Posted on 09/09/2018 2:05:49 PM PDT by Drew68
“Now I’m a pretty firm believer that depiction does not equal endorsement, especially in crime fiction. I also believe that someone like Quentin Tarantino has often taken a little too much pleasure in pushing that idea to a certain point and then unpleasantly winking about it. But I do not agree with the reviews of “Dragged” that call it a right-wing fantasy. This Zahler film tamps down the outlandishness of “Brawl” (but doesn’t entirely dispense with it) and ushers in some Elmore Leonard the better to construct, with great patience and devilish craft (this is potentially one of the most engrossing 158-minute films you’ll ever sit through), a story of two criminal schemes that converge and go very wrong. “
He is a long time Austin leftist. Believe nothing-from the website.
What is she bichen about? The left got four anti-gun movies out of Mel in his early days.
‘Or “Payback”, starring Gibson as a bad guy seeking revenge.’
I remember the critics being in high dudgeon because of the smoking in that movie...
At the end of the day, all I ask from Hollywood is to entertain me. Before they became obsessed with virtue signaling, SJW activism, and tokenism, it used to only be about, "Let's make a good movie that entertains people."
And really, that's all I care about. I don't care if it's Sean Penn or Mel Gibson. Just make a good movie.
“Blood Father” from 2016 starring Mel was a good action flick for grownups.
We have a nice black family in our neighborhood who isn't in the least bit shy about letting people know that they moved here precisely because our working class neighborhood has less black people.
Funny, how that works, isn't it?
I can’t wait to see it...to satisfy my far, right-wing fantasies.
Great movie - never expected such a performance from Vince Vaughn. Fantastic.
I think it was in one of Thomas Sowell’s books where he related how middle class blacks moved as poorer blacks moved in from down south. It really isn’t rocket science. We all want to live in areas where the local ‘culture’ appeals to our way of life.
I love how to a leftist, this is automatically absurd and not true.
That was my take on it too. Based on the review, the movie is the standard Hollywood celebration of violence and cruelty, with the white cops portrayed as abhorrent criminals. I’ll pass.
And what LA cop would rob a bank to steal money? That’s what fake disability retirements are for.
If the far Left Daily Beast hates it, that’s all the endorsement I need. I’ll be sure to go watch it.
Nice to read an unbiased review (COUGH, COUGH).
I truly appreciate the heads-up.
If Gibson is smart he would create his own distribution company on line, and sell it to the consumer directly.
I can then watch it at home, comfortably, without a sticky floor, animals with cell phone shining in my eyes, no head lice and bedbugs or $8 popcorn. No little orangutangs kicking my seat.
Sounds like a win-win for everybody.
The answer to the first is to make the leftist 'tards heads explode; what are they gonna do? put him in a bigger doghouse?
As to the second? Why not? You never watched the mildly successful TV series The Shield? Personally, I couldn't watch it.
As a bonus, it will make leftist 'tards heads explode.
What's not to like?
This is a legitimate fear for millions of parents.
The fact that your kids are at risk from nonwhite violence does not make you a bad person.
Tolerating or ignoring it does.
LOL
To my way of thinking that Oprah comparison only proved that Oprah is the lefts very on homegrown black racist.
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