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Wick's Review

Created Jul 08, 2007 12:57AM PST • Edited Nov 24, 2016 02:09PM PST

  1. Quality
  2. Very Good 3.5

    Terrifically well acted by a bevy of single-name movie stars (Damon, Jolie, De Niro, Hurt, Baldwin, Pesci), and more than competently directed by De Niro himself, this is a high quality – albeit long and fictionalized – exploration of how the CIA found itself at odds with the values of the America it was created to protect.

  3. Great 4.0
  4. Male Stars Great 4.0
  5. Female Stars Great 4.0
  6. Female Costars Great 4.0
  7. Male Costars Great 4.0
  8. Good 3.0
  9. Direction Very Good 3.5
  10. Play Good 3.0
  11. Music Barely OK 2.0
  12. Visuals Good 3.0
  13. Content
  14. Risqué 1.8

    Several rushed, shadowy couplings, most notably between a lushly fecund Angelina Jolie and a naïve Matt Damon. Of course, Angelina Jolie is such a to-the-manner-born movie queen that she would produce at least a 1.5 sexiness rating simply reading the phone book.

  15. Sex Titillating 2.0
  16. Violence Fierce 2.0

    Some close order killing.

  17. Rudeness Polite 1.5
  18. Glib 1.5

    New York liberal De Niro seems relatively restrained in his fictionalized take on the CIA. Including actions long part of CIA lore seems fair game, e.g., prisoners jumping out of windows after receiving LSD as a truth serum and water boarding. Matt Damon’s character is apparently a composite, means liberties were taken, including the kind of happenstance that only emerges from Hollywood, e.g., intertwined family and romantic dramas leading directly to a major foreign policy debacle.

  19. Circumstantial Glib 2.0
  20. Biological Glib 1.5

    For a spy movie, even one that was ostensibly biographical, there was precious little super human derring do.

  21. Physical Natural 1.0

    seemed straight

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Dec 9, 2009 2:51PM
MJ5K

Regarding Phillip’s Review
Um, the actors were good with their acting? But the other actors were pretty plain? You may wanna be more specific.

Dec 8, 2009 9:04PM
Wick

Regarding Wick’s Review
Yep, first review I posted after the Alpha version of WikPik went live in Summer ’07.

Thanks for reminding me MJ. I like going into old reviews to tighten the commentary, or to add a WikChip, since WikChips weren’t available until last year.

Dec 8, 2009 5:26PM
MJ5K

Regarding Wick’s Review
So, Wick, this is where it all began lol