Did It Suck Review: 4.5 Stars     Time: 2hr 3min‎     Rated: 14-A‎‎

“This town (to-wn) is coming like a ghost town”, The Specials, 1981

Plot: The Town is a 2010 thriller starring Ben Affleck (who also Directed), Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner.  It is set in Charlestown, a suburb of Boston, MA, from whence we are told most of America’s bank and armoured car robbers hail.  The movie tells the story of Doug MacRay (Affleck) and his gang as they struggle through the murky underside of inner city life by robbing banks and holding up armoured cars.  Following a raid that doesn’t go quite to plan Doug follows Claire Keesey (Hall) who the gang had taken as a hostage, but released, to make sure she won’t be able to identify them.  They soon become lovers which makes things even more interesting with the FBI getting closer.

Did It Suck? With most movies I know what I am getting into, but this one was different; I knew the basic premise but nothing more.  I have to admit at 2h 5m long I was also getting worried before it started in case it really sucked, but I needn’t have worried.  Instead of being a full on cops-and-robbers action movie there is a lot of depth to the two main robbers and it gives an insight into their lives and what lead them to be in the positions they are in.  We see the loyalty and bonds that close friendship through hard times can forge, and how the possibility of a new and better life can start to break those links.  It makes it clear how the actions we choose, cumulatively, affect not just ourselves but those around us.  At the climax we are shown how even a ‘gentleman’ robber will become a violent psychopath if pushed too far.

If you’ve seen the movie Heat (1995) then you will almost certainly draw parallels between the two movies, although they are not identical, and if you liked Heat I am pretty sure you will like The Town also.  As to whether it is worth a ticket, I find myself, for the first time, on the fence.  I have no regrets at all about paying to see it, and it is a very good movie that was much better than I expected, but, the premise of this site is to let you know if the movie is worth seeing on the big screen.  I have to say that even though it is a great movie there is nothing you’ll miss by watching it on TV, so this gets a Wait for the DVD, but, with the comment that this was not an easy decision.

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- Andy Hughes

Did It Suck Review: 3.5 Stars     Time: 1hr 45min‎‎     Rated: 14-A‎‎

- Richard Urysz

Review:     4 Stars     Rated PG

Putting Salt onto a wound really makes things…explode!

- Andy Hughes

Review:     3.5 Stars     Rated:  14-A

If you have no one left and nothing to loose, and if your Harry Brown, it doesn’t mater how old you are, you can still bring the storm.

Plot: Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante crime thriller film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O’Connell, and Liam Cunningham
The story follows Harry Brown, a widowed Northern Ireland veteran living on an Elephant and Castle housing estate that is rapidly descending into youth crime. Harry takes up violent methods to curb crime after a friend is murdered.

Did It Suck? This is one of those movies that has had only a little publicity and most people will know very little about it.  Harry Brown is an impressive movie that digs deep into a lonely mans soul.  A terrific performance by Caine and well directed.  The movie is slow paced but always keeps you interested as to what is going on.  The violence in this film hits the realism side of  movie making and done for a reason.  I felt I got my money’s worth however the big screen brings nothing to the movie and could be watched at home without loosing any effect.  Most people will want to Wait For The DVD.  Michael Caine fans will undoubtedly want to see this on the big screen.

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- Dan Kersey

Review:     3.5 Stars     Rated:     R

Good cops, bad cops, undercover cops, rookie cops, and dead cops.  Director Antoine Fuqua shoots his way through the dark side of police work in Brooklyn’s Finest.  Starring: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes (who, BTW,  is back after a 5 year break).

Plot: Three New York police officers take us into their lives as we see them struggle against the streets of Brooklyn.  Eddie (Gere) has seven days left until he retires; life and 22 years on the job has already killed him.  Tango (Cheadle) is an undercover cop who wants his life back because he’s forgetting who the enemy is.  Sal (Hawke) is a narcotics officer who needs money and is desperate to support his three kids and sick pregnant wife.  He risks his job and life trying to pocket drug money after police raids.

Did It Suck? As expected this was a slow character driven movie.  In saying that, all the actors played their parts incredibly well and this made it easy to connect with each of the different characters.  The story line was a little loose, there wasn’t much of one until the end of  the movie where all three cops end up in the same location.  Not the best cop movie but over all it was a half decent film.  Final verdict …. Not worth spending full price at the theater, Wait For The DVD.

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- Dan Kersey

Review:     3.5 Stars     Rated:     14-A

Boom, Pow, Wack, pew-pew-pew, look-out below, Bang-splat.  These are some good words to look for while watching this action packed movie.  Director Pierre_Morel, (Taken, 2008), puts us on a fast moving ride inside the jobs of special agents, there here to save the world by stopping the bad guys.

Plot: Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has a job with government intelligence but feels he isn’t working to his potential.  Then one day;  Reece’s hard work finally pays off as he gets a new assignment and is partnered up with Charlie Wax (John Travolta).   Wax is much more then Reece anticipated as he struggles to get a grip on Wax’s methods.

This was a fun action packed movie that never let up.  Everything moved along quickly without any need of explanation to why or how.  Wax had all the right moves, all the right tools and knowhow to get the job done in each situation.  Two things I didn’t like;  the bad guys were stupid and real pushovers and  Jonathan Rhys Meyers‘s acting was a bit cheesy in some scenes.  An easy movie to follow with good action sequences finds Did It Suck ranking it,  Mostly Worth A Ticket.

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-Dan Kersey