco.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,731
Piranha
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Dante and Sayles have a great deal of fun with the fact that their story of government created killer fish is completely ridiculous.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,731
The Shooting
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
What is most intriguing about "The Shooting" is the constant sense of undefined menace throughout.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,731
The Haunting in Connecticut
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
The movie works hard for your money and should theoretically be scarier than the cut rate television production. But it's not. Not by a mile.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,731
The Lovely Bones
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
The strangest thing about Jackson's approach is how chaste it is. The whole film is just a bit too tasteful to achieve real catharsis.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,731
Shutter Island
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Scorsese has more up his sleeve than a dead director's trademarked bag of tricks and with the unique challenges presented by the material he needed them.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,731
Antichrist
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Von Trier is a prankster so any attempt to guess at WTF he had in mind could just end up with the Danish auteur pulling your leg. The Fox may have said it best:"Chaos Reigns"
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,731
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Ai Weiwei is such a laid back, calm and yet mischievous spirit that the film takes on a whole different, almost joyous tone.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,731
Black Swan
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Initially BLACK SWAN appears to be a psychological horror film about a ballerina who goes insane. But it's really about a filmmaker who goes insane-in good ways and bad.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,731
Cockneys vs Zombies
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Cockneys Vs. Zombies delivers exactly what is expected of a film called Cockneys Vs. Zombies. This is a farce first, horror film last.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
Cruising
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Friedkin makes the kind of films that a pod from Invasion of the Body Snatchers might make given the chance.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,731
Dementia 13
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
One of the many low budget shockers produced in the wake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", "Dementia 13" is a surprisingly effective knockoff with unique qualities of its own.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,731
The Descent
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Director Marshall has obviously kept his DVD player spinning for days studying all of the classics and simply taking everything he needed like a Vanilla Ice "Under Pressure"
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
Drag Me to Hell
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
While it has the energy and the endless cinematic invention of his early work, the film's command of economical storytelling is something that once eluded Raimi.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,731
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
It may be that the best way to watch The Heretic is to shut off the soundtrack and play a CD of Goblin's Suspiria score as accompaniment.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,731
Flyboys
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
It may indeed be inspired by a true story, but what we see onscreen is simply "Star Wars" set in some fantasy French air base circa 1917.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
House of Dark Shadows
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
The film is well mounted and stylishly produced. In what must've seemed like a luxury, Jonathan Frid had time to learn ALL his lines.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,731
Inception
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Nolan borrows from classic heist and caper movies to design the clockwork tension but this particular clock is more like Dali's dripping watch.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,731
Invictus
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
INVICTUS works better than it deserves to as an old fashioned,predictable entertainment. In another filmmaker's hands the Capra-corn would be just too much.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
Paranormal Activity
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Expect less and you will appreciate it more. The film isn't unique or even very well made. Peli only seems able to come up with HALF of a good idea throughout the film.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
Saw III
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Images jump, blip, strobe, and shock like an epileptic seizure - all the result of director Darren Lynn Bousman's lack of trust in his screenplay.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,731
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
The truth about this Game of Shadows and its predecessor is that neither has a story worthy of its hero. The story is not only often improbable, it is often simply impossible to follow.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
Star Trek
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Somehow pulling off the trick of appealing to the wider mass audience with one foot in Star WARS, the most startling thing about this new TREK is how it avoids being AWFUL.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,731
Sunshine
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Garland and Boyle are nothing if not ambitious. They want us to consider the Big Questions about the importance of mankind as well as science versus fundamentalism.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,731
The Ambassador
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
Supposedly nothing is staged. Truthfully, so much of this film is stranger than fiction, it would require pure writing genius to come up with even a third of what transpires.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,731
The Fog
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
During this period, Carpenter and his fine collaborator the late Debra Hill were so good at crafting suspenseful, slow burn horror stories with multiple storylines.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,731
The Hurt Locker
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
A tough war picture in the tabloid journalist tradition of Sam Fuller, The Hurt Locker avoids most of the sentimentalizing and editorializing of other recent films about Iraq.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,731
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
This is the kind of movie where the lead character gets involved in a narrative so labyrinthine that he should eventually suspect himself at some point. That said, Alfredson manages to create a nightmarish atmosphere
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,731
V/H/S
Kinetofilm
Brian Holcomb
The Filmmakers should've consulted one another re: their content-one more segment with a group of A-HOLES carrying on like the cast of JACKASS and my head may have exploded.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,731
Central Intelligence
Konexión
Rafael Rosales Santos
It has a couple of funny moments, but overall it's predictable and the action sequences are poorly constructed. [Full review in Spanish]
60/100
100
60
100
false
59
100
1
1,732
Nocturnal Animals
Konexión
Iván Belmont
A much deeper story than a simple thriller, reminding us why we missed this director so much that with just two films in his filmography, has achieved more than many filmmakers would ever dream of. [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,733
Second Act
Konexión
Rafael Rosales Santos
In general, Second Act is a film that could have gone directly to television. [Full Review in Spanish]
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,733
The Neon Demon
Konexión
Iván Belmont
Some viewers might be confused by this grotesque Avant-garde satire of fashion industry but definitely won't leave them indifferent. [Full review in Spanish]
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,733
War Dogs
Konexión
Israel Acosta Aroche
Not a strict comedy about weapon trading, is an overwhelming story about the flaws in the system (something that is pretty funny already without making any gags). [Full review in Spanish]
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,733
Aladdin
Korea Herald
Min-sik Yoon
Overall, it was a fun film, an OK film, but not one that leaves much of an impression.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
1,734
Men in Black International
Korea Herald
Min-sik Yoon
Compared to the original, it was a huge let-down, but the film definitely has its moments.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
1,734
300
Kung Fu Cinema
Mark Pollard
This is death and war as ancient poets might have imagined it, glorious and provocative ... 300 is a powerhouse actioner.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
1,735
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Cinema
Mark Pollard
Fighting action is as dynamic and creative as any live-action wire-fu match by Yuen Woo-ping while the story is a refreshingly simple tale.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
1,735
Saint Ralph
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
Michael McGowan's direction is as flat as an asphalt road, and his script is gasping for air long before it enters the final stretch.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,736
The Skeleton Key
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
As theme-park attractions go, one can do worse.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,736
The 40 Year Old Virgin
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
An unconscionably funny sex farce that, by its end, turns into a tender and honest romance, an acute portrait of loneliness and, believe it or not, a musical.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,736
Asylum
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Rigor and beauty are nothing without a point, and if the point of Asylum is that a little romantic obsession goes a long way, 100 years of cinema have made sure that we knew that already.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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3
9
2
1,736
Bad News Bears
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
The movie's lazy slacker charm is distinctly Linklater's own, as is the decision to cast Billy Bob Thornton as the team's irascible, perpetually drunk coach, Buttermaker.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,736
Broken Flowers
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
Bill Murray delivers another master class in movie-acting minimalism.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,736
The Cave
L.A. Weekly
Tim Grierson
Bruce Hunt's directing debut displays a cold-blooded efficiency and refreshing lack of Michael Bay-ish hyperactivity in what is otherwise a solid if unspectacular action-horror flick.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,736
Ethan Mao
L.A. Weekly
Tim Grierson
Nobody onscreen seems to realize that this deadeningly self-serious treatment of family dysfunction is so overwrought that it becomes a spot-on satire of low-budget ineptitude.
1/5
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Four Brothers
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
It's a finely tuned Motor City engine.
4/5
5
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