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DVD Review: Clash
"Offering a combination of fighting techniques in an attempt to differentiate itself from Hong Kong martial arts films, this directorial debut from Le Thanh So doesn’t ever rise above the trappings of the genre. Despite an impressive fight sequence, or two, the meager plot and cliché back story techniques have all the earmarks of a low budget buffet."
Clash | DVD Review
"Offering a combination of fighting techniques in an attempt to differentiate itself from Hong Kong martial arts films, this directorial debut from Le Thanh So doesn’t ever rise above the trappings of the genre. Despite an impressive fight sequence, or two, the meager plot and cliché back story techniques have all the earmarks of a low budget buffet."
Review: Winter in Wartime [blu-ray]
While the film operates at its best as visual genre fare, it suffers tremendously from some serious melodramatic slow motion moments, including a cringe inducing scene where Michiel is running towards the town square to stop an execution.
Winter in Wartime [blu-ray] | DVD Review
While the film operates at its best as visual genre fare, it suffers tremendously from some serious melodramatic slow motion moments, including a cringe inducing scene where Michiel is running towards the town square to stop an execution.
DVD Review: The Sicilian Girl
Though the film has received decent reviews and a lukewarm, if not sometimes negative reception, I can only hope that Amenta’s future projects aren’t so message laden and poorly constructed. While it may have a seemingly noteworthy subject matter, The Sicilian Girl is as trite as television movie of the week and reads as a narrative about a girl that tattled because she felt entitled to better treatment for her family.
