Sunday, November 28, 2010

Whatever Happened to: The Huxtables


When we last saw them:
In 1992, Theo graduated from NYU and the whole family (sans Denise) all gathered to attend. Unlike most sitcom finales, each individual character didn't embark on a new life. No one picked up and moved and they didn't sell the brownstone. Life just went on. And here's what I think happened in the 18 years since we last saw them.

Dr. Cliff Huxtable:
Cliff retired from practicing and is now living at home with Claire. He spends his time "fixing" the house and trying his best to become the "king of new technology". He's taken up golf and to no one's surprise he's not very good at it. He still mentors young doctors and is a staple on radio call-in for medical segments.

Claire Huxtable:
Claire retired from law, only to return a few months later because she wasn't sure if she could handle being home all the time. A few years after her return to law, she took a job as a law professor at NYU. She also published a best selling book, "Love and Law: How to Prosecute and Parent".

Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux:
Sondra decided to become an Art Buyer before opening up her own Art Gallery in New York City. She returned to college soon after to study Business and then got involved in real estate. She, Elvin, and her kids, Winnie and Nelson, all travel overseas as a family once a year.

Elvin Tibideaux:
Elvin followed in his father-in-laws footsteps and became one of New York's most highly respected OB/GYN's. He opened his own office in upstate New York.

Winnie and Nelson Tibideaux:
Winnie and Nelson are now Seniors at Hillman University, their Great Grandparents, grandparents and Aunt's Alma Mater. Winnie is majoring in Music and Drama, while Nelson intends to continue the tradition of male doctors in the family.

Denise Huxtable Kendall:
Denise lives in Connecticut now with her husband Martin and their 17 year old son Martin Heathcliff Kendall. After years of traveling with Martin and raising Little Martin, Denise finally went to school to study Special education. She now works at a local high school as a teacher.

Lt. Martin Kendall:
After over 20 years of service in the Navy, Martin retired and is now a Navy ROTC instructor at the same high school Denise works in. He also serves as the teams basketball coach where his son Little Martin is the starting point guard.

Olivia Kendall:
Olivia graduated from Lincoln University, the same school Vanessa attended. She studied Drama and dance and graduated in 2008. She moved to New York City where she dances for many off Broadway productions and a theater company. She returns home often to see her parents, but spends alotta time at the Huxtables.

Theo Huxtable:
Theo graduated from NYU in the finale. He continued working for the community center before moving to Virginia to take a job as a high school teacher. He started his own mentoring program where he helped young men with learning disabilities. Theo moved back to New York where he began dating Justine again. They later married and have 3 boys, Theo Jr., Russell, and Al. Theo moved the family to Pennsylvania where he opened and runs his own community outreach center that focuses on helping at-risk teens in Philadelphia.

Vanessa Huxtable:
After graduating from Lincoln University, where she studied Psychology, she got a job in Pennsylvania as a high school counselor. She went back to Lincoln to get her masters and became a Psychiatrist in Illinois. She got married to a musician named Craig and had a baby boy named Craig Jr., who is now 10. The family then moved to Florida where Vanessa was able to open her own office.

Rudy Huxtable:
Rudy attended and graduated from NYU, where she studied Biology. She decided to go back to school to become a Veterinarian. For the last 8 years she has had an on and off relationship with Kenny, her long time next door neighbor who now runs his own night club in downtown Manhattan. She lives with a college friend, but she can usually be found back at the Huxtables.

Pam Tucker:
Pam moved to California with her mother not long after he graduation from High School. After a few years, she attended a local college where she studied Journalism. After graduating, she wrote for a local newspaper. After moving back to New York, she became a freelance writer until she was hired as an assistant editor for a fashion magazine.

Russell and Anna Huxtable:
Cliff's parents sold their home in New Jersey and moved to Florida. They spend most of their time traveling around to country visiting their grandkids and great-grandkids, trying to make every major event they can. They are now in their 90s and just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Movie Review- Gamer



Okay, I know what the makers of "Gamer" were trying to say. I know what they were trying to do. I know where they were trying to go. But i don't feel they said it, did it, or went there. It all just turned into a corny mess. I mean any movie that opens up with a soft rock version of "Sweet Dreams" and with the line "They f*@king tea bagged him", worries me.

