I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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Movie Reviews of I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Movie Review: Did I miss something?
Summary: 2 Stars
Watching Clive Owen in Croupier and Arthur, I looked forward to viewing this movie even though I knew it was a bad sign that I had not heard of it. Ebert's and Roeper's "two thumbs way up" also sold me on renting it, but I wonder if we saw the same film. Boy, what an incomplete storyline!
At the conclusion, I immediately went to see if there was a director's commentary to discuss what happened. My main complaint is the lack of explanation why Boad (Malcolm McDowell) committed such a heinous act. The reveal never came, nor did the desired backstory delving into what drove Will into isolation.
On the plus side, I enjoyed the British dialogue and the setting. We are indeed two nations separated by a common language. This however is not enough to recommend this film.
Here's hoping that Clive Owen will finally get a role that lets him use more of his facial muscles and a script that doesn't need an accompanying Cliff Notes to understand the plot.
Movie Review: Good Writing Is the Best Revenge
Summary: 2 Stars
If the tacky title doesn't put you off this British thriller, the absence of any real thrills certainly will. In spite of "Hamlet" and other narratives you might name, revenge is never a noble motive. Yet this movie invites us to root for Clive Owen to take down the villain "responsible" for the suicide of his young drug-dealing brother (who is truly to blame is subject to conjecture). The pretentious script takes forever coming to a conclusion.
The real mystery here is why such dependable actors, Clive Owen and the utterly wasted Charlotte Rampling among them, signed on to such a cold-blooded exercise. The movie looks good, perhaps because we spend more time looking at the screen than concentrating on what is happening. To help in this respect, you will want to click on the English subtitles; everyone in it is as soft-spoken as the movie itself is hard-hearted.
Movie Review: Owen keeps this sleeper from going down in the garbage
Summary: 2 Stars
Clive Owen (Croupier, Closer, King Arthur) stars as William Graham, a former gangster, who returns to his friends, family and loved ones after 3 years absence. Owen also returns because his brother Davey Graham, played by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (Elvis, Alexander, The Maker), took his own life. Owen finds out that his brother was raped and he bled internally so that's why he killed himself. Owen, then sets out to avenge his brothers death. Clive Owen is always good in anything he is. If the movie is crappy, he's the only good thing in it. This movie is a sleeper which is really disappointing, I had high hopes for this one and the end kind of left me wanting more. It was a distasteful ending. Also starring Charlotte Rampling (Angel Heart, Swimming Pool) and Malclom McDowell (A Clock Work Orange, Pact With The Devil). McDowell is wasted in another short role.Movie Review: It had potential, but fell far short of it.
Summary: 2 Stars
I had high hopes for this film, but came away from the ending credits feeling unsatisfied. At times the pace was very slow and the momentum of the movie was lost in scenes that failed to propel the story forward. For a gangster film, there was very little violence or action. The journey that the main character goes through helps build the tension of the film towards the anticipated climax. Unfortunately, what we end up seeing falls short. Instead, I was left feeling confused and denied a sense of completion. The story was not told fully. It was like a whole chapter of the book was torn out and we are left with having to make up the ending ourselves.Movie Review: Snoozer
Summary: 2 Stars
Kept hoping/waiting for something to actually happen in this movie, and really, never did. If you feel like wasting some time on a boring movie, with really zero payoff at the end, this is the movie for you.