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Force of Nature - Movie Review


 The Mighty Have Fallen

I feel like this movie was trying to draw viewers in by casting Mel Gibson. The trailer made it feel like Mel's character was a retired Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon. The movie turns out to be not even close to the same league as the Lethal Weapon movies. I had thought about picking up this movie but was fortunate enough to have a free rental from Family Video. This was not one of Mel's better films in either story, character, or even his acting.

Review

The movie starts out in the middle for several minutes before showing events 8 hours prior and moving forward. I feel this was only done to show Mel's character in the first scene and to add a little suspense to persuade viewers to continue watching the movie. I have to admit it works and you end up waiting a good portion of the movie to see how events unfold. By this time, you will realize they must have put much of the films budget into casting Mel (or at least if feels like it).

The film did not need a big budget for the location the story takes place. The story had some originality to it. There was even a plot twist with William Catlett's Griffin character where you change your opinion about him. Griffin's pet is one of the few point of the movie that really keep you guessing and would have ruined the movie if you did not find out what it was.

The movie is set in Puerto Rico but surprisingly has mostly American cast. This put me off a little. The script relies too heavily on cussing for dialog. There are very few characters you even care about during the course of the movie. This movie could have been so much better simply by changing the dialog.

Rating

Giving this a SD rating almost insults the rating. If you are bored and have a free movie rental or better yet this comes on a service you already subscribed to, then feel free to watch this movie to waste 90 minutes of your life. I do not plan to add this movie into my collection anytime soon.

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