It's an interesting concept really. Turning real humans into video game characters and making them battle sounds delightful. And then add Gerard Butler to the mix, you've got something there. But something went wrong between the pitch and the actual film. Ok, maybe more than something...maybe alot of somethings.

Plot:
Death row inmate John Tillman (Gerard Butler) is caught in a gamer software mastermind's virtual reality game, where inmates battle to the death while being controlled by civilians.

Pros:
The movie is filled with a talented cast with impressive resumes, and Butler, Michael C. Hall, Terry Crews, Chris Bridges, and John Leguizamo give pretty good individual performances. The large ensemble of familiar faces also wasn't a bad move either.

I really think cinematography-wise, the filmmakers did a good job duplicating the video game feeling. During the battle scenes, it really felt at times that I was watching my friends play "Call of Duty" online. Those scenes alone made the film watchable.

Cons:
As I said earlier, it was pretty corny. At least most of the first 45 minutes was. Butler seemed as if he was in the wrong movie. The film threw in elements of playfulness that made it seem as if they weren't taking themselves seriously, much like what the filmmakers did with "Crank", but Butler was kicking ass like he was doing battle scenes from "Saving Private Ryan". He gave a depthless character depth, purely based on his acting talent. The same goes for Hall. He was impressive as the mastermind, but it seemed as if his acting was too good for the dialogue.

Leguizamo was not needed, and that kills me to say that because I am a big fan of his. But he wasn't in much of the movie and he was gone before his character was really given anything to do. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WASTE TALENT LIKE THAT?! He was better off doing the "Pest 2" or something. The worse part about it was i really thought his character had potential and was gonna be given a subplot. Wrong!

The violence and gore wasn't bad, it fit the video game feel, but what they did well in gore and video game violence, they lose in content and dialogue. Again I say, "Looking good means nothing if you don't have substance to back it up." Make a complete movie damn it!

And though I applaud the cinematography during battle scenes, they could have let up a little during non-battle scenes. Are quick, swooping, "look what i can do" camera tricks needed when two people are just having a conversation? I didn't think so.

Recommendation:
Wait til it comes on HBO

Written by:
Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor

Directed by:
Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor

Main Cast:
Gerard Butler ("300", "The Ugly Truth")
Michael C. Hall( TV's "Dexter", TV's "Six Feet Under")
Amber Valletta ("Hitch", "Transporter 2")
Terry Crews ("White Chicks", "Get Smart")
Chris Bridges ("Crash", "Fred Clause")
Kyra Sedgwick (TV's "Closer", "The Game Plan")
Logan Lerman ("Number 23", "3:10 to Yuma")
John Leguizamo ("Pest", "Across the Universe")
Allison Lohman ("Big Fish", "Drag Me To Hell")
Aaron Yoo ("Disturbia", "Perfect Score")
Keith David ("Armageddon", "There's Something About Mary")
Milo Ventimigilia ("Rocky Balboa", TV's "Heroes")

Similar Titles:
Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Surrogates


Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Movie Review- Hurt Locker


I've heard all the hype over the last two months about this film after never hearing about it before. The media blitz worked on me, because i was really excited to see this film. So often, these limited release, Oscar pushed movies don't live up to the hype. "Hurt Locker" does.

It's weird seeing films about the war while a war is actually in progress. The main reason is because you are seeing something that thousands of people are going through at the present time. If you are like me and live in a military town and have friends and former classmates who have done tours or are out there now, it's surreal. No matter a person's feelings toward the war, I think most if not all sympathize with the thousands serving in the military and millions of us have no idea what the experience for them is really like. Though "Hurt Locker" isn't the first feature film to paint a picture of the life of an American soldier in Iraq, no other film has been mixed a sense of realism to the extent this one has. Though I'm sure every element isn't completely accurate to the war experience or military standards, though I feel it doesn't have to be; it is a movie, it was still an excellent film.

Plot:
A loose cannon bomb specialist SSgt. Will James (Jeremy Renner) joins a bomb squad serving a tour in Iraq.

Pros:
The acting, the cinematography, the writing, the plot, the realism, the pace, the tone, all of it was on point. I enjoyed the documentary look of the film. It added to the sense of realism, and makes it feels as if these characters actually exist.

