Not exact matches
Well, the inspiration
came from American Ultra, a
film about a pot - smoking slacker (Jesse Eisenberg) who, through a series of bizarre events at the store, is
targeted for termination by the CIA.
Starring veteran actor Stephen Lang (Manhunter, Avatar) as a blind man
targeted by three teenagers for a robbery that goes way, way wrong, Don't Breathe is being hailed as one of the strongest and most suspenseful horror
films to
come around in years.
by Walter Chaw A seminal year for
film, 1968: Once Upon a Time in the West, Rosemary's Baby, Planet of the Apes, Night of the Living Dead, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barbarella, If...,
Targets, Faces, Danger: Diabolik... and, some would say, Mel Brooks's The Producers, a
film back in the limelight thanks to the record - breaking, award - winning Broadway play on which it's based now
coming out as an extraordinarily ill - advised feature
film of its own.
END OF WATCH is yet to be released here in the UK, but THN got to check it out at the London
Film Festival, and apparently it's rather good.The
film comes from TRAINING DAY (2001) writer David Ayer and sees two cops having a really bad day after they are
targeted by a local drug cartel.
The
film's nationwide release, timed for social impact,
comes just as the U.S. Supreme Court takes on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the landmark case that will determine the constitutionality of «TRAP» (
Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws.
One of the
film's many darkly comic moments
comes when Lopez's coveted wife, Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer), cracks that Frank's love of routine makes him an easy
target.
Payne's
film is also more seasoned when it
comes to the wisdom that is relayed throughout the story, and where as «Swingers» was
targeted more towards the younger crowd, «Sideways» is better suited for guys nearing the wrong side of 40.
That's the same number that Krampus is now
targeting, so it should be interesting to see which
film comes out ahead.