Michael-Jai-White Movie Reviews

This movie is an accurate and touching portrayal of Mississippi from a racial standpoint in the early 1960's. I am a professor at a small college and show this video often to my students, most born after 1980, to reveal what conditions were like for African Americans in the South during the civil rights movement. I accompany the movie with clips from Eyes on the Prize. The students never fail to be impressed with both videos, but the narration and the consistant character portrayal in Freedom Song really make poignant the heroism of SNCC participants.

Civil Rights - may be a cliche' because there is not enough interesting information out there that captures ones attention without them feeling sad for a couple of days with no lasting effect. Danny Glovers film Freedom Song, shows the turmoil within the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee("snick")as well as the overwhelming odds without. The general public know Dr. Martin Luther King, but little about anything else. Truth be known, Dr King would have failed without the concerted efforts of the other groups such as SNCC. It was good to see the diversity of youth the way it really was. What a positive thing for our children of all races to see, how when you believe in something the price is very high, but attainable.

This film is a wonderful dramatization of the civil rights struggle in a small town in Mississippi. The story is complex and compelling. The viewer is drawn in by the difficulties faced by the young hero who struggles to understand the limitations of his father's way of life while fighting for freedom. This film makes the civil rights movement more real and personal than most documentaries can.

This movie is an accurate and touching portrayal of Mississippi from a racial standpoint in the early 1960's. I am a professor at a small college and show this video often to my students, most born after 1980, to reveal what conditions were like for African Americans in the South during the civil rights movement. I accompany the movie with clips from Eyes on the Prize. The students never fail to be impressed with both videos, but the narration and the consistant character portrayal in Freedom Song really make poignant the heroism of SNCC participants.

Civil Rights - may be a cliche' because there is not enough interesting information out there that captures ones attention without them feeling sad for a couple of days with no lasting effect. Danny Glovers film Freedom Song, shows the turmoil within the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee("snick")as well as the overwhelming odds without. The general public know Dr. Martin Luther King, but little about anything else. Truth be known, Dr King would have failed without the concerted efforts of the other groups such as SNCC. It was good to see the diversity of youth the way it really was. What a positive thing for our children of all races to see, how when you believe in something the price is very high, but attainable.

This film is a wonderful dramatization of the civil rights struggle in a small town in Mississippi. The story is complex and compelling. The viewer is drawn in by the difficulties faced by the young hero who struggles to understand the limitations of his father's way of life while fighting for freedom. This film makes the civil rights movement more real and personal than most documentaries can.

quentin tarantino has always made good movies..i mean, let's begin from pulp fiction. in my dvd player right now. it's a classic, which has more punchlines than the matrix has numbers.
the time cutting, the violence turned into the funny parts because of samuel l jackson's commentaries, and you can watch it over, and over, and over again.

reservoir dogs. pure brilliance. old story, you've heard it a billion times. a heist goes wrong, who's the snitch, etc. but cast amazing actors for each lead role, and you already have a good movie. let tarantino make it? the shots are beautiful.

let's get to the point tho, im too tired to talk about his other flicks. kill bill is so amazingly great because it contains a bunch of props, and lines, from other movies (the black mask for example - from "black mask"). it suddenly turns into anime, which i love, all the waterfall blood in the movie brings you back to those cheap, wu tang,fearless dragon movies...which is cool as hell..and the whole soundtrack is just samples compilated by the Rza, from the Wu-Tang Clan (one of my favorite groups). i cant wait for volume 2. thats basically it.

thanks quentin. never stop.ever.please.

This movie doesn't come out for months, and I still know its the best movie ever made. Snoogens

The storyline wasn't believable and the cinematography wasn't the best either.

From the very beginning, this film grabs the viewer's attention and never lets go. Although the film is quite predictable, it's still enjoyable to just watch and see exactly how certain events unfolded and who would be involved and in what capacity.

From the beginning of the film, we know right away that a scheme is under way. Most of the main characters seem to be people one would never imagine getting caught up in a scheme involving so much deceit and treachery. The main character is a Psycologist (Mia) whose marriage is on the rocks. Her main client is a woman who begins to council Mia more than she councils her however. Mia is lead by her client into a web of treachery fueled by her failing marriage. At a certain point in the film Mia considers the possibility of having intimate relations with two men at the same time.

Although I really enjoyed this film, I think that it sends a very negative and troubling message and is biased towards women. In the first "Trois", the ending was very fitting and sent a good strong message but the story was much weaker. This film however, had much better scenes and a richer plot but the message it sent at the end was disturbing to say the least. That's not to say that the film has no redeeming value however. I liked the part in the film where the patient says to her Psycologist that she must look deep into herself before she can start to understand someone else.

