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Rick's Hangman Movie Review
Copyright © 2005, Rick Morales
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The world is your oyster darling and there are a lot of great
stories in that little oyster. Stories of betrayal and faith and
vengeance, but who would have thought there would be a story as
far-fetchedly out of this oyster as Machiavelli Hangman? Does
this plot fit in any of the conventional films that we have
previously grown to watch and know and love? In film school,
they taught us that there were 20 main plots because those are
the stories that can tell the human condition. These range from
the heroic adventure to the underdog story to the sacrifice and
countless others. Machiavelli Hangman seems to take all those
sub-categories and create one that stands on its own. It’s a
combination of the underdog story with the sacrifice and the
heroic adventure.
The filmmakers of this film have truly created something so
unique that it represents a new breed of filmmaking altogether.
When I was watching the film, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of
it. Whether it was a comedy like the one I had recently seen with
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), or if it was an
inspirational historical drama like Cinderella Story or an action
adventure bonanza like Spielberg’s latest War of the Worlds.
Being a film critic, I have to criticize, but it makes my job so
difficult when there’s barely anything to criticize. After the
first 10 minutes, I simply just sat back… I’m sorry, let me
rephrase, I was uncontrollably pushed back to settle into my
comfortable seat and enjoy the fluidity of the story. It flowed
like a stream, so seamlessly that I completely forgot that I have
been a critique for the last two years and I went back to my
childhood when I used to watch films with an innocent
nonanalytical mind.
The actors were all splendid as they delivered one-liners like "I
was born out of a coconut" or consistent references to "rubbing
one out." The dialogue was a familiar reminder of Quentin
Tarantino’s free flowing rhetorical conversations but in this
movie, every single detail is there for a reason.
In conclusion, I must tell you that no matter how cynical and
cautious you are about movies these days, this film will find a
way to creep into your brain and stay there until you can’t think
of anything else. It has beats and it absolutely had me in a
tight grip by the 10th beat which happens within the first
twenty-five minutes. Machiavelli Hangman is a trap and you will
walk in and get caught and love every second of it.
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