After lambasting him for
his disaster of an action film 12 Rounds, I now see that as a director he was hideously robbed of the fame CutThroat Island should have brought him when the box office of its time failed to recognize the greatness inherent in pirate epics.
Not exact matches
The
disaster master seems to be in comfortable territory here with a summer
action film depicting a terrorist infiltration
of the White House.
Between his recent foray into the realm
of action in (the underrated) Nerve and his upcoming performance as Greg Sestero in his brother's upcoming Tommy Wiseau - focused
film, The
Disaster Artist, he may simply have a hard time turning off his knack for high drama and going back to comedy.
Variety reports that «Anonymous» actor Sam Reid is set to make the move from deciphering the truth
of Shakespeare's writing credits in
disaster driven director Roland Emmerich's
film, to an
action - heavy take on John Milton's poem «Paradise Lost.»
The director
of «xXx» and «The Fast and the Furious» will helm the
action thriller, which is part heist movie, part
disaster film.
If these actors can elevate the typical boringness
of a world
disaster action film, maybe this can rise above the rest.
This was also the
film (along with another
disaster, the live -
action Beauty and the Beast remake) that has made me begin to question Emma Watson's acting abilities outside
of Hogwarts, as her officious and exacting mannerisms have not held up to the scrutiny
of time.
From what's been said so far it may sound like Kingsman: The Golden Circle is a
disaster of a follow - up to arguably one
of the best
action films of the decade so far, but it's more a matter
of a rocky first hour that is disoriented in combining the forces
of the spy organizations.
Roland Emmerich, the king
of disaster films makes yet another falling building, explosion filled
action / comedy extravaganza with White House Down.