Reviews by jasoncarulli

The love and war premise that feels like every other recent martial arts film is well apparent in the House of Flying Daggers. The action was elegant and graceful, but unfortunately the story could not provide enough support for all its beauty.

Hard to believe this is a mystery, considering all the cards are laid out on the table from the blossoming start. Or are they? Cheap twists couldn't save another Travolta bomb.

This is that phase of John Travolta's career that everyone refers to that his role in Pulp Fiction saved, but wait, this came two years after the Tarrantino classic? What was Travolta thinking? Maybe he realized that he gets more credit for the good roles he chooses by blinding everyone with the bad ones. PS, this movie sucks. I mean, Andie MacDowell + William Hurt = zero chemistry.

Words could not describe how bad this movie is...or at least why it was longer than an episode of Law & Order. Seriously, the last hour of the movie features a surprisingly sexy Jamie Lee Curtis being played by Ron Silver in a twisted game of cat and mouse. Ron Silver plays a great character, but the movie fails to support him.

Why does DMX insist that he can act? And why does Hollywood continue to let him believe he can. The acting is so bad and the action looks like it was made from the budget of a 1990s "made-for-tv" movie. Hey DMX, what's your name? Try bad actor.

There isn't much speculation here why this film has been nominated for so many Oscars this year. Truly one of the best gangster films I have seen delivered by the master, Martin Scorsese. A power packed cast provided all drama that made this an instant classic. From Jack Nicholson to Leonardo DiCaprio, from Mark Wahlberg to Matt Damon, the characters truly captured the essence of a Scorsese film.

Out of respect to this spoof cult classic, I think I was being a little generous with my star rating...Cheap laughs, combined with a thin plot leave this one far from the stature of a Naked Gun, but in the end, it remains a reference in the spoof genre.

Two ways to ruin a successful original...1. add Dustin Hoffman; 2. add Barbara Streisand. Come on, Babs? I honestly couldn't get passed them.

A cheap attempt to use Quentin Tarantino's script equivalent to Pulp Fiction, in a more dramatic setting. By the times the paths finally crossed, I think I was asleep. It is too bad Magnolia came out the same year as American Beauty, or else it might have had a better following.

Unless you haven't got a soul...how could you not love this film. Who doesn't root for the underdog? Some serious star power at the beginning of their careers made this film very enjoyable.