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Cinematography by Dan Laustsen
Samuel Le Bihan
Vincent Cassel
�milie Dequenne
Monica Bellucci
J�r�mie R�nier
Mark Dacascos
Jean Yanne
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| Brotherhood of the Wolf 3 of 10 |
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| Directed by Christophe Gans Cinematography by Dan Laustsen Samuel Le Bihan Vincent Cassel �milie Dequenne Monica Bellucci J�r�mie R�nier Mark Dacascos Jean Yanne |
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| I had the strangest feeling watching this film. I was constantly wavering back and forth between thinking that there was too much story to follow, and that there was not enough. Finally, I decided on the latter. There simply isn�t that much story. But there are far too many dead ends. The story starts limping pretty early on, and is a full-blown cripple by the end. There are far too many fight scenes that serve no purpose other than to be �cool.� They serve their purpose; they do succeed in being cool. But they do not succeed in furthering the story in any significant way, or in providing anything meaningful. And there is far too much slow motion. Stylistically, it was pretty interesting, though. And even impressive, at times. The film also suffers from the dreaded �killing off the best character long before the end of the film� syndrome. Mark Dacascos was the only person I found myself caring about at all. And I was not allowed to care for him anywhere near as long as I wanted to. Other than his work, the acting was pretty poor. Still, the film was stylistically interesting; and even impressive at times. The film also varied wildly between amazing art direction, and looking like a lousy B-movie attempt. Strange, to say the least; a very mixed bag, with more to dislike than to like. There were some fine ideas, some enjoyable fight scenes, and some exciting visuals. But it just took itself too seriously. These sorts of films need to keep their tongues firmly in their cheeks. | ||||||