Eagle Vs. Shark Vs. Death Sentence

Well last night's double feature was Death Sentence and Eagle Vs. Shark.

First up was Death Sentence directed by James Wan of Saw infamy. Yeah infamy as it was a below average movie at best but this is about his new project.

Kevin Bacon stars in 2007's Taxi Driver. Yes the last ten minutes were very close to the last ten minutes of Taxi Driver. A family man's son is killed in a random act of violence. We watch as he exacts justice on a gang of thugs.

So what is the difference between this killing thugs movie and other killing thugs movies? This one is pretty intense. I enjoyed it all the way through. It was a dark and compelling look at revenge. Well the Hollywood style of revenge. Bacon is intense, the script is tight, the shots are amazing. There is quite a bit of brutal violence but it wasn't over the top. It works in the context of the movie.

Eagle vs. Shark is on par with Napoleon Dynamite. This one is a bit funnier though. A pair of shy and awkward young adults fall in love. Jarrod is a formerly bullied misfit who swears eternal revenge on his high school bully. Lily is a fast food worker who just got laid off. She accompanies him to his home town so he can fight said bully. The final confrontation is one where you are thinking, "I can't believe he is doing that!!!!"

This one is sweet. It has heart, really awkward heart.