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Ned Beatty
Born: July 6, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Nationality: American
Nationality: American
Ned Beatty
Filmography Cast Member
(2010) R
(2008) R
(2007) R
(2007) R
(2007) R
(2005) PG
(2000) PG-13
(1999) PG-13
(1999) R
(1999) R
(1998) R
(1996)
(1996) R
(1995) R
(1995) Unrated
(1995) PG
(1994)
(1994) R
(1994) R
(1994) PG
(1993) PG
(1993) PG-13
(1992)
(1992) PG-13
(1992) PG-13
(1991) R
(1991) R
(1991) PG
(1991) PG
(1991) Unrated
(1990) PG
(1990) PG-13
(1990) Unrated
(1990) PG-13
(1990)
(1989) R
(1989) Unrated
(1989) R
(1989) PG-13
(1989) Unrated
(1988) R
(1988) R
(1988) PG
(1988) PG
(1988) PG
(1987) R
(1987) R
(1987) R
(1987) R
(1987) PG-13
(1986) PG-13
(1985)
(1985) Unrated
(1985)
(1983) PG
(1982)
(1982) PG
(1982)
(1982) R
(1982)
(1981) PG
(1980) R
(1980)
(1980)
(1980) PG
(1979)
(1979) PG
(1979) PG
(1979) PG
(1978) PG
(1978)
(1978) PG
(1977)
(1977) R
(1977) PG
(1976) PG
(1976) R
(1976) PG
(1976) R
(1976) PG
(1976)
(1975) R
(1975) Unrated
(1974)
(1973) PG
(1973) Unrated
(1973) PG
(1973) PG
(1972) R
Filmography Host
This is apparently a remake of the 1976 movie of the same name (with Stacy Keach), so we might indeed wonder what Michael Winterbottom thought he was doing. At one point the main character remarks that conflicting forces are pulling him apart, so that one day he's jest going to split in two - and perhaps the movie itself is pulling in too many directions at once: (1) Sexploitation. Sadomasochism as titillating entertainment. Lots of women enjoy a good whuppin'? - bad call! (2) Serial killer profiling (John Douglas of the FBI) - violence escalates from "harmless" psychological sources, connected of course with sex. (3) A stock-in-trade thriller. Is this indeed the perfect crime? Will he get away with it? (4) Ambiguity and audience manipulation - are we supposed to sympathise with this thoroughly unlikeable character, when (inevitably) things start to go wrong (a twenty dollar bill turns up, etc). (5) Ironic social comment. Be polite, gentlemanly. Always call people sir and ma'am, except of course when you're bashing them to death. Yup, it's more cheap shots at the sanctimonious South, folks, Texas in this instance. (6) Never mind the plot, feel the authenticity. Period streets and storefronts, good. 1950s cars, great. Even a DC3 aircraft. But the plot does creak badly in places. If your plan includes killing someone, make sure they're dead. It's a great pity that no-one could come up with a satisfying ending - instead we get the same formula pyro-melodramatics that hundreds of movies and TV dramas have resorted to. Casey Affleck and the pathology he portrays have to carry too much of the film, but both are very convincing. There's a ghastly certainty that "there, but for the grace of my (sort of) normal genes, go I." If you like this movie, you'll probably like it a lot.
Mark wahlberg looks great in this movie just
Like the departed. Okey I seen shooter when it was on TNT and FX. Mark wahlberg is looks like he is on the job and shooter was the best movie in 2007. Next time mark wahlberg have his fans there will be a hit in the box office.
Violent, Intermittently Compelling
Reviewed by criddic2 for The Killer Inside Me at 2010-09-26 04:47:49
Reviewed by criddic2 for The Killer Inside Me at 2010-09-26 04:47:49
A standout Casey Affleck plays a deputy sheriff who turns out to be a psycho killer. Atmospheric, but the only really interesting character is Affleck's.
Always get a little nostalgic when I think of this one. Sort of a lame movie along the same lines as D.A.R.Y.L and The Electric Grandmother, but it makes me smile because it takes me back...