The first Trois movie was one of those independent films and you could tell it was done on a budget and it was a first time directorial debut for those cats. So surprisingly, the 2nd Trois was up to par on so many levels: direction, acting, cinematography, plot, storyline, production. They did a great job with the second movie and I commend them on their efforts. It was all good and Pandora's Box delivered a suspenseful, erotic thriller with an all-black cast, who did their thing through the entire movie. It stars Monica Calhoun (who played Mia in the Best Man and was LisaRaye's cousin in Playa's Club), Kristoff St.John (Neil on the Young&Restless), Michael Jai White (he played in Spawn), and it also stars the lightskinneded thick chick from Playa's Club who played Ronnie (one of the girlz after Diamond).

Anyway the movie was tastefully done, it had a great plot and it gave a positive portrayal of black women who are successful in their careers, sassy and sexy. The sex scenes were very passionate and the actors did an excellent job portraying their characters.

Definitely a must-see. This definitely a movie for the ladies because the first was for the men. This time around the lead character has a fantasy about 2 men and they are both fine as hell. Tyson Beckford has a small role in the beginning!!! The opening scenes are off the chain, it will immediately get your interest. The director's commentary was also good, which is available on the DVD version.

I still wonder what was the purpose of John Herzfeld when he filmed TWO DAYS IN THE VALLEY. The structure of the movie isn't revolutionary, so the plot should give us an answer to this question.

Well...I still wonder, did I say ! It could be :

- Everybody changes his mind so don't take anything for granted.

- One minute of your time can modify your life (but we know that already, don't we ?).

- Don't get married if you're an ice skater !

And so on. You've understood that the screenplay isn't the main interest of this movie neither.

Happily enough, the cast is great and brings very funny and enjoyable moments, I must admit it.

A DVD zone I should have rent it instead of buying it.

Many people put this in the "Quentin Tarantino Rip-off" pile, but it really owes more of a debt to Robert Altman than it does to Tarantino. Sure, it has Crime Thriller elements, but at its Core it is an Ensemble Drama akin to "Short Cuts" and "Magnolia".

The Star-Studded Cast includes Eric Stoltz (as a discontent vice cop), Jeff Daniels (as Eric's hard-nosed partner), James Spader (as an ice-cold hit man), Danny Aiello (as a washed-up hit man), Charlize Theron (as James' accomplice/girlfriend), Teri Hatcher (as a murder witness) and Glenne Headly (as a Hostage). They, and Everyone else in the film, give Fitting, Seasoned Performances.

Stoltz and Spader give the Best performances, both Funny and Real. Especially Spader, he virtually Carries the Film. Charlize Theron, in one of her first films, is Very, very Attention-Grabbing, through her Looks and her Abilities. Daniels and Hatcher appear too Infrequently to be Memorable. Aiello and Headly give equally Likeable performances that become the Moral Centre of the film.

The film, like all the ones mentioned above, follows a Series of Unconnected stories that somehow Intersect with each other at the climax. To explain How would spoil the fun of Watching it all Unravel Yourself. Writer/Director John Herzfeld smartly resists the temptation to Modernize and Spice up his Direction, allowing the Actors to tell the tale.

This is a really good movie, with an unbelievable cast and a brilliant plot! The music soundtrack is also very good, and there is not a bad scene in the movie! I just can't understand why nobody has seen this film! Here we have a variety of bizarre characters (highlights were Danny Aiello, James Spader, Charlize Theron, and Jeff Daniels) who stumble into each other's lives. The director threw in a lot of little interesting quirks, such as the murderous assassin smirking as he watches a cop sight down the barrel of a watergun, or a spiteful old man who we came to hate earlier slinking out of a Japanese pleasure house in the dead of night. (Another interesting thing for me about the movie is to watch for the manner in which every character's name is given as the plot unfolds. ALL of them are named at least once somewhere in the film!) The movie is very well written and very interesting, and if there is any problem whatsoever, it would have to be that at times the dialogue becomes a bit laborous and unrealistic. (Sometimes, it appears that the characters are explaining what's going on to the audience, rather than conversing with the other characters.) Nevertheless, this is a trite point, and distracts none at all from the movie's enjoyment. And although Two Days in the Valley has been called a "Tarantino rip-off", I think this is because, like in many Tarantino films, we get to see famous actors playing in roles that we are not accustomed to seeing them in.

I still wonder what was the purpose of John Herzfeld when he filmed TWO DAYS IN THE VALLEY. The structure of the movie isn't revolutionary, so the plot should give us an answer to this question.

