Year: 2010 Director: Gareth Edwards Cast: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able Overview: Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures...
A jaded US journalist (McNairy) begrudgingly agrees to find his boss' daughter, a shaken American tourist (Able) and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.
Watched: 16th Apr. 2011 My Thoughts: A disappointing bore-fest. I guess I should have read more reviews before purchasing as I expected more science-fiction rather than just a couple rambling.
Hollywood Legends: Henry Fonda Dana Andrews Anthony Quinn
Overview Based on Walter Van Tilburg Clark's best-selling novel, The Ox-Bow Incident is a riveting drama about frontier justice - and injustice - which received a Best Picture Oscar® nomination in 1943.
Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Henry Morgan) ride into a town frustrated by the prevalence of cattle rustlers. Suddenly, word comes that a popular rancher has been murdered, which puts the already enraged town over the edge. When the spiteful mayor forms a posse, Gil and Croft are swept up in their mission - to seek vengeance - even upon those innocent of any wrong-doing.
As it becomes clear that blood-lust may win out over rationality, the tension mounts in this "masterpiece" (TIM DIRKS' THE GREATEST FILMS) with its timeless message about the dangers of mob mentality.
My thoughts Wow – over already?!? This was a very short movie. Looking now I see it’s only 75 minutes long. I knew the story was moving along quick, I just had no idea it was almost over. Henry Fonda and his partner Col. Sherman Potter (AKA Harry/Henry Morgan) somehow get sucked into being part of a lynch mob. I’m still not sure how they became part of the group, as compared to riding off or just staying in town. I thought it was to make sure justice would rule, but apparently not. They weren’t even one of the 1st of the seven to object to how things were being handled. There was no real reason for them to be there that I can see.
As it turns out the men were innocent (duh). Having not seen the movie not realizing it was just about over I was a bit excited about what would be next. I expected all of the men involved would go through some turmoil and the rest of the story would focus on that. I envisioned some finger pointing with everyone trying to blame the other guy to ease their own conscience. Maybe a bar-room brawl or even a shout out as tempers flared as one by one the characters were being eaten up inside by guilt. I was disappointed to get none of that. The story just kinda ended. They did have the group all standing at the bar in one scene, showing remorse, but that’s about it. To me they only told half the story here and should have either made the 1st part longer, with more focus on the actions before hand or have more story after they returned to town as I said above.
Henry Fonda was good, but he really didn’t have much of a part (although nobody did). His role could have been played by anyone I believe. Dana Andrews played his part well, probably the best in the movie. It’s unfortunate the story has him just giving up. If it were me with a young family and about to be hung for something I didn’t do I wouldn’t go quite as gracefully that’s for sure.
This is a movie with too many bits that aren’t needed. Something about Henry Fonda and some woman having a past. Henry gets threatened by the woman’s husband, then that’s it. Story arc over. And what’s with Anthony Quinn’s character. They seem to show him as having something to hide, yet they never show what that was (if there was anything to begin with). Again, leave it out or give us the whole story.
If you haven’t figured out this wasn’t the best movie I’ve watched in this marathon. It’s considered a classic so I guess it’s one of those any movie buff should watch, but don’t expect much at all. It’s a shame too since they really could have expanded on how easy it is to get caught up in the mob mentality and how to deal with the consequences of the mobs actions.
My rating: (Pretty harsh I know but it is what it is.) I will not be watching this movie again anytime soon (if ever).
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(Pretty harsh I know but it is what it is.) I will not be watching this movie again anytime soon (if ever).
