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After the President’s daughter is kidnapped from Lowell House, shadowy super Secret Agent Scott (Val Kilmer) is assigned to track her down using whatever means necessary, in writer-director David Mamet’s newest film. Although the dialogue often bounces with Mamet’s rat-a-tat flair, this movie’s deep flaws destroy the elegantly crafted political thriller that might have been. Cheap budgets, mind-numbing incoherence and nonsensical plotting overshadow the few genuine surprises and admirable political idealism to leave only a square-jawed action movie for pseudo-intellectuals that never...
After the president’s daughter is kidnapped from Lowell House, shadowy super Secret Agent Scott (Val Kilmer) is assigned to track her down using whatever means necessary, in writer-director David Mamet’s newest film. Although the dialogue often bounces with Mamet’s rat-a-tat flair, this movie’s deep flaws destroy the elgently crafter political thriller that might have been. Cheap budgets, mind-numbing incoherence and incoherent plotting overshadow the few genuine surprises and admirable political idealism to leave only a square-jawed action movie for pseudo-intellectuals that doesn?...
...Scott (Val Kilmer), the Marine’s finest agent is assigned to the case. How do we know he’s the Secret Service’s finest agent? We know because his clenched jaw and impressive ability to appear wherever he is needed combine to give him an aura of determination and finest-agent brilliance...
This potency is partly drawn from life. Elliot's handyman father, like the title character of Uncle, ran a series of hardware stores around Melbourne; his mother bears an uncanny resemblance to Harvie's wife - also a knitter - called Val. (For the record, brother Luke didn't succumb to asthma like his screen counterpart in Brother; he acts in the prize-winning short Roy Hollsdotter Live, which is released with Harvie Krumpet in Australian theaters this week; the latter screens on sbs-tv March 8.) And as for Harvie's existential angst, it's all about Adam. "I've struggled...
With the ski season off to a wonderfully snowy start, European resorts like Meribel, St. Moritz and Val d'Is?re are already full to bursting. But if you're ready for some real off-the-beaten-piste action this year, consider our crop of less predictable ski destinations...