Well...I still wonder, did I say ! It could be :

- Everybody changes his mind so don't take anything for granted.

- One minute of your time can modify your life (but we know that already, don't we ?).

- Don't get married if you're an ice skater !

And so on. You've understood that the screenplay isn't the main interest of this movie neither.

Happily enough, the cast is great and brings very funny and enjoyable moments, I must admit it.

A DVD zone I should have rent it instead of buying it.

Many people put this in the "Quentin Tarantino Rip-off" pile, but it really owes more of a debt to Robert Altman than it does to Tarantino. Sure, it has Crime Thriller elements, but at its Core it is an Ensemble Drama akin to "Short Cuts" and "Magnolia".

The Star-Studded Cast includes Eric Stoltz (as a discontent vice cop), Jeff Daniels (as Eric's hard-nosed partner), James Spader (as an ice-cold hit man), Danny Aiello (as a washed-up hit man), Charlize Theron (as James' accomplice/girlfriend), Teri Hatcher (as a murder witness) and Glenne Headly (as a Hostage). They, and Everyone else in the film, give Fitting, Seasoned Performances.

Stoltz and Spader give the Best performances, both Funny and Real. Especially Spader, he virtually Carries the Film. Charlize Theron, in one of her first films, is Very, very Attention-Grabbing, through her Looks and her Abilities. Daniels and Hatcher appear too Infrequently to be Memorable. Aiello and Headly give equally Likeable performances that become the Moral Centre of the film.

The film, like all the ones mentioned above, follows a Series of Unconnected stories that somehow Intersect with each other at the climax. To explain How would spoil the fun of Watching it all Unravel Yourself. Writer/Director John Herzfeld smartly resists the temptation to Modernize and Spice up his Direction, allowing the Actors to tell the tale.

This is a really good movie, with an unbelievable cast and a brilliant plot! The music soundtrack is also very good, and there is not a bad scene in the movie! I just can't understand why nobody has seen this film! Here we have a variety of bizarre characters (highlights were Danny Aiello, James Spader, Charlize Theron, and Jeff Daniels) who stumble into each other's lives. The director threw in a lot of little interesting quirks, such as the murderous assassin smirking as he watches a cop sight down the barrel of a watergun, or a spiteful old man who we came to hate earlier slinking out of a Japanese pleasure house in the dead of night. (Another interesting thing for me about the movie is to watch for the manner in which every character's name is given as the plot unfolds. ALL of them are named at least once somewhere in the film!) The movie is very well written and very interesting, and if there is any problem whatsoever, it would have to be that at times the dialogue becomes a bit laborous and unrealistic. (Sometimes, it appears that the characters are explaining what's going on to the audience, rather than conversing with the other characters.) Nevertheless, this is a trite point, and distracts none at all from the movie's enjoyment. And although Two Days in the Valley has been called a "Tarantino rip-off", I think this is because, like in many Tarantino films, we get to see famous actors playing in roles that we are not accustomed to seeing them in.

I still wonder what was the purpose of John Herzfeld when he filmed TWO DAYS IN THE VALLEY. The structure of the movie isn't revolutionary, so the plot should give us an answer to this question.

Well...I still wonder, did I say ! It could be :

- Everybody changes his mind so don't take anything for granted.

- One minute of your time can modify your life (but we know that already, don't we ?).

- Don't get married if you're an ice skater !

And so on. You've understood that the screenplay isn't the main interest of this movie neither.

Happily enough, the cast is great and brings very funny and enjoyable moments, I must admit it.

A DVD zone I should have rent it instead of buying it.

Many people put this in the "Quentin Tarantino Rip-off" pile, but it really owes more of a debt to Robert Altman than it does to Tarantino. Sure, it has Crime Thriller elements, but at its Core it is an Ensemble Drama akin to "Short Cuts" and "Magnolia".

The Star-Studded Cast includes Eric Stoltz (as a discontent vice cop), Jeff Daniels (as Eric's hard-nosed partner), James Spader (as an ice-cold hit man), Danny Aiello (as a washed-up hit man), Charlize Theron (as James' accomplice/girlfriend), Teri Hatcher (as a murder witness) and Glenne Headly (as a Hostage). They, and Everyone else in the film, give Fitting, Seasoned Performances.

Stoltz and Spader give the Best performances, both Funny and Real. Especially Spader, he virtually Carries the Film. Charlize Theron, in one of her first films, is Very, very Attention-Grabbing, through her Looks and her Abilities. Daniels and Hatcher appear too Infrequently to be Memorable. Aiello and Headly give equally Likeable performances that become the Moral Centre of the film.

