Basic (2003)

Movie Reviews (Part 1201-1250) (50 movies items)

" Action director John McTiernan joins the forces of old "Pulp Fiction" buddies John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson for a military thriller and adds Danish hottie Connie Nielsen for the ride. To be honest the film feels like a rejected sequel to "The General's Daughter". Ending that tries to be surprising but fizzles out to nothing because the story has been full of deception and false starts up to that point. Not a high point in anyone's career this one. "

The Evolution of Taye Diggs! (37 person items)

"Character: Pike"

An average movie

“More than 10 years ago, John McTiernan released this movie which would be, so far, his last directing effort. Indeed, in the following years, he had some major issue with the Justice system since roughly 2007 and in 2013, he was sentenced to federal prison to serve a one-year term for lying to FBI agents. Anyway, I hope for him that he will have eventually the opportunity to direct something else since his last movie was rather disappointing. I mean, sure, if you would compare it to the really dreadful 'Rollberball', it was actually not bad but, still, the whole thing was just a rather  generic and average thriller. The mood was decent, the cast was actually pretty good (indeed, it was the first time that John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson were working together since 'Pulp Fiction' which” read more