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Prisoners

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  • Title: Prisoners
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PrisonersPrisoners is an infuriating movie that wastes the strong set-up of the raw emotions of families going through the kidnappings of their young daughters in favor of a descent into average thriller territory that continues twists and turns long after you’ve given up caring. Had the film stayed with the themes of emotion and loss and how far one will go for answers when the lives of their children are at stake, rather than force an unnecessary whodunit twist ending involving puzzles, complicated motives, and elaborate reveals, director Denis Villeneuve‘s film would have been much better off.

Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard star as fathers who face the hard reality of their daughters disappearing on lazy weekend afternoon. Although convinced the police have the right man in custody, a mentally-retarded Paul Dano, Keller Dover (Jackman) becomes increasingly agitated when the police release the man from custody.

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Atlantis – Twist of Fate

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  • Title: Atlantis – Twist of Fate
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Atlantis - Twist of Fate

“Twist of Fate” (which could just as easily have been titled “Three Atlanteans and Baby”) begins with Jason (Jack Donnelly), Hercules (Mark Addy), and Pythagoras (Robert Emms) returning to a city with a small baby abandoned in the woods. Jason and Pythagoras return to the woods looking for signs of his identity, leaving the child in the care of Hercules and Medusa (Jemima Rooper) who accidentally overhears just how much Hercules cares for her. Delivering several of the expected men with babies moments, eventually the three heroes will be called on to put their own lives on the line to save his life.

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Noir #2

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Noir #2Although I enjoyed the first issue of this mini-series which centered as much around the unresolved relationship between the Black Sparrow and The Shadow I was a bit fearful in what the second issue’s absence of Lamont Cranston might bring. I was right to be concerned.

Only appearing at the very end of last month’s issue, Noir #2 focuses primarily on Miss Fury and the series of events that caused her to take on this quest for the missing Templar treasure.

Although the issue offers plenty of action with the two women kicking ass to get a hold of the one person who can answer their questions, the Black Sparrow is really playing second fiddle to the far less interesting Miss Fury (a poor man’s Catwoman) this time around.

The mystery of the treasure doesn’t get any clearer here and the focus so heavily on Miss Fury didn’t help matters any. The second issue’s rough art by Andrea Mutti also works against the sex appeal of the comic’s pair of female leads. Hit-and-Miss.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Atlantis – A Boy of No Consequence

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  • Title: Atlantis – A Boy of No Consequence
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Atlantis - A Boy of No Consequence

After stopping a spoiled aristocrat from attacking an old man on the street, Jason (Jack Donnelly) and his two friends Hercules (Mark Addy) and Pythagoras (Robert Emms) find themselves at the mercy of King Minos (Alexander Siddig) who decides to leave their fate up to Poseidon by sentencing them to survive the Bull Court. To earn their freedom all three must successfully leap the charging bull along with the other members of their team (Christopher Obi, Ciaran Griffiths, Emily Taaffe).

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Damian: Son of Batman #2

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Damian: Son of Batman #2Damian: Son of Batman #2 begins with explaining the confusing ending of the first issue as a criminal-killing Damian is confronted by his father (a man the comic had told us was dead). Long story short, the Batman that died was Dick Grayson and not the long-retired Bruce Wayne who shows up to give his son (who he apparently abandoned for weeks after Dick’s death) a beating that leaves the old man hospitalized.

The rest of the issue deals with Damian’s guilt over almost causing his father’s death, his vow to be the kind of hero both Bruce and Dick would be proud of, and donning his own version of the Bat-suit (as seen in Batman #666) to become the new Batman.

The confusion aside, the comic does give us Damian donning the costume for the “first” time, but the moment lacks any real gravitas (although I liked the “nice coat” comment the new Batman gets while jumping into action chasing a sighting of the Joker later in the issue). Andy Kubert delivers some moments, but the entire issue feels like a train wreck. Hit-and-Miss.

[DC, $3.99]

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