The film, like all the ones mentioned above, follows a Series of Unconnected stories that somehow Intersect with each other at the climax. To explain How would spoil the fun of Watching it all Unravel Yourself. Writer/Director John Herzfeld smartly resists the temptation to Modernize and Spice up his Direction, allowing the Actors to tell the tale.

This is a really good movie, with an unbelievable cast and a brilliant plot! The music soundtrack is also very good, and there is not a bad scene in the movie! I just can't understand why nobody has seen this film! Here we have a variety of bizarre characters (highlights were Danny Aiello, James Spader, Charlize Theron, and Jeff Daniels) who stumble into each other's lives. The director threw in a lot of little interesting quirks, such as the murderous assassin smirking as he watches a cop sight down the barrel of a watergun, or a spiteful old man who we came to hate earlier slinking out of a Japanese pleasure house in the dead of night. (Another interesting thing for me about the movie is to watch for the manner in which every character's name is given as the plot unfolds. ALL of them are named at least once somewhere in the film!) The movie is very well written and very interesting, and if there is any problem whatsoever, it would have to be that at times the dialogue becomes a bit laborous and unrealistic. (Sometimes, it appears that the characters are explaining what's going on to the audience, rather than conversing with the other characters.) Nevertheless, this is a trite point, and distracts none at all from the movie's enjoyment. And although Two Days in the Valley has been called a "Tarantino rip-off", I think this is because, like in many Tarantino films, we get to see famous actors playing in roles that we are not accustomed to seeing them in.

I saw the movie, then got the DVD to watch the Making Of and it was terrific. Steven Seagal reappears after taking a short break in this action packed flick with DMX, Michael Jai White (Spawn), Tom Arnold, Isaiah Washington and Anthony Anderson, who was the life of this movie. Anthony was funny, in fact I think he was the glue that kept the film and characters together.
Summary: Orin Boyd (Steven Seagal) hits rock bottom when he gets thrown out of his precinct 21 and into the worst precinct called 15. He starts off bad and gets worse making enemies from Commander Mulcahy (Jill Hennessy) all the way to the mens locker room and his nightmare begins when he busts an undercover cop called Montini and gets demoted to traffic and ends up in a rage management class where he meets Henry Wayne (Tom Arnold)a TV host, who is really annoying! (Tom was great for the part!)

So whilst all his is happening Latrell Walker (DMX) sets up another meeting with Montini to buy up alot of drugs only Latrell doesn't appear to be who he says he is. When Orin catches up with the help of his new partner George (Isaiah Washington) and Henry he learns that there are some dirty cops up to no good and he seems to be the right guy to stop them. The action scenes and stunts were terrific and I really expected something to happen between Mulcahy and Orin, but watch the movie and find out why nothing happens. Terrific all around, I wonder if they are thinking of a sequel... The title of the movie has absolutely NOTHING to do with the film and the DVD is worth the buy instead of the vhs to see the Making of and an interview with Anthony Anderson.

Wow! I was really suprised and entertained by "Exit Wounds". This is Seagal's best movie to date, surpassing "Under Siege". While this is not a great film it has numerous exciting action scenes and some funny comedic moments. It also plays against Seagal's tough guy image, by having his character sent to anger managment classes, which leads to some funny comedy. Fans of hardcore Seagal might be dissapointed there is less of his Aikido mastery in this film and more shooting and car chasing. His aikido is used in a few scenes, not to mention a really cool quasi sword fight at the end of the film. Seagal by no means is a good actor, but here in "Exit Wounds" he seems to be taking himself less seriously than in his previous movies. Seagal has also lost some wieght since his last movie he is noticably thinner and leaner. The supporting performances by DMX and Tom Arnold are good as well, Tom arnold hasn;t had a role this good since "True Lies" he adds some funny comic releif to the film. Rap star DMX is the real suprise he gives the best performance in the film and shows that he has some serious acting chops, a very pleasant suprise, like the film itself, one of my favorites from 2001. Awesome action!Check it out.

i think this movie disorves 2 be the best.
very cool action and suspence.
MUST SEEN MOVIE.
and also the music video at the end is real cool2.
i think it is a lot better than Romeo must die.
DMX did his job and did his best. and it was pretty good.
The director and actors, must had worked very hard on this movie.

