Only God Forgives (2013) Rating: 0.5 / 5 "May we forgive this movie"

Cut nonsense parts and you only get a 30 minutes movie summarized for you. Nicolas Refn latest art piece is a hell a boring, bloody violence and nonsense movie. Refn pulled it out with "Drive" but repeating the same trick for the second time on "Only God Forgives" just simply not bringing the magic out. Perhaps, Refn might have forgotten about the simplest basic magic rule which is -never do the same trick twice-.  90 minutes of piecing a random art piece and very little dialogue might be appealing for someone but majority will dislikes and would probably walk-out from the cinema half-of-the movie. Especially when you will be served a 60 minutes of scene that should have been left out.

Ryan Gosling ;is the name that lifts the movie prospect. People come to see him after a positively praised for the collaboration with Refn on "Drive". Indeed many loves it and expecting that Ryan will show the magic the second time . Unfortunately, the magic does not even excite me a little.

The writing is nonsense, Compared it to artistic movie "Tree of Life- Terrence Malick" I would rather spend 120 minutes on it rather than 90 minutes of Only God Forgives. I might admit that some scenes are beautifully shot and executed but seriously do the cop has to sing every time he executed a criminal? Okay, lets cut his hand, lets split his chest, oh wait, lets booked a whole room for karaoke bonanza to celebrate it. As well, surprisingly the cop always has a dagger ready to be pulled out of a thin air.  If only if they cut all the nonsense part and make it a short movie. If Only IF- -; The whole movie is just like plugging various beautifully shot and ridiculous singing scene to make it worth for the big screen in theater.

13 (2010; Genre: drama, thriller) Rating : " 0.5 / 5" A waste of time

Directed by Gela Babluani


Written by Gela Babluani


Starring Sam Riley
               Mickey Rourke
               Ray Winstone
               Jason Statham


Distributed by Paramount Vantage
                         Endeavor

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Premise

A naive young who stumbled into a complicated gambling game of Russian roulette. 

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Review

A complete waste of talent and time. Probably the next contender of the last air bender, but the only downside of this is the screenplay. Thirteen is lack of story and lack of character building. Bombarded with a major name  like Jason Statham and Mickey Rouke to star in it, surely nobody could think that this movie is going to be a big disappointment. However, Gela has successfully trick so many audiences, especially with those elegantly designed poster like above. Thirteen is just like throwing a flat story and make it looks like a blockbuster hit. Just can't believe that Jason Statham even considered signing in for the cast.  

What makes me want to see the movie at first is the cast and the poster which looks appealing. And now I want my whole 90 minutes back. The premise is interesting but the way it is being told is ridiculous. First 10 minutes really depicted how it is going down from there. There is lack of detail in the story. Barely a good explanation on how the winner is paid and how the players are being picked can be found in the movie. The main character is lacking of motive and it is executed poorly.

Well, some might find it interesting. But if you like thriller movie with a good story and greatly built character, this movie is worth a skip. 

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Trailer