*possible spoilers*
first time I'm writing a review on here, and only because the movie was that bad. [I have yet to see the original (Charade) but will soon, and I highly doubt it is a waste of film like the remake.]
Why was this movie so bad? For one, the acting. Tim Robbins surprising was horrible. He read his lines like he was being forced to make the movie at gunpoint. There was very little character development, Thandie Newton and Mark Wahlberg somehow fell in love with each other in 5 minutes. Despite the fact that Mark Wahlberg constantly lies to her, and she has reason to believe he has bad intentions, she still flirts with him the entire movie.
Another major flaw with the movie was that it was full of actions that made no sense. Imagine an action movie where the unarmed hero passes up every oppurtunity to pick up a gun, 500 times. The protagonist meets people out to get her deceased husband's money any way possible, and is friendly to them halfway through the movie, for no reason. Though she supposedly trusts no one, her actions show her taking everything at face value. She is approached by a man claiming to be from a US agency, only she never checks to see if this is true, even with the french police.
It's also worth mentioning that Robbins was not the only one who gave a poor performance. Wahlberg was extremely bland, and the 3 other people after Regina's money gave lackluster performances, adding very little to the movie.
That all said, what really bugged me about this movie was how pretentious it was. It pretended to be an artsy French movie, only it wasn't. Especially in poor taste were the scenes where performer singing the song in the background would then appear in the movie. Even worse were the actors acknowledging his presence.
In summary, if the plot on the box intrigues you, save yourself the frustration and watch the original, it's on the other side of the DVD.
first time I'm writing a review on here, and only because the movie was that bad. [I have yet to see the original (Charade) but will soon, and I highly doubt it is a waste of film like the remake.]
Why was this movie so bad? For one, the acting. Tim Robbins surprising was horrible. He read his lines like he was being forced to make the movie at gunpoint. There was very little character development, Thandie Newton and Mark Wahlberg somehow fell in love with each other in 5 minutes. Despite the fact that Mark Wahlberg constantly lies to her, and she has reason to believe he has bad intentions, she still flirts with him the entire movie.
Another major flaw with the movie was that it was full of actions that made no sense. Imagine an action movie where the unarmed hero passes up every oppurtunity to pick up a gun, 500 times. The protagonist meets people out to get her deceased husband's money any way possible, and is friendly to them halfway through the movie, for no reason. Though she supposedly trusts no one, her actions show her taking everything at face value. She is approached by a man claiming to be from a US agency, only she never checks to see if this is true, even with the french police.
It's also worth mentioning that Robbins was not the only one who gave a poor performance. Wahlberg was extremely bland, and the 3 other people after Regina's money gave lackluster performances, adding very little to the movie.
That all said, what really bugged me about this movie was how pretentious it was. It pretended to be an artsy French movie, only it wasn't. Especially in poor taste were the scenes where performer singing the song in the background would then appear in the movie. Even worse were the actors acknowledging his presence.
In summary, if the plot on the box intrigues you, save yourself the frustration and watch the original, it's on the other side of the DVD.