I saw the movie, then got the DVD to watch the Making Of and it was terrific. Steven Seagal reappears after taking a short break in this action packed flick with DMX, Michael Jai White (Spawn), Tom Arnold, Isaiah Washington and Anthony Anderson, who was the life of this movie. Anthony was funny, in fact I think he was the glue that kept the film and characters together.
Summary: Orin Boyd (Steven Seagal) hits rock bottom when he gets thrown out of his precinct 21 and into the worst precinct called 15. He starts off bad and gets worse making enemies from Commander Mulcahy (Jill Hennessy) all the way to the mens locker room and his nightmare begins when he busts an undercover cop called Montini and gets demoted to traffic and ends up in a rage management class where he meets Henry Wayne (Tom Arnold)a TV host, who is really annoying! (Tom was great for the part!)

So whilst all his is happening Latrell Walker (DMX) sets up another meeting with Montini to buy up alot of drugs only Latrell doesn't appear to be who he says he is. When Orin catches up with the help of his new partner George (Isaiah Washington) and Henry he learns that there are some dirty cops up to no good and he seems to be the right guy to stop them. The action scenes and stunts were terrific and I really expected something to happen between Mulcahy and Orin, but watch the movie and find out why nothing happens. Terrific all around, I wonder if they are thinking of a sequel... The title of the movie has absolutely NOTHING to do with the film and the DVD is worth the buy instead of the vhs to see the Making of and an interview with Anthony Anderson.

Wow! I was really suprised and entertained by "Exit Wounds". This is Seagal's best movie to date, surpassing "Under Siege". While this is not a great film it has numerous exciting action scenes and some funny comedic moments. It also plays against Seagal's tough guy image, by having his character sent to anger managment classes, which leads to some funny comedy. Fans of hardcore Seagal might be dissapointed there is less of his Aikido mastery in this film and more shooting and car chasing. His aikido is used in a few scenes, not to mention a really cool quasi sword fight at the end of the film. Seagal by no means is a good actor, but here in "Exit Wounds" he seems to be taking himself less seriously than in his previous movies. Seagal has also lost some wieght since his last movie he is noticably thinner and leaner. The supporting performances by DMX and Tom Arnold are good as well, Tom arnold hasn;t had a role this good since "True Lies" he adds some funny comic releif to the film. Rap star DMX is the real suprise he gives the best performance in the film and shows that he has some serious acting chops, a very pleasant suprise, like the film itself, one of my favorites from 2001. Awesome action!Check it out.

i think this movie disorves 2 be the best.
very cool action and suspence.
MUST SEEN MOVIE.
and also the music video at the end is real cool2.
i think it is a lot better than Romeo must die.
DMX did his job and did his best. and it was pretty good.
The director and actors, must had worked very hard on this movie.

Critics love to hate Steven Seagal, and he is the one actor that people would seldom admit watching. Yet to be fair, although his chances of delivering his award acceptance speech at the Oscars are pretty slim, he is not a bad actor.Like J-C Van Damme, and Dolph Lundgren, he has made his fortune making films based on his martial arts expertise and his physique rather than his ability to play the lead in Hamlet.Stallone's (whose speech in the closing scenes of First Blood was a mix of unknown languages that has yet to be deciphered),and Arnold Schwarzenegger's careers started off this way, but they were lucky enough and with probably the right contacts to branch out into other genres. Seagal and co. remained faithfully in the action genre, making films that alternate between the good, the bad and the simply awful.
Exit Wound is an ok film, and if you watch it like it really is, and I dont think it pretends to be anything else, just an action entertaining movie, then you will probably enjoy it more.
Though the plot is lame and predictable, as you expect from these movies, the actions sequences are well made.
But why my four stars?
Well simply because of the very last scene in the movie, it is unexpected, a touch surreal and totally hilarious. Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold do a fantastic job as two TV show hosts talking to each other! Arnold I believe is an underrated actor, and he has a lot of comic potential (his brief cameo in Austin Powers was very funny and a scene stealer), while Anderson whose character in the film reminded me a bit of Joe Pesci's in Lethal Weapon, was a great match to Arnold.
It is worth it to buy the film just for this scene alone!
So Exit Wound is not a bad film, nor it is a great one.It is just a Steven Seagal film, one that at least you know what to expect from, and that is fair enough.

i think this movie disorves 2 be the best.
very cool action and suspence.
MUST SEEN MOVIE.
and also the music video at the end is real cool2.
i think it is a lot better than Romeo must die.
DMX did his job and did his best. and it was pretty good.
The director and actors, must had worked very hard on this movie.

So action packed and really shows how good of an actor DMX can be. I never really like Seagal movies, mostly because all he does is beat people up. I understand that's the point and that it's exciting. It is fun to watch. However, it gets to the point where it's basically always the same thing anyway. I feel the same about Jackie Chan movies now. However, adding DMX into it and having like so many different turns on the actors made this a great movie.