Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Movie: Firewall, An Unfinished Life

Firewall, the new Harrison Ford movie.

Think The Fugitive. But nowhere near as good.

Ford is a father in this movie. He's almost 64 years old. And he is playing a father.

Basic plot: some geeks with guns hold Ford's family hostage, while they force him to do an electronic bank heist. A few murders are pinned on him. He runs from the law and tracks down the villians via his dog's GPS collar.

Moral of the story: If you're a bunch of geeks that can't take down a 64yr old banker with automatic weapons, please invest in a couple of goons who can. You're heisting 200million dollars. You can afford a few goons for crying out loud!



Speaking of old actors, I also just watched An Unfinished Life with Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Lopez. Oddly, I didn't recognise J.Lo at all until I checked IMDB...

This is just a simple, ungimmicky movie about a grandfather getting to terms with the death of his son, and connecting with his granddaughter and daughter in law. And Morgan getting to terms with being mauled by a bear.

Not the kind of movie you'll rush to the cinema to watch. Just something that you'll watch and forget on HBO.

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