I feel that the plot is excellent: A Buddhist monk who is able to "see" past choices that lead to present day Karma. This was an excellent plot but... They should have made it more of a love story, i.e. a strong attachment by the viewer between "Big" and the police woman. And somehow it should have had a clearer ending. the plot had a potential for a great movie. Also it would have been nice to have a good ending. There were some interesting things in the movie...For example, the director certainly understood something about karma as explained by buddhist. I recalled in the movie when the monk says that the Japanese soldier is a different person than the policewoman, but that she is carrying his karma. That is an interesting distinction from the Hindu explanation of karma.
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Torque
(2004)
Entertaining
14 June 2004
Exhilarating.... I really enjoy this movie. I love riding and so I was able to associate with some of the things in the movie. Also, I feel that it was more of an adrenaline rush that biker boyz. The varieties of motorbikes and the way they rode them was interesting.
Critique: Three points...
1)The plot is the run of the mill-action-hero-wins-in-the-end. No matter what happens you know that the main actor is going to win...Sort of like James Bond...the plot of the movie is straight forward, no brainier, no twist, and highly predictable.
2) A few scenes are so ridiculous, you have to just over look them. I will describe some of them: Three or four bikers come across a semi trailer and need to break the lock, and quite conveniently they have a lock cutter. If you are on bike, where do you keep that? The train ride is so unrealistic and even unnecessary. It is far fetch but nevertheless entertaining sort of like is superman, but oh well it is entertainment. Doesn't Ford wash or change clothes. During the entire movie, he uses the same clothes and jacket, and so does everyone else.
3) I hope some gullible people don't try and imitate some of the stunts in the movie. In the movie, people crash and they don't get hurt. sometimes the crashes occur without hermits. People that cannot think for themselves will think that they too are invulnerable. But one little fall at 20mph, even with full gear, can leave you a quadriplegic, brain damaged, or irreparable broken bones.
Critique: Three points...
1)The plot is the run of the mill-action-hero-wins-in-the-end. No matter what happens you know that the main actor is going to win...Sort of like James Bond...the plot of the movie is straight forward, no brainier, no twist, and highly predictable.
2) A few scenes are so ridiculous, you have to just over look them. I will describe some of them: Three or four bikers come across a semi trailer and need to break the lock, and quite conveniently they have a lock cutter. If you are on bike, where do you keep that? The train ride is so unrealistic and even unnecessary. It is far fetch but nevertheless entertaining sort of like is superman, but oh well it is entertainment. Doesn't Ford wash or change clothes. During the entire movie, he uses the same clothes and jacket, and so does everyone else.
3) I hope some gullible people don't try and imitate some of the stunts in the movie. In the movie, people crash and they don't get hurt. sometimes the crashes occur without hermits. People that cannot think for themselves will think that they too are invulnerable. But one little fall at 20mph, even with full gear, can leave you a quadriplegic, brain damaged, or irreparable broken bones.
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