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Has got plenty of potential


This movie has plenty of potential. With a interesting storyline and good cast could be a good movie.

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The cast alone gets my interest.

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Yeah, the cast is pretty cool - Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Jordi Mollà. A shame there's Ryan Reynolds too.

Boycott movies that involve real animal violence! (and their directors too)

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Michael Pitt is also a good/promising actor

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Can't stand him. He's decent at playing psychos though (see Funny Games).

Boycott movies that involve real animal violence! (and their directors too)

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Watch him in the show "Hannibal"... Absolutely perfect.

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& Boardwalk Empire

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I thought Pitt was great in Boardwalk Empire and established him as a fine actor. I was kinda on the fence with him before seeing him in that role.

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Yes, he was excellent in Boardwalk Empire
Even Last Days and Delirius are good performances of him. and I'm eager to watch his recent films - Rob the Mob & I Origins

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As long as there's Gary Oldman in it, I'll watch this movie.

I am not bad. I am just drawn that way. (J.R.)

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Yesi, It has great potential but to bad Ryan Reynolds is going to ruin this movie. He should stick to the romantic comedies.

No Raylan, I'm gonna bet my life on you being the only friend I have left in this world.

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It looks like he is the lead again, sadly, and he is basically the only actor in the main cast I just do not care about...

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Well the plot sounds pretty bad. Pretty sure we've seen a dozen movies about memories and stuff implanted in someone else's brain. Interesting cast though, hopefully it's better than the description.

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To bad, I know. What i don't know is why Hollywood is still trying with him. I mean, what great movie has he done in the last 5-10 years? He ruined a possible franchise with a great hero for DC and that crap RIPD.

No Raylan, I'm gonna bet my life on you being the only friend I have left in this world.

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I know that it's been 3 months since you posted this but I couldn't let something you said go:

He ruined a possible franchise with a great hero for DC and that crap RIPD


Ryan Reynolds didn't ruin anything. Green Lantern was an example of terrible writing and directing, not casting. And R.I.P.D was the exact same. Jeff Bridges also starred in the movie and he is generally considered a skilled actor, my point being that Ryan's series of bad movies have not been caused by him. He could have done a better job of choosing what projects to get involved in but he sure as hell wasn't responsible for the failure of Green Lantern and R.I.P.D

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Well, then maybe he should fire his agent and get a new one. Also, he was the weak link in Safe House.

Raylan Givens: I'm going to need an ambulance, and a coroner.

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I thought Costner is the lead, no?

From what I understand Reynolds will play a supporting role.

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I hope you are right but I guess they are co-leads (which is still bad enough...)

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Ryan Reynolds is the most promising actor in the cast. He's one of the best young actors in Hollywood.

You've obviously never seen him in a serious role.

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I hope this was sarcasm....and

He's one of the best young actors in Hollywood.

lol
No Raylan, I'm gonna bet my life on you being the only friend I have left in this world.

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Why would it be?

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both Manson Vergers are in the same movie (Oldman and Pitt) i takes my attention because of it :)

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From what I know of Michael Pitt's career, I know that he doesn't just chose to be in projects for the heck of it. He picks projects that are interesting and have artistic value. With that in mind, this movie might be very intelligent.

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Trivia: Nicolas Cage turned down a lead role.

This kinda scares me. We all knows the kind of movies he does now.

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Yes, it does seem very alarming. However, Cage seems to purposely star in projects that are just crap. It could be that he didn't want to take the role, because it was too good for his taste.



I don't know really, but the fact that we have Costner, Oldman, Gadot and Pitt in this makes me think that this should be somewhat decent.

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And also Tommy Lee Jones.

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have a break my friend.Michael is my favorite actor and musician for long time .i know he is not making movies for fame or anything like that.he cares about the story,art,if the role is challenging for him. the man played in Hedwig ,Finding Forester,Jailbait,Funny Games,The Dreamers,Last Days and many others,all these movies are different for each other and are really interesting and are not just simple Hollywood crap.

i have been following him from his Dawson's Creek days,i watched his every projects,he is the main reason for me the watch this movie,i know this will already be good . because Michael always brought good movies to me .
also seeing him with Gary Oldman will be interesting

so i just made a joke :)

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