Word: classically
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...classic cops-and-robbers tale, but with a film-noir twist. Ovando was railroaded by the police, who had planted a gun to get the conviction. But no one believed Ovando until a dishonest cop, Rafael Perez, talked. Faced with 14 years in prison for stealing cocaine from a police lockup, Perez opted to bargain for a lighter sentence by delivering up his fellow officers. That was five months ago, and Perez has hardly stopped talking since. He has filled 2,000 transcript pages with accounts of cops faking evidence, testifying against innocent people and generally acting like criminals themselves...
...number of lawsuits indicates that many new recruits wound up on syndicates that were heavily exposed to asbestos claims, allowing key insiders--including Murray Lawrence, a future chairman of Lloyd's, who would serve from 1988 to 1990--to quietly lay off their own risks. "It has been a classic Ponzi scheme, in my opinion," British investor John Finlay told a House of Commons committee...
...However, the strong performances by Morrissey and his backing band confirmed that he's not just passing off his charms and looks as musical talent. Classic Morrissey tracks like the powerful "Tomorrow," "Hairdresser On Fire" and "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" were nicely contrasted by songs representing his mellower side, such as "I Am Hated For Loving," "Now My Heart Is Full" and "I Can Have Both." He even played five songs from his wayward Smiths days, including the blistering red-light burn of "Meat Is Murder" and the soft melancholy of "Half A Person." In fact...
...Expectations? Throw them out the window, because they'll probably turn out wrong. The only thing you can truly expect from Reindeer Games is the unexpected, and saying any more would be giving away too much. This is very much a thriller in the classic sense, in which the strong development of the characters and their relationships drive the plot along its winding path. As any good thriller should, it throws a surprise at the audience every few minutes and introduces doubt at every turn. Can we trust the characters we think we can trust? Who will end up betraying...
...Green Mile, Michael Clarke Duncan plays the more convincing hitman, probably from having been a bouncer in real life. On the other hand, the women are a real joy in the movie. While not exactly plumbing emotional depths, Natasha Henstridge moves past her Species movies by giving a classic femme fatale treatment of Cynthia (although the viewer is left to wonder why the seduced ends up being Matthew Perry). Amanda Peet too leaves some dubious other film appearances and fills the movie with much needed younger vitality (although the viewer is left too to wonder why the seduced ends...