This past weekend, most of the cast for CW’s hit series “The Flash” showed up at the big 2017 Comic-Con event in San Diego,California. During their special Q&A panel, they didn’t let us down as they revealed a couple of very interesting spoiler teasers. The main ones that stood out for us is that they have actually casts the roles of The Thinker and The Mechanic villains. It was rumored that The Thinker would be the main big bad. Now, it’s confirmed. The Thinker will be played by The 100 actor Neil Sandilands (left). The Mechanic will be played by actress Kim Engelbrecht (right). The Mechanic is described as being a female companion that will design and devise devices for The Thinker in his battle against Team Flash. They’re set to engage in a battle of mind versus speed! The Thinker’s alter ego is...
- 7/25/2017
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls The Flyer.
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
The Flyers starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls The Flyer.
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
The Flyers starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
- 8/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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