I like that there was no exaggeration or war romanticism added in this film. No intense close ups surrounded by after-school special music underneath. Renner's Ssgt. James, probably the most tragic character, didn't get a sappy storyline filled with fluff and a long speech where he reveals the origin of all of his character flaws. It was well done.

None of the scenes were overplayed or literal. Nothing was spelled out with words. Alot of the biggest character reveals came from non-verbal communication. That, in my opinion, is the best way to go and makes audiences feel more connected to the story and the characters.

Cons:
The only thing i saw in this film that just didn't sit right with me was the initial relationship between Renner's Ssgt. James and Anthony Mackie's Sgt. Sanborn. Though James is a higher rank and the squads team leader, Mackie appeared to be more in charge than James. He gave alot of orders and it seemed as if they answered to him. I'm not a military guy, but I would never think that a lower rank could be in charge.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Mark Boal

Directed by:
Kathryn Bigelow

Main Cast:
Jeremy Renner ("SWAT", "Dahmer")
Anthony Mackie ("8 Mile", "Notorious")
Brian Geraghty ("The Guardian", "We Are Marshall")
Ralph Fiennes ("Schindler's List", "English Patient")
Guy Pearce ("Rules of Engagement", "Memento")
David Morse ("The Green Mile", "Disturbia")
Evangeline Lilly (TV's "Lost")
Christian Carmargo ("K-19: The Widowmaker", "National Treasure: Book of Secrets")
Chrisopher Sayegh

Similar titles:
Generation Kill, Stop-Loss

Next Review:
Gamer- Trailer

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Movie Review-I Can Do Bad All By Myself


Tyler Perry is a double-edged sword with me.

On one hand, I commend him for making entertaining, funny movies with a message that the an entire family can watch together. I also commend him for tackling issues most people are afraid to venture towards and he's able to add realism between the buffoonery. I mean he has loads of christian themes where God is a focus, but he still has coarse language, and it's still accepted by religious groups.

The other end of the sword is the fact that his themes are repetitive. In every movie he features a lost/out-on-her-luck woman who is either on drugs or has been molested. Then all of a sudden, a man comes through and changes everything. He rescues her and it turns out all she every needed was the love of a good man and her life is complete.

Though i give him credit for showing black males in a positive light, so few do that, it seems to be counterproductive if you have to trivialize the struggles of black women and act as if it can be taken away by good black men.

I tried to ignore that fact while watching this film, but of course that's nearly impossible. But it doesn't have to be the main focus.

Plot:
Lounge singer April's (Taraji P. Henson) life is transformed when she is forced to watch over her sister's kids after her mother disappears.

Pros:
As with all of his movies. Tyler Perry's Madea character just breaths so much life into any storyline. This one is no different. Though Madea was only in a few scenes, she definitely leaves her stamp on the whole movie. You can tell Tyler Perry hits his creative strive when she is involved.

Though Perry is not as visually artistic as Quentin Tarantino or as talented as a writer as Oliver Stone, he taps into what is just flat out entertaining. A story with dramatic elements with comedy wrapped around it. No one does it better. He showed all those talents again here in this film. Probably better than he has in any other film he's done.

Cons:
The movie has a talented cast, but they all seemed to be playing below their full potential. I've seen Taraji P.Henson, Brian White, and even Mary J. Blige better. Though i feel like using non-actors in pivotal acting roles is risky, Gladys Knight, Mary J. Blige, and Marvin Winans were pretty good. But I don't really feel as if they all could have been a scotch better than they were.

The film felt rushed. The relationship between Rodriguez and Henson developed way too fast, but her inevitable transformation took too long. And then all of sudden they've been in love for a long time though they've had minimal, meaningful interaction throughout the film.

Recommendation:
Wait til it comes on HBO.

Main Cast:
Taraji P. Henson ("Hustle and Flow", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button")
Tyler Perry ("Madea Goes to Jail", "Star Trek")
Adam Rodriguez (TV's "CSI: Miami")
Brian J. White ("Stomp the Yard", "Family Stone")
Gladys Knight
Mary J. Blige
Marvin Winans
Hope Olaide Wilson ("Life is Hot in Cracktown")
Kwesi Boakye ("Happy Feet")
Frederick Siglar

Similar Titles:
I Can Do Bad Ally By Myself (V), Meet the Browns

Next Review:
Hurt Locker-Trailer

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Movie Review-Paranormal Activity


So, i heard all the hype about this movie before I saw it and i found myself angry. I was mad because I could of done this. All you need is a camera, a house, sound effects, and make it look like a soccer mom filming her kid eat raviolis in his high chair. It was so easy and this movie made a crap load of money. That could've been me.

