Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Traded (2016)


Genre: Western
Directed by: Timothy Woodward Jr.
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Trace Adkins, Michael Paré
Time: 98 minutes



Clay Travis is a retired gunslinger living as a rancher with his wife and two kids. After the family’s 17 year old daughter runs away to Wichita and ends up being sold as a prostitute and sent to Dodge City, the father goes back to his gunslinging ways to get her back.

The story itself is fine. It reminds me of the Taken trilogy, but set in the Old West, where women were openly sold as property. Some of the violent scenes were well done and managed to build tension. It was also a treat to see Kris Kristofferson again on screen. The problem is that the acting and the dialogues were bad, so very bad. It was atrocious and cringeworthy. And some of the characters were so over-the-top, they felt like a caricature of what they were meant to be.

In spite of its few bright spots, this film could easily be skipped without worrying about missing much.

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