I can't believe I've watched 2 Clint Eastwood movies in the last couple of months. Normally, I don't consider myself a big Clint Eastwood fan. The squinty eyes - the gruff voice...never was a Dirty Harry-type of gal. But, I liked Gran Torino - so I thought I would give this one a try.
This one wasn't bad...a little predictable. By about 1/3 to 1/2 the way through - I had figured out "whodunit". Eastwood plays a retired FBI director named Terry McCaleb who is forced into retirement after suffering a massive heart attack while chasing down a serial killer. He ends up needing a heart transplant. He is hired by Graciela Rivers (Wanda de Jesus) to find the murderer of her sister, who, coincidentally, is the donor of his heart. He soon discovers that the serial killer he was hunting before his surgery is behind the new murders.
If you're a Clint Eastwood fan, you'd probably like it. I didn't "hate" it - but I probably won't rush to watch it again.
Ok, this movie was a little weird. Apparently, it is quite the cult-classic - but I didn't really see what all the fuss was about. The language was pretty bad. A lot of useless cursing. The kids would cuss in front of the parents and they wouldn't say anything - and sometimes laughed. That was annoying.
Jake Gyllenhaal played Donnie Darko, a teen struggling with sleep-walking and visions of a 6-foot tall, doomsday prophesizing bunny. The bunny steers Donnie through his sleep-walking to commit crimes like vandalizing the school and burning down a house.
The movie has quite the all-star cast with Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze and Mary MacDonnell. But, even with all of that talent, it was still a weird movie. Again, nothing that I will be clamoring to watch again.
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