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All Critics (46) Former heavyweight champ, Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3) and Aikido sensation Steven Seagal (Exit Wounds), have an appearance in China Salesman (aka Chinese Salesman), an action film written and directed by Tan Bing (aka Geng Weiguo). Not really, for as we are reassured at the end of Brian De Palma's military slasher film, Casualties of War, Vietnam was after all only a "bad dream.".

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Well, it would appear as though Marty McFly got lost on his way back to the future. Being that this film is not much of anything if not a little excessive, even the potentially tight runtime of about two hours goes abused, sometimes with simple filler, and often with so much fat around the edges of material that the narrative ends up sticking with each segment for way too long, to the point of wearing you down enough to spot where the originality lapses. As I said, excess is found throughout this gritty affair, and not just within plot structuring, because whether it be through overt obscenities or through even some overtly disturbing visuals and material, this film tends to beat you over the head with grime, as surely as it tends to beat you over the head with dramatics, with sentimentality and other glaring lapses in subtlety.

Casualties of War is the strongest, the simplest and the most painful of all the Vietnam movies because it isn't about how terrible it is not to understand what's going on around us -- it's about the agony of seeing terrible things too clearly. All rights reserved. Copyright © Go123Movies. Mr. Penn plays Meserve with terrific elan.

Rabes' script is a mess of pacing and subtlety issues, and even characterization thinness, but it is just comfortable enough with its depths to provide plenty of dramatic potential to be brought to life by De Palma, as well as the most consistent strength: the acting.

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Well, some of the performances take some getting used to, as the material is so abrasive, when not thin with characterization, but the portrayals do best what the writing and direction slip up at doing at times: keeping this drama's human heart pumping, with Sean Penn being particularly chilling in his hardcore portrayal of profoundly disturbed man who feels an evil environment justifies evil doings, while Michael J. Cinemark Also, Fox is quite compelling and convincing, but I think he was perhaps too pure of a character. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. If Brian De Palma delivers on nothing else, it's style and action, but really, style is still underplayed, and action is limited, thus, De Palma has to primarily focus on his dramatic abilities, and when it comes to that, he slips up more than he probably should with his overt disturbances, sentimentality and other abrasive touches, yet once he gets a grip on his dramatic vision, the film all but shines with its tension, resonance and, for that matter, entertainment value. everywhere, everydevice, and everything ;). The acting is great and the cast is comprised of a young Michael J. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. All contents are provided by non-affiliated third parties. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. | Top Critics (8) The film focuses on Jane, a student at a center where women who have suffered unimaginable abuse join together to become leaders. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.

1989 120 min NR (Not Rated) Military/War, Drama, Suspense Feature Film. It lacks a lot of his overt cynicism and gimmickry, focusing instead on heavy themes and character.

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