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Summary: Great movie
Review: I haven't laughed so hard in a long while. This is a great movie. Sam Jackson and Robert Carlyle are brilliant. Lots of action and laughs. Well worth a watch. :)
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Summary: 0 Stars - This movie is awful!
Review: I only wish that I could give this lousy piece of crap 0 stars. The plot is disjointed at best. Meatloaf as a villain is a joke. The actors are boring and lack charisma. The story takes far too long to unfold, so for the first 30 minutes you don't know what you're watching. The ending is just plain dumb. Samuel Jackson should be ashamed of himself.
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Summary: my 2 cents
Review: i shoulda listened to my friend. i hated this movie. it's the worst movie ever.
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Summary: Take a chance...might be your new funniest movieof all time
Review: I took a chance with this film; I dont remember seeing many, if any at all, promotions for Formula 51 (though that of course means zilch) and I was surprised to see it at my favored theater at the time (which plays zero foreign films and this one, in my mind, should be under that category due to the strong British accents and slang, which are harder to discern than Japanese to me). Boy did it pay off. My mother and I (dont ask how I dragged her along) laughed from head-to-toe the entire film. And not those chuckles, grunts, and half-hearted laughs that are associated with cliched teen comedies (where you only half laugh because everyone else is and you dont want to seem as if you didnt get it, when of course you did but it just wasnt funny at all), but the true tear-producing, side splitting convulsions that mark the arrival of a classic comedy. Now, classic may be a poor word choice to describe the movie at this point for most (it will undoubtedly be decades before a significant number of people consider this one a classic), but for me this film brought instant gratification and love. Now for some reason some of those pencil pushing, half motivated, lost-sight-of-what-movies-are-all-about, self-proclaimed movie reviewers (save this beef for another day), didn't like Formula 51 (maybe its their lack of obsession over the United Kingdom), calling it Euro-trash or something on the lines of mindless, plot less, garbage. Well, I found it hil-ar-ious. Regardless of whether the plot was as engaging as The Matrixs, the film still entertained. And isnt that the goal of any movie; to entertain the audience, by any means necessary? Some movies do this by plot, or by character development, and some do it with flat out humor. Lets give the movie re-foolers the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they just didnt find the bathroom-style humor funny. Well, maybe next time they should remove their paycheck from their arse and remember just what movies are about: Entertainment. And to me the plot didnt have many problems to begin with. I enjoyed the comedic spin on mob life and crooked cops, which Formula 51 implemented, as opposed to the more serious, melodramatic aura of The Godfather (always a classic though). Through all the shoot-outs, car chases, planning, swearing, swearing, swearing, and shooting, I was hoping so much for a plot twist; my prayers were answered. That all of these drug lords and mobsters and crooked men were after a drug, that they thought would be more powerful than ecstasy, cocaine, and heroine combined, that turned out to merely be a placebo, and the entire movie and action an elaborate endorsement setup, rang like music to my ears and did my heart well. Samuel L. Jackson nails his characters role down to the kilt and braids, as always (note to self:Samuel L. Jackson has played a lot of differing roles: Scientist, Jedi Knight, Black Panther-style Vigilante and Cop, and many more) and Robert Carlyle graces the screen, as Felix, with phenomenal emotion, wit, and unwavering humor and zest; hes become a favored actor of mine due to this film. Whether you liked it for its humor, action, and wit, or hated it for lack thereof, Formula 51 will always have POS over my mind: Power Of Suggestion.
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Summary: What are these reviewers talking about!
Review: I'm absolutely stunned by the good reviews this movie has received. It may be the dumbest movie I have ever seen.1) You can rarely understand the English accents, they all talk like Brad Pitt in Snatch.
2) You never know what the hell is going on - EVER.
3) The characters are all flat and under developed.
4) The director thinks slow motion is the personofication of cool and uses it every ten minutes - usually when showing the female assassin.
5) There are three parts which really blew my mind. The first was when the guy from a Knight's tale has a bra and panties on for no reason, the second is when Samuel Jackson strips nude at the end, and the third was when the three punks are begging Samuel Jackson for toilet paper after they sh** themselves. I was like huh!?!?!
6) I must admit though I had some hard laughs where I was almost sick just because the scenes were so ridiculous. I can't believe the studio saw this movie and said "great work everyone, another blockbuster". ...
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Summary: Oddly I liked this movie...
Review: I'm not one for drug-related movies, but I had to check this one out when learning Paul Barber (aka "Horse" from "The Full Monty") starred in the movie. His part is sadly short, but comical. The language is a bit rough, but it fits well with the movie. Jackson did a good job in this, I believe, being the kind of movie it was. Give it a watch and see what you think.
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Summary: Brilliant like, innit!
Review: If this is edited for the USA then they really are missing a treat. The humour and interaction between Samuel and Robert, the quick dialogue exchanges, and the introduction to the english football mentality to a poor unsuspecting american, makes for great tv! Any liverpudlians reading the above reference to the Thames will be seething mind, as thats about 200miles (and several cultures) to the south of liverpool. Certainly there is an air of Tarantino to the film though, and the story shifts from place to place enough to make a second viewing useful, just to make sure you caught it all! Thats not a negative though, as once you've watched it, you'll want to see it again anyway!
The language too is impressively realistic! That is to say, coarse, as you'd expect from drug dealing gun toting mad men, but also funny, again Tarantino-esk. Its escapism, and frankly, i loved it!
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Summary: lightning paced testosterone fueled action comedy
Review: If you like movies like "Snatch" and "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," you should love "Formula 51. Multiple sets of bad guys chasing after the secret drug formula in Samuel L. Jackson's head. The story takes off quick and only slows down for a brief, tacked on romantic subplot with two of the supporting characters. Don't forget to pause your dvd player if the phone rings or you'll miss a good chunk of the action. Samuel L. Jackson is so cool in this flick, that the kilt(which isn't explained until the final credits roll) adds to his manliness.
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Summary: Mixed FORMULA.
Review: If you like movies to be loud, obnoxious, and filmed in a manic style that's reminicient of an MTV video, then FORMULA 51 is for you. It seems to me when a movie has numerous interludes of a character standing still, staring at the camera whilst the latest punk/heavy metal/rap song is booming that time needs to be filled due to lack of story. This flick was simply okay, I have to admit I turned it off at the one hour mark because it was kind of dumb. Trying to be different and stylish doesn't make a movie cool, the coolest movies are different and stylish because they aren't trying to be. If you like gritty TARENTINOesque films watch PULP FICTION again instead and be rewarded with a better SAM JACKSON performance and a movie thats light years ahead in coolness over this loud mess.
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Summary: CANT WAIT FOR THE DVD
Review: Jackson plays himself but gets the freedom he needs. If you ever want to know what a real american is like in England then this film is for you, Plenty of comical momments and a pretty decent plot, written by a guy who owned a fish & chip shop I believe. Has a bad ending but this doesnt let it down.
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