After seeing this movie, all i had left to envy was the amount of money the film made. The film itself sadly was not nearly as impressive and didn't even come close to living up to it's hype.

Plot:
A young couple tries to outwit, outlast, and survive a demonic spirit who has haunted their new house.

Pros:
"Paranormal Activity" builds up the tension better than most movies I've seen. The element of surprise and not knowing what's gonna happen at every given second. A decent horror movie has the ability to make someone jump even when nothing is going on. That's what happens in "Paranormal Activity".

The real/home video look is pulled off well in this film. Sure "Blair Witch" did it, so the comparisons are inevitable. But the difference is that this film just does it better. Pedestrian, possibly naive, film watchers actually thought the majority of the movie was real. So the goal was accomplished.

Also, i thought the two lead actors did a great job looking like a real couple, they had good chemistry.

Cons:
Most people had one or two reactions.
One, this movie was creepy, and the demon plot freaked me out. Scariest movie ever. That means they bought the tension and the build.

Two, like me, felt the story took too long to develop which in turn made the conclusion a letdown. Their were streaks of really good filmaking and storytelling, but it just took way to long to get the bottom of things. The home video look is good and all, but for me it got irritating watching all the shaky camera work and consecutive scenes of nothing but actor reactions lasted way too long. Even worse, at the end of the movie, you don't see the conclusion. You hear and speculate. A true let down. I think more scenes like the last 10-15 minutes would have took the movie up a few notches.

Maybe it was the hype that spoiled it, or maybe it's my disinterest in modern-day horror films, but this isn't a movie I recommend anybody breaking their necks to see.

Recommendation:
Wait til it comes on HBO.

Written by:
Oren Peli

Directed by:
Oren Peli

Main Cast:
Kate Featherston
Micah Sloat
Mark Fredrichs

Similar Titles:
Blair Witch Project, Rec.

Next Review:
I Can Do Bad All By Myself- Trailer

Monday, January 4, 2010

Movie Review- Jennifer's Body


So, as i watched this film I thought to myself : "Wow, this film seems like it was written by 2 7th graders and Ron Jeremy."

As it turns out, Diablo Cody, writer of one of my favorite films "Juno" wrote "Jennifer's Body". It all made sense. The film's plot and storyline actually seems as if it would make for a decent horror flick, but unfortunately the writing, and awful acting from future multi-Razzi award winner Megan Fox made this film one of the worst of 2009, if not the decade.

Plot:
After an attempted demonic sacrifice, popular high school cheerleader Jennifer (Megan Fox) is now half-demon and has to kill boys in order to stay alive.

Pros:
Lets see, I think Amanda Seyfried potrayal as Jennifer's nerdy best friend Needy was actually the only performance that could qualify as acting in this film, but she wasn't helped by the atrocious writing.

It was also kinda cool to see Adam Brody in a more adult role as the womanizing lead singer of a up and coming rock band. But maybe I'm just being nice.

Cons:
As i stated already, the writing was pretty awful. So awful that it's making me avoid watching "Juno" again. It's pretty bad when a movie is so bad you think about not watching another film because of the people involved in this one. The bad writing had a trickle down effect. It made the already pedestrian acting worse, and just made the scene rattle off into mindless plot holes and inconsistencies. Even cameos by Amy Sedaris and J.K. Simmons, as somewhat comical off-the-wall characters, didn't help either.

Megan Fox is just a pretty face. I know there are thousands of dudes out there who only saw this movie because they find her attractive, but truth be told, i was completely turned off by the awful job she did despite the script. Her inability to show emotion in scenes that garner some effort tore the movie down more notches. Maybe if the filmmakers focused on making a decent film, instead of playing off of male attractions to Megan Fox, this film would be watchable.

Recommendation:
Never, ever see this movie.