Bernard Tavernier and American Unconscious: Super-Crooks, Super-Heroes and
Reviewed by actingoutpolitics for In the Electric Mist at 2010-08-05 20:45:38
Reviewed by actingoutpolitics for In the Electric Mist at 2010-08-05 20:45:38
Tavernier?s representation of the ?American archetype? in ?In the Electric Mist? (2010) is a diligent repetition of endless Hollywood films about super-crooks and super-heroes. The American super-crooks are depicted as heroes of social success while being disgustingly cynical characters bathing in luxury, and the American super-heroes are also crooks of another sort ? so motivated to get the ?devil? that they fabricate the evidence and are merciless and cruel (but the viewers are, as always, on their side because it is so obvious who is super-bad that being just bad already looks like being super-good). As always in Hollywood productions, ?badness? is rooted in ?perverted? individuals and has nothing to do with the socio-politico-economic system. And this Hollywood-like juicy ?realistic? style! ? This confident settlement of the director and actors in the flesh of life (without any psychological asceticism and emotional modesty which are inseparable from the ability to deliver at least some meaning). What?s happening with decent European directors when they get American contracts (except Louis Malle)? Whom they are identifying with when they are making American movies? To use Tavernier?s film?s images ? they identify with drunk-drugged philistines ? they are drunk-drugged with their dream about loud money-success in U.S.A. www.actingoutpolitics.com
By Victor
Bernard Tavernier and American Unconscious: Super-Crooks, Super-Heroes and
Reviewed by actingoutpolitics for In the Electric Mist at 2010-07-21 20:05:57
Reviewed by actingoutpolitics for In the Electric Mist at 2010-07-21 20:05:57
Tavernier?s representation of the ?American archetype? in ?In the Electric Mist? (2010) is a diligent repetition of endless Hollywood films about super-crooks and super-heroes. The American super-crooks are depicted as heroes of social success while being disgustingly cynical characters bathing in luxury, and the American super-heroes are also crooks of another sort ? so motivated to get the ?devil? that they fabricate the evidence and are merciless and cruel (but the viewers are, as always, on their side because it is so obvious who is super-bad that being just bad already looks like being super-good). As always in Hollywood productions, ?badness? is rooted in ?perverted? individuals and has nothing to do with the socio-politico-economic system. And this Hollywood-like juicy ?realistic? style! ? This confident settlement of the director and actors in the flesh of life (without any psychological asceticism and emotional modesty which are inseparable from the ability to deliver at least some meaning). What?s happening with decent European directors when they get American contracts (except Louis Malle)? Whom they are identifying with when they are making American movies? To use Tavernier?s film?s images ? they identify with drunk-drugged philistines ? they are drunk-drugged with their dream about loud money-success in U.S.A. www.actingoutpolitics.com
By Victor
George Reeves was fun on TV, Brandon Routh was fine in the newer movie, but Christopher Reeve remains the actor who made the role his. And the movie is a great one, too, against all expectations at the time. Sweeping epic origin story, fantastic (for the time) effects, inspirational music from John Williams, a cast that fill each role brilliantly. Nobody plays Lex Luthor the way Hackman does. The look and feel are still majestic, permitting a sense of awe that is rare in movies.
The Donner cut seemed to have a slightly more genuine feel to it.. That being said, I was raised on this version(we didn't have the luxury of different versions when this was released), and it's still fun to watch~
OK, not all of the scenes work, but you have to give it to Spielberg. He really, really wants this movie to be funny. Like REALLY. The movie is literally dripping with ambition, so you have to give it credit for that.
Ever feel like quiting? Watch this movie. This is a great story about never giving up on your dreams, no matter how far out of reach they may seem. Acting was pretty good, if not great.
A great movie, particularly if you like government/spy/CIA movies, conspiracies, etc. It's very 24-esque.
It does have Marky Mark too, but unfortunately no Funky Bunch.
maybe it's because I'm in love with Marky Mark? This movie is action packed and entertaining.
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