After the Sunset
- Title: After the Sunset
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I’m not a huge Brett Ratner fan, but of all his movies this is probably my favorite. I like heist flicks and After the Sunset is a good, though not great, one. Brosnan’s charm, Harrelson’s wackiness, and Hayek’s beauty make this an enjoyable little film.
Max (Pierce Brosnan) and Lola (Salma Hayek) pull their last heist in Los Angeles stealing the second Napoleon diamond from FBI Agent Stan Lloyd (Woody Harrelson) before retiring to the Bahamas. On arrival Lola is content with retirement, but Max grows bored. His boredom comes to an end when Stan shows up telling him that the third Napoleon diamond is on it’s way to the Bahamas and dares him to try and steal it.
Max is in a quandary as Lola wants nothing more than to be married and leave their criminal past in, well, the past. Also involved is a local gangster Henri Moore (Don Cheadle) who wants Max to steal the diamond to help him pay for his gun running, prostitution, and drug business.
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The Weather Man is an intriguing little piece of cinema. It has wondrous, hysterical, moving, and thought provoking moments and yet the film is somehow less than all the great pieces put together. It’s a hard movie for me to review, because so much of it I enjoyed, and yet not all of it fits together as well as I’d like. It’s definatly worth taking a look at, and it’s one of those movies that will become highly quotable, yet I left feeling like it was just slightly unfinished.
Is Waiting… great cinema? Well no, but it’s damn funny. A perfect vehicle for Ryan Reynolds, with some wonderful supporting performances, in much the same vein of his title role in National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. A nice little comedy that’s well worth checking out.