Trilogy: Three (AKA After The Life)
Dir: Lucas Belvaux
2002
***
Lucas Belvaux does melodrama better than he does comedy, that's for sure but he also does Thriller better and that's probably what he should have stuck to. Apart from showing the world how clever he is when it comes to continuity, I'm not sure what the overall point of Trilogy is? This is a good film but after watching the second installment it's fairly frustrating to watch loads of the same footage for the second and in some cases third time. This detracts hugely from what is a good film. Clever - yes, entertaining - not always.
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Thursday, 27 March 2014
Trilogy: Two (AKA An Amazing Couple)
Dir: Lucas Belvaux
2002
**
The whole is greater than its parts but the second installment of Lucas Belvaux's trilogy, An Amazing Couple, is not very good at all compered to the first and third films. The first film is the 'thriller' and this film is the 'comedy' but unfortunately, it's not very funny. Sure, Belvaux has interweaved the films very skillfully but An Amazing Couple really only belittles the first installment and adds nothing of real value to the story as a whole apart from bridging the gap between one and three.
Dir: Lucas Belvaux
2002
**
The whole is greater than its parts but the second installment of Lucas Belvaux's trilogy, An Amazing Couple, is not very good at all compered to the first and third films. The first film is the 'thriller' and this film is the 'comedy' but unfortunately, it's not very funny. Sure, Belvaux has interweaved the films very skillfully but An Amazing Couple really only belittles the first installment and adds nothing of real value to the story as a whole apart from bridging the gap between one and three.
Trilogy: One (AKA On the Run)
Dir: Lucas Belvaux
2002
****
On the run is my favourite of Lucas Belvaux's trilogy. It's a decent thriller full of suspense and intrigue and I looked forward to seeing how the story would interweave with the other two films. The ending was brilliant, not to everyone's taste but I thought it was very brave and unexpected.
Dir: Lucas Belvaux
2002
****
On the run is my favourite of Lucas Belvaux's trilogy. It's a decent thriller full of suspense and intrigue and I looked forward to seeing how the story would interweave with the other two films. The ending was brilliant, not to everyone's taste but I thought it was very brave and unexpected.
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