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Shoot on Sight, a review by GSyren

Title	Shoot on Sight (Aka: Attentat: London) (7-340066-930136)
Director	Jag Mundhra
Actors	Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Brian Cox, Stephen Greif, Om Puri
Produced	2007 in United Kingdom
Runtime	110 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS 5.1
Subtitles	Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish
Overview	A fictional political thriller based on the London terrorist bombings of 7/7 and the subsequent police order to 'Shoot on Sight', the film unfolds the turmoil of the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Lahore and married to an English woman, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a suspected Muslim terrorist in the London Underground. Distrusted not only by his superiors in the police but also by his fellow Muslims, he finds his inquiry hampered from all sides. When evidence surfaces pointing to the slain man's innocence, as well as the existence of a terrorist cell operating in his own back yard, Tariq must face the realization that, sometimes, the right decision is the hardest one to make.
My thoughts	This is a film about racism and terrorism. The fact that it is a low budget film is actually a plus, because it keeps things realistic. It may seem a bit like a TV drama, but again not a problem in my opinion. Some great acting helps a lot. Naseeruddin Shah is really good as Tariq Ali. Brian Cox is almost always good, and this is no exception. Over all the film shows a very balanced view of the problems. Sure the muslim extremists come across as scary, but then again pretty much all extremism is scary.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on February 26th, 2014)

Heartburn, a review by KinkyCyborg

Heartburn



Title:Heartburn
Year: 1986
Director: Mike Nichols
Rating: R
Length: 109 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Meryl Streep
Jack Nicholson
Jeff Daniels
Maureen Stapleton
Stockard Channing

Plot:
Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson are wonderful together in this wickedly funny look at modern romance based on Nora Ephron's acerbic best-selling novel and directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Postcards From The Edge).

Streep plays Rachel, a successful food writer who puts love and motherhood ahead of her career. Nicholson plays Mark, a woman-chasing newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. She lives in New York. He lives in Washington D.C. And if all those complications won't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will!

Extras:
Scene Access
Closed Captioned


This movie was a complete snooze fest through the first hour and only picked up slightly in the second half with some mildly humorous scenes that garnered a few smirks from me.

Meryl Streep had a few clever moments but mostly her character was a pathetic scatterbrain. And Jack Nicholson playing a womanizer?!?! No way!!  Early role for Kevin Spacey as a thief.

I was expecting much more from leads the caliber of Streep and Nicholson but this was quite ho-hum.

KC

Rating:



(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on November 23rd, 2010)

[Rerun Marathon] Police Squad!, a review by Tom

6/10

My favorite line: "Sorry to bother you at a time like this. We would have come earlier but your husband wasn't dead then." 

And there is the now classic: "Cigeratte?" - "Yes, I know"

The "Twice"-"Once" scene was also quite funny 

Ed: "Sergeant, take her away and book her!"
Frank: "Sergeant Takheraway." <shakes hand> "Sergeant Booker" <shakes hand>

(From [Rerun Marathon] Police Squad! on October 11th, 2007)