I didn’t think it was possible to out do the original 1970s movie I Spit on Your Grave. I was wrong.
This 2010 version is the most repulsive and misogynist movie ever made. I fact I don’t know how this movie wasn’t banned in the USA.
The so-called plot is nothing more than excuse for almost 2 hours of rape and revenge. A young woman who is new in town gets cornered and then viciously ganged raped multiple times by a pack of sick young guys. Every form of penetration is depicted, although never quite graphic enough to give this movie an X rating.
No matter though, because what is shown is sickening. After the woman recovers she then sets out to stalk and get revenge on each of the rapists. She certainly does get back at them, but by the time each of these lowlifes get their just desserts, the audience is so numb as to no longer feel much of anything.
Daniel Franzese = Stanley
Chad Lindberg = Matthew
Rodney Eastman = Andy
Sarah Butler = Jennifer
Jeff Branson = Johnny
Saxon Sharbino = Chastity
Amber Dawn Landrum = Gas Station Girl 1
Andrew Howard = Sheriff
Mollie Milligan = Mrs. Storch
Tracey Walter = Earl Woodason
No remake of the Green Hornet could ever equal, let alone surpass, the original 1960 tv version. Why? Because Bruce Lee is still dead. Anyone old enough to have watched that show and know who Bruce Lee was knows that he was the only reason to watch an otherwise ridiculous show.
This version has no Bruce Lee … that is strike one. This version has almost no plot, at least one that I can remember…. that is strike two. Seth Rogan playing Britt Reid (the green hornet) as a foul mouthed, border line racist was utterly disgusting…. strike three. This was a movie intended for children?
This must have been a parady of The Green Hornet because it certainly wasn’t a homage. It is impossible to tell if this is supposed to be a comedy or action film. No matter, it is terrible at being either.
Seth Rogen = The Green Hornet (Britt Reid)
Jay Chou = Kato
Cameron Diaz = Lenore Case
Tom Wilkinson = James Reid
Christoph Waltz = Chudnofsky
David Harbour = Scanlon
Edward James Olmos = Axford
Jamie Harris = Popeye
Chad Coleman = Chili
Edward Furlong = Tupper
Jill Remez = Daily Sentinel Reporter
Joe O’Connor = Daily Sentinel Reporter
Morgan Rusler = Daily Sentinel Reporter
Joshua Erenberg = Young Britt (as Joshua Chandler Erenberg)
Analeigh Tipton = Ana Lee
Taylor Cole = Limo Girl
Robert Clotworthy = Politician
Jamison Yang = City Hall Reporter
Michael Holden = Funeral Businessman
Irene White = Maid
Gary Davis = Police Officer
Billy Mayo = Police Officer
Brandon Rudat = TV Anchor
Beverly Brooks = TV Anchor
Lu Parker = TV Anchor
Diane Mizota = TV Reporter (Reid Estate)
Theodore Bressman = Daniel Vertlieb / Dead Reporter
Dave Rickley = Archive Reporter
Dina Mamedova = Russian Aftermath Reporter
Tanner Gill = SWAT Leader
George Fisher = Chauffeur
Daniel Arrias = Drug Dealer
Eddie Perez = Drug Dealer
Bryan Thompson = Crackhead
Reuben Langdon = Crackhead
Amir Abdalla = Armenian Gang Boss
Alexandra Lord = Pool Girl
Christy Petersen = Pool Girl
Frederick C. Ruiz = Club Bouncer
Keith Adams = Chudnofsky’s Gang
Dennis Keiffer = Chudnofsky’s Gang
Travon Magee = Chudnofsky’s Gang
David Powledge = Chudnofsky’s Gang (as Dave Powledge)
Jerry Trimble = Chudnofsky’s Gang
Zoli Dora = Printing Press Gang
Les Mumphrey = Hipster
Austin Michael Coleman = Playground Bully (uncredited)
Maximilian Law = Thug (uncredited)
Taking a break from all of those Disney movies, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays Driver, an inmate just released from the prison after serving a 10 year sentence for bank robbery. In his hand as he leaves jail is a list of all the people he intends to kill. How is that for an opening!
