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Perhaps it comes from too many brief roles in too many movies, but he certainly knows how to make an immediate impact. He also shows a physical adeptness during the fight scenes, even if the bald look is a slightly unusual one for him, as most of his other parts in action movies have never required such a high level of physicality. I still find the casting of Olyphant a little left of centre, as it’s a pure action role and seemed designed for someone of Diesel’s stature, yet Olyphant proves himself admirably, snarling out the dialogue in a way that befits his strengths. But there’s still plenty to enjoy, watching Agent 47 (Olyphant, of course) despatch bad guys in inventive ways in a role that was originally touted for Vin Diesel. To be fair, the film was apparently taken away from Gens in the editing suite, with some of his favourite scenes swapped for yet more violence by the powers that be. If they hadn’t made so many terrible films in the last decade, maybe I wouldn’t go looking for an action fix in other sordid places. Don’t blame me – blame one too many straight-to-DVD movies from my somewhat fallen idols Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme. I know that quite a few of my friends have a strong dislike for Hitman, but with its 80s throwback attitude towards violence, plotting and one-liners, I couldn’t help but enjoy it. I’m keeping a close eye on Hitman’s director Xavier Gens, whose previous output has led him to make the intriguing looking The Divide, which stars Heroes’ Milo Ventimiglia and geek legend Michael Biehn, which also has a strong enough poster and trailer to make sure it’s firmly on my ‘to see’ list. “Yell all you like, the Lord himself won’t hear you.” It speaks volumes about his talent that he was chosen for the part, even if the film wasn’t as successful as hoped, but if Kasdan picked him, perhaps he’ll get a call one day from the likes of Spielberg and have his reputation cemented by one of our greatest directors. Olyphant holds his own amongst such fine company, getting a few choice lines and a requisite display of attitude.
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However, alongside Olyphant, there’s Freeman, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis and an unrecognisable Donnie Wahlberg, who all ensure that the film is packed full of greatness, while the group of old friends are instantly likeable simply because of the actors chosen to portray them. It’s a film that’s grown on me every time I’ve watched it, but it’s still a bit of an oddity, with its denouement seemingly better suited to a work of literature than a mainstream movie. It wasn’t, but then it wasn’t very good either.
Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, promising it wasn’t going to be an advert for army recruitment. After working together on it, Tatum convinced Gordon-Levitt to join him in G.I.
Like a handful of films on this list, it’s well worth tracking down, proving to be a surprisingly tough watch at times, and deserving of considerably more recognition. Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt take up the majority of screen time, as three friends who fall apart on their return to America from their tour of service in Iraq, a situation made worse when Phillippe decides to go AWOL after being ‘stop-lossed’ (forced to return to war, even after your service is supposed to have ended).
Stop-Loss is a good, overlooked attempt to raise awareness of the post traumatic stress, death and mutilation that young soldiers face, and plays out almost like an MTV version of The Deer Hunter, only without the bad connotations this might suggest. Certainly, some filmmakers think so, as I approached both of the above films expecting a solid dose of a high-billed Mr Olyphant, only to discover that his appearance in Stop-Loss runs to a total of about ten minutes, with A Man Apart clocking about twenty (he doesn’t appear until half an hour in). “Oh I’m sorry buddy, let me rephrase – fuck you!”Ī little Olyphant can go a long way.
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