Good Day for It

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Julian W @RT06653822 08/29/2024 Ignore the nay sayers, the numbers, and the negative Nellies listed above: this is a great film! There is some HUGE acting experience here and all on board seemed to be working to outdo each other in commitment to their roles. Sure, it's no martial arts beat-em-up action thriller, but it IS quite Tarantino-esque in its gradual ramping up of tension as a complex situation involving well portrayed characters becomes ever more complex towards a inescapable violent end. It's hard to say anything more without giving away too much, except to say let yourself get beyond the introduction scene or two... or three. Don't rush to judgement! Stick with it. It's worth it. See more ronald h @RT44372985 06/26/2022 As a lover of small indie films, I hesitate to be too critical. But this one is so bland, so badly scripted, and so badly acted, I can't help myself. Luke Cain (Robert Patrick) abandoned his wife and daughter 15 years ago, for reasons unexplained. Now, he has returned to reunite with them. Needless to say, they're not thrilled, although the daughter (Mika Boorem) loosens up after he meets her in a country café and talks to her. Meanwhile, a bad guy from whom Cain stole money (Lance Henriksen) hears that Cain is in town, and he shows up at the café with three of his goons. A showdown is inevitable. The café owner is a total stereotype: an older, kindhearted lady who's always offering everybody pie and coffee. Her octogenarian cook is another stereotype. The two are played respectively by Kathy Baker and Hal Holbrook, two greatly accomplished actors. Why they are involved in this dreck is beyond me. Their lines are so bad, you can practically feel their embarrassment. The next stereotype is the local cop (Joe Flanigan), who's a bit slow, to say the least. Even the period of the film is unclear: The daughter tracks down her father using a laptop computer, but it seems like everyone is driving 1970's cars, and the mom uses a pay phone. The dull, grainy looking cinematography looks like something from the 70's, too. There's lots of painfully bad exposition, told with clumsy dialogue, as we learn Cain's backstory. The final showdown in the café, which is the single thing in the film that may keep viewers watching, is badly paced and awkwardly filmed. And the denouement is implausible on about half a dozen different levels. Recommended viewing for film students, as an example of what not to do. See more 02/13/2013 Cheezy but the story was more consistent than alota movies. See more 11/21/2012 Nothing in this movie except........ a dinner with "cheese burgers" ahahhahahaha See more 02/12/2012 Horrible. Poor acting and uninteresting dialog for an hour and a half all just for a crappy fight scene at the end. See more 01/31/2012 Suspensful,but rather draggy at times THe crooks are acceptable, but the deputy is not sure how to play his role. probably thanks to bad directing. See more Read all reviews

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