Written by:
Diablo Cody

Directed by:
Karyn Kusama

Main Cast:
Megan Fox ("Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen", "Transformers")
Amanda Seyfried ("Mean Girls", "Mamma Mia")
Adam Brody (TV's "The O.C.", "In the Land of Women")
Johnny Simmons ("Evan Almighty", "Hotel for Dogs")
J.K. Simmons ("Juno", "Ladykillers")
Amy Sedaris ("Strangers with the Candy", "Dance Flick")
Kyle Gallner ("Red Eye", "Haunting in Connecticut")

Similar Titles:
Carrie, Jawbreaker

Next Review:
Paranormal Activity-Trailer

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Movie Review- District 9


With all the epics that came out at the end of 2009, "District 9" looked as if it would join the group. Eh, not so much. Much more of a story, a lot less fluff, makes this film definitely out of the ordinary.

Though many people saw this movie as a letdown, hoping for a "Star Trek"-esque experience, i enjoyed the story, it was intriguing and if you're a deep thinker as myself, you saw a certain ironic modern day social commentary, glazed underneath theatrics.

PLOT:
Fed up with 28 years of alien inhabitants, a South African government agency is brought in to evict the "prawns".

Pros:
I like what some people don't about this film. Though of course there is visual effects, CGI, and many other Sci-fi ingredients. But Blomkamp found away to make this more than that. More than fluff and visual stimulations. Instead, a good fictional film that shows realistic human emotions.

The storyline ironically can easy be matched to the our feelings towards immigration. Though i doubt this same scenario is possible here in 2010, it was in South Africa not too long ago. I thought it was creative to make a social, somewhat political statement hidden underneath a sci-fi flick. Beautiful.

And i must give a kudos to lead actor Sharlto Copley. "District 9" was his first feature, and I'm not sure if this film just fit him or he really is a good actor, but he pulled off a really believable performance.

Cons:
Nothing really. Aside from the fact that when the movie went from scenes of alot of activity to a scene based merely on character development, the pace was somewhat off-putting, if not borderline dull.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Neill Blomkamp
Terri Tatchell

Directed by:
Neill Blomkamp

Main Cast:
Sharlto Copley
Jason Cope ("Doomsday")
William Allen Young (TV's "Moesha", "Lockdown")
David James
Vanessa Haywood
Louis Minaar ("Invictus")

Similar Titles:
Independence Day, Alive in Joburg

Next Review:
Jennifer's Body- Trailer

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Movie Review- (500) Days of Summer



It's simply amazing. It's like someone just took all my past relationships and wrote a movie about it. And that movie was freakin' awesome!

"(500) Days of Summer" is a great look at the various stages of the A-typical relationship. The meeting, the first date, the honeymoon period, the nose dive into monotony, and then the eventual downfall. Though a movie, it captured the realism of relationships so well that it almost looked more like nonfiction. The mix of that realism and truly sincere comedic moments make this film one of the best of 2009.

PLOT:
Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a hopeless romantic who falls in love with unconventional free-spirit Summer (Zooey Deschanel) after she begins working at the same company as him.

Pros:
As i stated earlier, the sense of realism blended perfectly with a comedic twist on the a not-so-modern tale of the development of a relationship, gives this film a leg up. The pace of the film, the timing, and really solid acting performances from Levitt and Deschanel add to the appeal of the movie. The characters grow and develop naturally and with ease. Deschanel and Levitt have good chemistry and adding to how well their characters mesh. Nothing happens in this story that makes you think it's outrageous or unrealistic to the actual human experience, and that's a good thing. So many movies that delve into relationship change it to the point that it's unrealistic to the actual course of a story, in turn making the story less appealing. This film doesn't do that.

Cons:
The only qualm i have with this film is that it was hard to keep up with the days. Early on it shows what happens to them 200 -some odd days after initially meeting eachother, and then backtracks to the early days. Then they fast forward again and makes it, at times, difficult to figure out what stage in their relationship the couple is on.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Scott Neustadter
Michael H. Weber

Directed by:
Marc Webb

Main Cast"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Angels in the Outfield", "G.I. Joe")
Zooey Deschanel ("Yes Man", "The Happening")
Geoffrey Arend ("Super Troopers", "Garden State")
Chloe Moretz ("The Eye", "Bolt")
Matthew Gray Gubler ("Alvin and the Chipmunks", "RV")
Clark Gregg ("One Hour Photo", "Iron Man")

Similar Titles:
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, Along Came Polly

Next Review:
District 9- Trailer

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Movie Review-Inglourious Basterds


Quentin Tarantino never ceases to amaze me. From the time I was a young kid who found his movies engrossing, yet completely confusing until I became a teenager who found his films fun and somewhat confusing, until now that i find them artistically superb and sporadically confusing, i have always been a fan.

