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   Let me start off with this, Liam Neeson is the man. Now that we have that out of the way, this was actually a pretty damn good movie. I actually didn't see the twist coming in this one, it didn't really blow me away by any means, but, it was still a surprise all the same. The acting was fantastic, the accents were not.

   After a car accident, a man awakes from a coma only to discovery that someone has taken his identity, and no one, not even his own wife believes him. Now on the search for proof of who he is, and why someone would steal his identity.

   Okay, about the whole accent thing I talked about earlier. As much as I love Liam Neeson, he can't do a believable American accent, but, that's okay, I don't hold him back for it. Other then that, I loved the movie. It wasn't quite as action packed as I thought it would be, I went in expecting a movie akin to Taken. I did however still enjoy the mystery story this movie had to tell.

   Look, this movie isn't going to win any awards, and I doubt many people will even know it exist, I didn't. Though I am happy I came across it and got to see it. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone, especially if you are a fan of Liam Neeson, or a good mystery.

The Next Three Days

   The Next Three Days staring the slightly rotund and very angry Russell Crowe. Yeah, it wasn't bad, but it was far to long of a movie for what it offered. They could have probably cut a good 20 minutes out of the movie and it would have been a lot better. It had far to much bloat in the middle, much like Russell Crowe.(See what I did there?)

   The Next Three Days is about a family who gets torn apart when the mother(Elizabeth Banks) gets accused of murder and is sent to prison. Josh Brennan(Russell Crowe) after exhausting every legal way to free his wife, decides to break her out of prison. Now, on a moderate teachers salary he must study, plan, and fund her escape and make it out of the country. Will he be able to do it? Or will not only his sons mother be in prison but also his father.

   It was a bit unrealistic to see a professor at a community college in what seemed like a few months become an expert at breaking and entering and escaping the police. But, it was a movie, and that's what most movies are, unrealistic. Still, it was almost to much to be believed. Not to mention the wife played by Elizabeth Banks was so unlikable through out the entire movie, it really didn't grab you and pull you in. I mean, I'm not sure if it was the writing, or the acting but, no matter what happened I just felt nothing toward the wife, I could really careless what happened to her.

   The movie, on the hole, was far to long for what it tried to present, the acting was fairly sub par and the wife, which was a major supporting character was completely unlikeable, while the movie told a decent story, I still would not recommend. Do yourself a favor, pass on this one, it isn't worth your time.

Schindler's List

   Yeah, I know I'm rather behind with the times seeing as I just now watched this film for the first time. Well, better late then never, right? So initial gut reaction of the movie, it was fantastic.

   Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi Party during World War 2, who ends up starting a company, and though contacts hires Jews to work for him. At first Schindler just wanted to make money, but, he comes to want to help the Jews, and end up being one of their biggest, and most unlikely helps.

   Schindler's List as I previously said was a fantastic film, the movie being in black and white really made you pay attention to the characters and the dialog, instead of studying the surroundings during a scene. the sheer brutality portrayed in the film is so frustrating, knowing that events like this actually happened and a lot more often then one could dream.

  Steven Spielberg really put the Holocaust out for everyone to see, and experience in a sense, through the eyes of those involved. It was terrible knowing these events took place, even know Oskar Schindler became a better man because of it, it is something that cannot happen ever again. Everyone must see this film.