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In this week's Expatica cinema section - in collaboration with Picturenose - James Drew reviews the "epic" 'Mongol', "tasteless comedy" in 'Teeth', and the "predictable" 'What Happens in Vegas....'
Nine-year-old Temudgin (Odnyam Odsuren) is the boy who would be Khan. Riding to take a bride from a rival clan in hopes of establishing peace, Temudgin instead is smitten by a young girl from a friendly, much less powerful tribe, and tricks his father into allowing him to choose her instead thus guaranteeing continuing strife rather than peace. Time moves on, and Tadanobu Asano (very convincingly) now plays the adult Temudgin. While having claimed his young betrothed, Temudgin’s life becomes no easier, as his enemies grow and every victory is marred by a corresponding set back. His life becomes an epic struggle, spurred by his conviction that the Mongol people need to be united under a single rule of law even if half of them must die...
Under the direction of Mitchell Lichtenstein (Resurrection (2004) Jess Weixler gives a barnstorming turn as the innocent, beautiful Christian girl who fiercely protects her budding womanhood at the price of high-school popularity. Dawn is a complex and fascinating character, who finds that she has a secret weapon down below and, à la Carrie (1976) turns the tables on her sexual-predator tormentors when the film bares its fangs. Moving beyond a merely simplistic take on 'Nice Girls Don't/Men Are All Pigs', this is one that will definitely dominate the post-film restaurant chat. And you'll probably need a cigarette after the climax...
The pair meet, the fur flies – and they wake up the next day to discover they accidentally got married. Two problems – they don't like each other very much, then Jack wins a $3 million jackpot on a slot machine Joy was playing. They take their case to court, but the judge rules that neither gets their half of the money or the annulment they seek unless they try and make their marriage 'work' for 6 months. Ho, and in a very real sense, hum.'Expatica's weekly cinema-review section is brought to you in collaboration with Picturenose.com'
About our reviewers : Putting you in the picture
(expatica 2008)
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