Skeet-2 Reviews

Cinderella Man (2005)

A very good film on many different levels

[8/10 · 26 June 2005]

Cinderella Man is an excellent historical/period piece but much more. This movie can be enjoyed on many different levels - as a great boxing film, a great film about a loving family man, and a great period piece about the depression.

There were good performances all around - Russell Crowe as the soft spoken James J Braddock, Rene Zellweger as his loving wife and especially Paul Giamatti as Braddock's promoter/manager.

Although the outcome may be know to many who have followed boxing, Ron Howard does a fine job of building up the tension of a classic battle between a true underdog and a bullying champion.

Hoosiers (1986)

Gene Hackman saves the day!

[2/10 · 18 September 2002]

A poor basketball movie. A gruff coach with a dubious background comes to a small Indiana high school basketball team in the 1950's and coaches the boys to victory by "breaking them down first, and then building them up."

Not a bad subject. Photography OK. But the plot is totally predictable. No real sub-plots. Nothing added to make the movie exciting. You know what is going to happen from the very beginning. Suitable for 4th Graders.

Desperate Measures (1998)

A detective convinces a criminal to donate bone marrow to his dying son.

[1/10 · 24 February 2002]

This movie is absurd. Absolutely terrible. Michael Keaton and Andy Garcia must really have needed the work to do this movie. The plot is totally not believable! Michael Keaton agrees to donate bone marrow to the dying son of a detective, but then escapes. He manages to elude the police throughout the hospital - not believable that he would have so much knowledge of the hospital. He takes an extremely convoluted route to get out of the hospital, blowing up the power generators and a pedestrial bridge (why?). And to top that Andy Garcia (father of the dying boy) and a doctor help the criminal so as to get the bone marrow. The plot is such baloney! Maybe the worse movie I have ever see.