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| The Recruit |
| This review was sent to me from Brittney, a Gabriel fan who affectionately calls him "Gabe The Babe". Thanks for the review Brittney! T :-) By Brittney Colin Farrell and Al Pacino star in the never catching movie that rips off every spy movie ever made. Mercifully, we see Gabe for more than a few seconds in this movie, and believe me, he is hot in his scenes. The story involving Colin and the way too skinny Bridget Moynahan takes many twists and turns but becomes predictable mid-way through the movie. All in all the movie is worth going to see for Gabe and his body (wink)! The movie itself should get a hundred gold stars because Gabe is not gay in it. And for all of you out there who know that Gabe's characters have met their end in way too many of his movies, don't have too much hope for this one either. Go see it and you will know! By Terri Not having had a chance to see The Recruit in the theater I have to say that I was really looking forward to May 27th. Not only was that my wedding anniversary to my wonderful husband of 8 years but it was also the day this movie was to be released on video. So, after having done my wifely duties (clears throat), I put in the newly purchased DVD and sat back to watch Gabriel's latest movie with much anticipation. I have to give a big fat "pppffflllttt" (that would be a raspberry) to this film. It's too long, too predictable and quite frankly it just doesn't hold one's interest. If I were to describe this movie in one word it would be "flat". There's just no spark. There is nothing that gives you that "Oh" or "Ah" feeling. I'm not talking about asthetics (big explosions, etc.), I mean there is nothing that grabs you intellectually. The director had a great chance to do some very cleaver things but instead he chose to play it safe and do the obvious (i.e. Layla's coffee cup, Clayton's interrogation). And you would have to be a complete moron not to have figured out the plot midway through this film. The other problem I have is that this is a three character movie, and even those characters have very little background told about them, other than Clayton. You don't really know what the story is with Layla or Al Pacino's charatcer (don't remember the name right now nor do I really care to), except at the end when he predictably spills his guts to Clayton. Gabriel's character Zack, if you can even call it a character, basically stands around with a disapproving look on his face. His character is so insignificant that I wonder why they even gave him a name. For a movie chock full of quality actors this one flopped big time! The only good thing about this movie, and believe me, I really tried to find some redeeming quality, was Al Pacino's performance. I have often complained that he has been playing the same preaching mentor character over and over again, and he still showed some of that in this one, but to a much lesser degree. His character was more like a smooth and very convincing salesman. You know, the type of person who could sale ice to an Eskimo. But even the character was obvious. Why the character of Clayton would ever trust or believe someone as appearent as this is beyond me, hence the believability problem with this movie. My Rating: Don't waste your time. |