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The film begins with a sequence best described as what might have happened had Michael Mann been hired to direct
The Transporter (2002). Ryan Gosling plays an unnamed character who
earns a living by working as a mechanic, a stuntman and a wheelman for an array of criminal gangs. As a wheelman, the driver is as precise and
emotionally detached as a machine; he operates by certain rules and if his clients abide by those rules then he will get them from A to B. If they
do not abide by those rules then he will leave them behind without even looking back. Exquisitely shot and positively overflowing with tension, this
opening sequence both sets the tone for the film as a whole and establishes the driver as a man who operates by a very simple set of rules.
Jackie Chan (do I need to list his movie credits?) has expressed a desire to move away from comedies, actioners, and comedy-actioners, and into drama,
and one suspects that this feature, New Police Story (aka: San ging chaat goo si), is an attempt to warm up before flexing his acting
muscles. On the extras disc, director Benny Chan (Rob-B-Hood, Who Am I?),
over a clip of Jackie crying, says that this is what Jackie likes doing best, and he gets to do a lot of it, but that and steely determination is
pretty much the range of acting on show here. No one can blame Chan for looking to extend his range, he's 50 now and still doing a lot of his own
stunts, the clock must be ticking; in the meantime forget own-stunt wannabes like pocket scientologist Tom Cruise, Jackie Chan is the real deal.
A man gazing into a mirror; and the man in the mirror reflection... How can the two interact? First, the unmanned 'Operation Sun Probe' detects a
new Solar system planet, previously invisible because it's on the far side of the Sun - same orbit, same orbital speed as Earth, but in 180-degrees
opposition! Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) is project director of the European Space Exploration Council (EuroSEC). Through his contrivance, NASA Colonel
Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) is teamed with astrophysicist John Kane (Ian Hendry), and tasked with investigating this world.
Best space ships
Best of the 2000s
Expressionism
Hays' Hollywood