Tarantino is one of the few directors who works completely outside a rational frame of mind at times and takes massive risks that many directors and some studios shy away from. The difference between them and him is that he usually succeeds. Hell, most of the time he knocks it out of the park. He did so with "Inglourious Basterds".

Plot:
Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and his group of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds, plot to kill Nazis and assassinate Hitler in France during WWII.

Pros:
The film has everything that makes Tarantino great. The movie doesn't miss a beat in pace and storytelling. It tells the same story but from more than one angle, in the same vein as "Pulp Fiction". Though for advertising and marketing purposes, Pitt is portrayed in trailers and promos as the star, but the film is way more flexible than that. Though i did think that Pitt gave the best performance in the film and I laughed relentlessly to most of his lines, strong performances from the other cast took the film to a higher level. Also, the gore is a turn-off for some, but Tarantino has the ability to make it work to the point that it doesn't overshadow the central themes of the story. In addition, the story bends into different directions but it's not enough to drive everything off base and it has a fair share of surprises.

Cons:
Though it's not an issue for some, maybe most, but i did grow tired of the long scenes that were done almost entirely in German. Of course there were subtitles, but a 10-minute scene in German just didn't work for me, albeit they were still done with great style and performances. The scenes just take a little time to get used to.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Quentin Tarantino

Directed by:
Quentin Tarantino

MAIN CAST:
Brad Pitt ("Seven", "Curious Case of Benjamin Button")
Christoph Waltz
Melanie Laurent
Eli Roth ("Grindhouse", "Southland Tales")
Diane Kruger ("Troy", "Wicker Park")
Til Schweiger ("SLC Punk!", "Far Cry")
Jacky Ido
B.J. Novak (TV's "The Office", "Knocked Up")
Omar Doom ("Grindhouse")
Mike Myers ("Wayne's World", "Shrek")
Samuel L. Jackson ("Pulp Fiction", "Jackie Brown")

Similar Titles:
Inglourious Basterds(1978), Pulp Fiction

Next Review:
(500) Days of Summer-Trailer

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Movie Review-Carriers


I had never heard of this film before. But I saw the trailer a million times and it sucked me in. I just saw "Star Trek" and became a fan of Chris Pine, which made me want to see "Carriers" even more.

But as it turned out, my excitement was unwarranted.

PLOT:
A group of survivors stop at nothing as they try to outrun a dangerous, contagious virus that has ravished the planet and killed millions of people.

Pros:
Plots about viral pandemics are always interesting, and disturbing considering our own supposed outbreaks over the last few years. One thing that is done well in this movie was the playing up of "will they or won't they catch it" storyline. They were put in many situations where the audience just doesn't know.

I like the surprises. Though i barely see this has a horror film, it is. Though it isn't remotely scary, it does have the one genuine horror film characteristic of surprise.

I liked the pace of the film,. At times it's frantic, other times tense, and realistically sad. None of the paces gets jumbled or cross uncomfortably. It's actually woven together nicely. I especially enjoyed the sick daughter storyline featuring Christopher Meloni.

Cons:
As good as the movie is for the first 88% of the it, it has maybe the biggest letdown in history for me. The build-up led to one the most anti-climactic endings I've ever seen. As i stated, it was a well crafted film, and it is just too bad to see a good film, a potentially a great film, gets severely trampled by a terrible ending.

Recommendation:
Wait til it comes on HBO

Main Cast:
Lou Taylor Pucci ("Southland Tales", "Fanboys")
Chris Pine ("Smoking Aces", "Star Trek")
Piper Perabo ("Coyote Ugly", "Cheaper by the Dozen")
Emily VanCamp (TVs "Brothers and Sisters", "Ring Two")
Christopher Meloni ("Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle", "Nights in Rodanthe")
Kiernan Shipka (TVs "Mad Men", "Land of the Lost")

Similar Titles:
Outbreak, I Am Legend

Next Review:
Inglorious Basterds- Trailer