Review of Spartan (2004) by Beast J — 07 Sep 2004

[i]Garden State [/i]-- This is a very impressive directorial debut by Zach Braff. The film is funny, and enganging. I'm not sure the emotional aspects of the story worked as well as many believe, but I still enjoyed the film quite a bit.

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Spartan [/i]-- Another winner from David Mamet. This is a taut thriller (almost too taut) which reminds me of some of his other work in the genre like [i]The Spanish Prisoner[/i], [i]House of Games[/i], and [i]Homicide[/i]. What this film lacks a bit in comparison to those other three is a bit of humanity in it's characters. Things move so fast that we really don't feel like we know the protagonists. Still, it's thouroughly entertaining.

[i]Identity[/i] -- This movie sucked fuck.