Journal Shadow Wrought's Journal: Red 5
Retired, Extremely Dangerous
Saw this last night at the cheap theatre down the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot moved along nicely, the action sequences had a great blend of humor and stunts, and I thought the cast was great. A perfect popcorn film.
I also had no idea it was assocaited to DC COmics until I saw the credits. Anyway know about both?
Saw this last night at the cheap theatre down the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot moved along nicely, the action sequences had a great blend of humor and stunts, and I thought the cast was great. A perfect popcorn film.
I also had no idea it was assocaited to DC COmics until I saw the credits. Anyway know about both?
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It's really just sliver of an idea but well-executed. As the author noted, to bump it up to fill 90 minute of screentime, the screenwriters did a great job of enlarging the cast and the premise while still holding mostly true to the central idea.
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Warren Ellis [warrenellis.com] (co?)wrote the comic, fwiw.
Also, Helen Mirren in an elegant white evening gown firing a heavy machine gun. Hee!
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THIS!
I loved that part. Especially since she looked totally bored
Warren Ellis (co?)wrote the comic, fwiw.
I caught the name briefly in the credits but not the attribution. I conjectured in my reply to the good Captain that he might've helped on the screenplay, but it sounds like he was the creator.
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Further reading. [warrenellis.com]
Also. [warrenellis.com]
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Movies, books, and comics are all such different mediums to story telling that translations between them are tricky. The best seem to be the ones that stay true to the theme and a good deal of the plot, but try to tell the story in the new format. I think tha