Director and Writer Rob Williams, can be credited for attempting something entirely different in this drama. This is not just another gay movie, gay relationships have been thoroughly explored to produce a brilliant work. The cast comprises a terrific team - Chris Carlisle as Mac, Joel Harrison as Cameron, Gaetano Jones as Kevin, Derek Long as Cooper, Derek Meeker as Simon, Douglas Myers as Jason, Daniel Rhyder as Andre and Stephen Twardokus as Ace.
It is customary for the couple Simon and Jason together with Daddyish Cooper and his boy to spend a three-day weekend at a mountain cabin far from the hustle and bustle of city life. They wish for a slight change in their routine expedition this year with each having to bring an attractive partner along to the mountain getaway. Joining the group are a frisky former college roommate, a constantly naked yoga instructor, Jason’s uptight co-worker and a high-priced rent boy. The new parties definitely stir up the weekend. There’s lot of jealousy, tension and fight ensuing.
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The story follows a young man (Terry, played by Danny Pino) who flies in to a rage on learning that his fiancee (June, played by Brittany Murphy) is about to check in at a hotel room with another man, (Julian played by Mike Vogel) who turns out to be his best friend. The plot is more than a triangular love story, it’s a mystery that surrounds the whole sequence of events. Unable to swallow the deceit, Terry decides that his friend must die. But it is not merely about finishing his friend off, there is something eerie throughout which makes it interesting to watch.
Directed by Alex Merkin and the casting done with care, there are good number of scenes offering tension.
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Traitor could be a classic example of a quality thriller that’s no different from reality, This was co-written by Steve Martin and Jeffrey Nachmanoff who also directed the movie. He has done his job well giving clarity to a complex drama.
The story revolves around the protagonist, Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), a Muslim American of Sudanese origin who at a young age sees his father getting killed in a terrorist attack. Migrating to the States, he joins the military where he later is trapped in a terrorist network. Meanwhile FBI agent Roy Clayton played by Guy Pearce is assisted by Max Archer (Neal McDonough) in an investigation of a terrorist outfit in which Horn may or may not belong to.
The characters have been well defined and given the seriousness of the theme both Cheadle and Pearce are equally good in their roles. Their performances are further augmented by the powerful script of Jeffrey Nachmanoff giving the audience good background of the two main characters.
Directed by D. J. Caruso, this is undoubtedly a preposterous action thriller where by the time you get to know what’s happening, you would have stopped caring. Shia LaBeouf plays Jerry Shaw, a slacker who works at a copy store. On returning home from his brother’s funeral, he stops at the ATM and surprisingly finds that his normally empty bank account has now a staggering amount of $750,000. He draws as much money as possible and makes his way home while wondering about this new and absurd development. On reaching his shoddy apartment, he notices that it is no longer empty but is filled with weapons all around. He receives an anonymous call and the unknown voice at the other end gives him a warning that the FBI may get there any time and he just has seconds to leave the apartment. Jerry pays no attention to the call and soon he is arrested by the FBI and sent to jail.
He doesn’t spend much time in jail and soon finds himself acting according to the whims and fancies of the unknown voice. The unknown voice appears to have complete control over all technologies. Even the poor guy’s cellular connection is controlled by the anonymous voice. The mysterious voice gets Jerry to talk to his mom, Rachel and threatens that if she doesn’t co-operate, he would have her son killed. The movie continues as we try to make guesses about the mysterious voice’s plans and purpose of the mission. But the last bit is an annoying part when things turn real silly. Nevertheless, I suggest you watch it to try and figure out the much better movies that resemble this one.
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The film then moves to a week earlier when the man named Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) is determined to find the killer of his wife, Michelle and new born daughter. His snitch organizes a party where he gets to meet Natasha Sax (Olga Kurylenko) and her sister Mona (Mila Kunis). Natasha goes along with Max to his place where she makes known of her intention to have a physical relationship with him and even play the role of his deceased spouse. Angrily, Max asks Natasha to leave and on her way back while she's talking on the phone to a drug dealer, she gets killed mysteriously.
Max then carries on the investigation with Alex, who on making some discoveries concerning the crime is found dead in his apartment. Mona believes Max to be the perpetrator of the crime, Max convinces her that they are on the look out for someone else. The two then begin the investigation and the film takes all twists and turns and soon we come to realize that the wide open possibilities get narrowed down to something very ordinary. Nevertheless Max Payne can retain your attention.
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