Driver and his brother were members of a gang involved in a botched bank robbery 10 years ago. During that robbery gone bad his brother was killed and Driver nearly so. After recovering from his injuries he was sent to prison. While incarcerated he discovered that his team was setup, and that was the reason his brother lost his life. Now Driver is on a single-minded mission to find each of the responsible people on his list and kill them.
As Driver hunts his targets, he himself is hunted by two police officers (Billy Bob Thornton and Carla Gugino) who become aware of his plan and attempt to stop him. Also on Driver’s tail is an anonymous hit man (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) who is thrilled that he finally has a worthy opponent to track.
Faster has all of the action and thrills expected from a top notch revenge flick, and The Rock kills his targets in the most spectacular ways. All that is left to find out is if he can kill everyone on his list before all the “hunters” finally meet for the final unforgettable shootout.
Dwayne Johnson = Driver
Billy Bob Thornton = Cop
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje = Evangelist
Xander Berkeley = Sergeant Mallory
Courtney Gains = Telemarketer
Mike Epps = Grone
Oliver Jackson-Cohen = Killer
Jonna Walsh = Teen Girl
Lester Speight = Baphomet
Michael Irby = Dealer
J.A. Steel = Churchgoer
Menyone DeVeaux = Stripper
Matt Gerald = Drivers’ Brother / Gary
Annie Corley = Mother
Micaela Johnson = Cocktail Waitress
Julia Pace Mitchell = Strip club Cashier
Marisa Saks = Krystal
Jeffrey Daniel Phillips = Desert Skunk
Josh Clark = Uniform Cop
Ski Carr = Big Lou
David Dustin Kenyon = Phillip- Bakersfield Townie
Marisa DeVonish = Stripper
Aedin Mincks = Tommy
Jenifer Cononico = Dr. Green
Craig Seitz = Strip Club Patron
Stephanie Nash = Reporter
David Rickabaugh = Churchgoer
Buzz Belmondo = Preacher
John Cirigliano = Old Guy
Skip Crank = Strip Club Bartender
Japheth Gordon = Evangelist Radio Tech
Claudia Llamas Rankel = Church Goer
Bill Viney = Detective 1
Clint J. Palmer = Ranch House Husband
Gerry Carbajal = Detective
Seth Burben = ER Doctor
Joseph Booton = Evangelist (uncredited)
Kimberly Forchetti = Football Fan (uncredited)
Brianna Womick = Exotic Dancer
Man was this fun! Russell Crowe plays John Brennan, an ordinary school teacher whose life is turned upside down when his wife is falsely accused, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder that she did not commit.
Russell Crowe is fantastic as the husband who goes from disbelief to fear to despair to outrage as his wife goes through the criminal court system after being wrongly accused of murder. When the process is over and his wife begins serving her life sentance, he has two choices … move on with his and his son’s life or break her the hell out of prison. He decides to spring her. And he doesn’t care who gets hurt.
We watch as Brennan, who supposedly had no previous knowledge of prison escape, slowly plans, selects and assembles everything he needs for the escape plot. Now the movie shows this process very cleverly in that we see all the individual parts, but we are kept in the dark as to how they will all fit together when the actual escape is executed.
When the long escape is finally executed, all the parts come together and the audience is blown away by the plan … or at least I and the people I was with were blown away. The escape actually makes sense. The only downside is that a major part of the plan is that everything must work flawlessly, which I don’t think would really happen in real life.
No matter, this movie is smart and very entertaining.
