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Summary: De Palmas finest
Review: I think Brian DePalma is very underrated, I think that most of his films are very good, and he has a very good eye. Using great camera angles, a good plot, this movie delivers everything you want in a film. I especially like DePalmas trademark of using a split screen to tell the story (as he did in Carrie). Nicholas Cage is a very talented actor playing a crooked cop that is caught in a trap after a senator is assassinated by a foriegn terrorist hired by Powell aircraft to kill a traitor in the company who was to blow the cover of a faulty missles system to be approved by the senator. I very good plot, and I dont think that people should criticise a movie for being unbelievable, well what is it people? Does it lack plot? Is too complicated for fragile minds? And now I heard that it is too unbelievable? Does this make a movie a bad one? It's just a movie! Snake Eyes is rated R but should be rated PG-13 due to mild language, no nudity, some violence, and adult situations. I guess thats why the MPAA took such a long time to rate this movie. I Highly Recommend this one along with watching Mission:Impossible (dont see MI:2 it's a waste of time and money, the first one is way better).
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Summary: what a great movie this could have been and almost is
Review: Snake Eyes has a terrific idea which is to have a murder at a live boxing match in Atlantic Cit. The arena is the crime scene and the movie never leaves the building. All this is excellent. The one night idea works well and so does the giant storm outside, but these are all minor details. The story is about a conspiracy and it's good up until we meet the villain who is presented as merely a cliche with unrealistic and often ridiculous looking scowls. There are a lot of things going for this film including Cage playing the hero who is also a corrupt cop (flawed heroes are more interesting than perfect ones), and some amazing directing techniques by Brian DePalma. Ultimately these things don't matter because the story is a giant letdown in the most important act, the ending. It's a good movie but be warned, it is heavily flawed.
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Summary: weak..
Review: Sinise looks more as Robert Fitzpatrick in "Terminator 2- Judgement dAy" - walking with the eyes of a robot, to show determination! The plot is uncredible weask, the only merit being the flashbakc method of telling the history. Cage is very, very good, but it doesn't save De Palma's lack of inspiration in directing this one.
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Summary: great movie!
Review: I rented this movie twice and the next time I'll buy it. Gary Sinise, as usual was a great villain. Nicholas Cage (one of the few top notch actors in Hollywood) played the role of the moonlighting cop very well. I had to keep rewinding the movie to understand the plot and camera action.I was completely fascinated by how motivated people can become because of money. Both of them should star again in another movie.
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Summary: Just passing on through.
Review: It's hard to work up serious dislike for a movie like this. Snake Eyes features slick cinematography, a few competent actors, and a vaguely interesting plot. A few nice moments of comedy and actual emotion are sprinkled around.But in the end you're looking at something utterly forgettable. Every time some real suspense is built up, the rather poor music or an off-key performance spoils it. The ending is silly, and the whole premise is unoriginal. I watched this less than a day ago, and I'm struggling to remember it very well. Perhaps that's a good indicator of just how average this movie is.
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Summary: Depalma turns a familiar story into a good film
Review: Snake Eyes definately has a plot that you have seen way too many times. However, Depalma's direction saves the day and lends style to the whole film. Cage and Sinise are good, but why does Sinise always get stuck with bad guy roles nowadays? Depalma proves he is one of the best. If you liked this, I recommend Dressed To Kill, Blowout, and Mission Impossible.
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Summary: Action fan?
Review: So the ending was apparently a bit of a let down. Big deal, this movie is interesting, original and well made. If you're an action fan, you'll want to see it. If you're not, you should see it anyway, it may just convert you.
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Summary: A Brilliant thriller with one-hell-of-a let down ending.
Review: I have never been so in awe of a films opening before, the 13 minute, no stops scene keeped me so enthralled, I swear I didn't blink once, I suppose no movie could keep up that kind of pace. (except Die Hard) But thats no reason for the makers to concoct such an anti-climax of an ending, It is such a shame, this really had the potential to be a perfect movie. Apart from the last twenty minutes this IS a perfect movie. Nic has never been so enthusiastic and gary does more of his bad guy (very much like his role in Ransom) role. The directing is top-notch, taking a done-to -death idea and using everything at their disposal to make it original. (eg. The brilliant camera work) It is easily worth your hard earned money just for the first 20 minutes.
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Summary: great begining, after that it's downhill
Review: I'm not going to waste time writing, it's just a bad movie
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Summary: Wonderfully made and exiting thriller
Review: I was never a huge Nicolas Cage fan. When I heard of this film though I was very intrigued. So the night of its release, I went and waw it. It was the most amazing film I had seen all year at that point. Brian DePalma did an excellent job with this one. It opens with a huge single shot where a steady-cam follows Cage (as a corrput cop) around as he talks to his wife and his mistress on a cell phone, beats up a thug for money, places bets, and meets his Naval Comander friend (Gary Sinise) in the arena where a huge boxing match is about to take place. And you thought the single shots in "GoodFellas" and "Boogie Nights" were long. By the time this scene was over I felt like I witnessed cinematic history. The rest of the films deals with the assasination of a government official as Cage and Sinise try to discover who is responsible. Lots of great camera work and a great plot make this film a winner. The critics seemed really harsh on the film but if your a fan of action thrillers you'd be hurting yourself if you missed it.
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