I have a growing appriciation for Ridley Scott's films, but a declining appriciation for brother Tony's. Top gun was cool, it was fun. But really his films have been on their way down since that endevour. Beat the devil is horrible. It's like ADD on Crack. Gary Oldman is just annoying, and plain bad. James Brown . . . well, godfather of soul or not, he signed up for an unfortunate production. The use of subtitles is really great. I know Tony's not a performance guy, but come on, at least make the actors speak clearly. The whole thing is very silly, very stupid, and very bad. The visuals did nothing to enhance what story there was. Clive Owen is cool. If you want to see a good BMW film, watch the one by the guy who made Amorres Perros -- Be honest, you can't spell/pronounce his name either. Ang Lee's was good, Woo's was okay, Ritchie's was nice, Scotts was terrible. Don't see it.
Review of Beat the Devil
