11/13/2022 0 Comments Gold miner joe full version torrent![]() ![]() This is what El Cortez can provide for audiences, a smart, dynamic, and unique film noir. In the era of instant gratification, high action car chases, and predictable plot outcomes, it's nice to see a film that exemplifies the definition of film noir. Reviewed by Jeffgaucho 7 / 10 El Cortez Review Overall, worth watching if you like the genre, but don't expect too much. There is nothing spectacularly wrong with El Cortez it just is what it is: a small theatrical thriller that would work well as a stage piece and fails to translate its convictions and menace to film. ![]() A soundtrack would have helped enormously. I felt Stephen Purvis wanted it to be a small tale, which is right, but would have liked to have built more atmosphere. I would have liked the lighting and shooting to have been less TV movie mode and more film noir: more shadows, and less claustrophobic. The real fault lies in the way it is shot: too light, and bright. The rest of the cast are good, especially James McDaniel as the cop, but the material is somehow flat. The fact that he plays the ex-com hotel desk clerk like Edward Norton would have just doesn't ring true somehow. ![]() He is not a character actor in the mould of Edward Norton and the way he plays Manny is too off-balance for the material. The fault may lie with Lou Diamond Philips. The plot is nothing you haven't seen before, the characters are OK, but really below par. Neither really a thriller, or mystery, nor clever enough in its plot, twists, or script El Cortez is a pleasant enough diversion but lacks any real distinction. Reviewed by intelearts 4 / 10 A very average thriller ![]()
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