Black Sheep was fun, but not that classic, imo. It simply tried too hard to be Braindead part 2. In better , more original hands it could've turned out great.
Just came back from
The Town, but it's been already reviewed 2 pages back I think and I don't have much to add: Basically a gritty streetlevel version of Heat, which is a good thing (although they didn't have to copy the music as well
). Solid turn from Ben Affleck, both in front of and behind the camera. Nice to see him bouncing back this way. Great supporting cast as well. Maybe give Gone Baby Gone another spin tonight, and make this Affleck Day official.
The LosersThis comic adaptation tells the story of a group of spec ops soldiers/mercs, led by Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Weeds, Watchmen, Supernatural), who get screwed over by their boss. They get left for dead and need to get back to the states so they can get the guy who's responsible. The A-Team and Expendables kind of stole its thunder, but I actually liked this one more than the other two. Because it's more of a low profile movie, with lesser known actors, it missed that "see what we did here?" aspect which made the story and characters a bit easier to get into.
The story itself is nothing you haven't seen before, but somehow - for me at least - it all clicked. The cast is great (besides The Comedian the team consists of Idris Elba (The Wire, The Office US) and Star Trek's Zoë Saldana (hubba F-ing hubba) among others) and they all have a certain chemistry that makes sure the humor works. The directing is solid, but nothing special. You get the drill, a lot of slo-mo and jump-cutting and such.
It won't blow your mind, but it's just good, manly fun, with a nice techy feel to it. And a movie that has a Mig 21 in it's intro sequence has my vote. Together with RED definitely one of my favorites this year, in the action comedy department of course.