Russell Crowe = John Brennan
Elizabeth Banks = Lara Brennan
Liam Neeson = Damon Pennington
Brian Dennehy = George Brennan
Moran Atias = Erit
Lennie James = Lt. Nabulsi
Allan Steele = Sgt. Harris
Ty Simpkins = Luke
Jason Beghe = Detective Quinn
Aisha Hinds = Detective Collero
Kathy Fitzgerald (II) = Paula
Olivia Wilde = Nicole
Jonathan Tucker = David
Helen Carey = Grace Brennan
Kevin Corrigan = Alex
Tyrone Giordano = Mike
Michael Buie = Mick Brennan
Toby Green = Three Year Old Luke
Veronica Brown = Female Guard #1
Alissa Haggis = Junkie
James Donis = Prison Major
Rachel Deacon = Duty Nurse
Glenn Taranto = Hospital Security Guard
Derek Cecil = Dr Becsey
Kaitlyn Wylde = Julie
Zachary Sondrini = Photoshop Kid
Lauren Haggis = Lyla
James Ransone = Harv
Etta Cox = Notary
Barry Bradford = Jail Guard (Entry Hall)
Rick Warner = County Jail Captain
James Francis Kelly III = Lab Van Driver
Denise Dal Vera = Eugenie
Nazanin Boniadi = Elaine
Lisa Ann Goldsmith = Female Guard #2
Jeff Hochendoner = Alex’s Thug Buddy
Quantia Mali = Phone Operator
Trudie Styler = Dr Byrdie Lifson
David Flick = Male Nurse
Fabio Polanco = Phone Repairman
Sean Huze = Prison Guard
Jonathan Berry = Prison Guard
Brenna McDonough = Brenda
Tom Quinn = Elderly Man
Melissa Jackson = Air Canada Clerk
Patrick F. McDade = Airport Security Chief
Daniel Stern = Meyer Fisk
Olivia Wilde = Nicole
This is the movie where Jigsaw lays it all out. Killing everything that moves, he is out for revenge in this final chapter of the phenomenally successful Saw franchise.
An author has become a worldwide sensation due to his book about being captured and tortured, but then ultimately escaping from the notorious serial killer Jigsaw. Now in the middle of a successful book tour, he is making money hand over fist. Just one problem …. the story isn’t true. It is all made up just to cash in on the terror and fear generated by the Jigsaw killings.
Unfortunately for this author, Jigsaw has become aware of him and is about to make him wish he were never born.
In a parallel story, Jigsaw is pissed that Jill (from the previous movie) tried to kill him. When she saw that she failed she immediately ran to the police for protection. Now Jigsaw is waging a one man war against the police department that is shielding her. If they don’t give her up he will continue to leave his death traps all over the city.
The body count is up, the traps are more ingenious and complex then ever, and no one seems to be able to stop Jigsaw. This was one terrifying movie!
Tobin Bell = Jigsaw/John
Costas Mandylor = Hoffman
Betsy Russell = Jill
Cary Elwes = Dr. Gordon
Sean Patrick Flanery = Bobby
Chad E. Donella = Gibson
Gina Holden = Joyce
Lawrence Anthony = Rogers
Dean Armstrong = Cale
Naomi Snieckus = Nina
Rebecca Marshall = Suzanne
James Van Patten = Dr. Heffner
Sebastian Pigott = Brad
Jon Cor = Ryan
Anne Greene = Dina
Chester Bennington = Evan
Dru Viergever = Dan
Gabby West = Kara
Benjamin Clost = Jake
Kevin McGarry = Charlie
Kim Schraner = Palmer
Olunike Adeliyi = Sidney
Ish Morris = Alex
Carlos Diaz = Coroner Worker
Elizabeth Rowin = Sara
Christine Simpson = Donna Evans
Jacintha Wesselingh = Newscaster #1
Claudia DiFolco = Newscaster #2
Kimberley D’Eon = Newscaster #3
Rachel Wilson = Mother
Alli Chung = Business Wman
Desmond Campbell = Business Man
Billy Oliver = Police Officer #1
Lisse Keeling = Police Officer #2
Tanedra Howard = Simone
Shauna MacDonald = Tara
Joanna Douglas = Joan
Janelle Hutchison = Addy
Greg Bryk = Mallick
Larissa Gomes = Emily
Kevin Rushton = Trevor
Jagger Gordon = Survivor Group Member #1
Kyle Cicerella = Survivor Group Member #2
Simone Steene = Survivor Group Member #3
Simon Northwood = Lead SWAT Officer
Regan Moore = SWAT Officer
Danny Lima = SWAT Officer
Patrick Mark = SWAT Officer
Wayne Downer = SWAT Officer
Brian Thomas = SWAT Officer
Christopher McGuire = SWAT Officer
Don Gough = Limo Driver
