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Just shoot ‘em in the head!
I caught the remake of “Assault on Precinct 13” the other night on HBO, apparently in a bored-enough frame of mind that I didn’t mind sitting through a fairly standard C+ action flick that I’d seen and only partly enjoyed years ago in the original version…
Ethan Hawke and Lawrence Fishburne actually have a pretty good chemistry in this one, and Mario Bello is just plain hot, whether she’s handling a firearm or not. Some things are simply what they are.
Actually, Fishburne makes a more convincing bad guy than good guy, it occurs to me. When he plays bad, he knows how to really turn on the smooth oiliness, and he does it really well. He’s one of those smart bad guys who is even scarier for being clever. When he’s a good guy, there’s a bit of geekiness that comes out in the seriousness he usually affects.
But ANYWAY, what occurred to me is that I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie in which so many people are shot in the head. I mean, we’ve all seen lots and lots of movies in which lots and lots of people got shot… but in this one, it seems that NEARLY EVERYBODY after the first two shootings gets it right in the noggin.
Which is pretty funny, because 1. There’s a lot of shooting, and it never seems to go anywhere except, well, in the head; and 2. most of the guys in this are wearing helmets and body armor (that’s all I’ll say), so the only place to hit ‘em that works is in the head … and wouldn’t ya know? That’s JUST what happens.
How conveeeeeeeeenient!
Anyway, Sundance… I think I should tell ya … I’ve never actually killed a man…
Oh, great: Hell of a time to tell me.
Dont’ you miss the old days when a bullet counted for something?
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