Modern warfare is all about ambiguity. Who’s the enemy? Who are the combatants? It’s one reason why the simple morality of a movie lends itself more to the clarity of WWII, the Cold War or similar, where it’s easy to figure out who to root for and who’s the bad guy. From our vantage point in the 21st Century, it’s hard to imagine the anti-communist fear that helped define the 1950’s and 1960’s, with Soviet Premier…Read More
Review: The Gunman
It’s no surprise that the blockbuster The Bourne Identity has inspired more than one subsequent tough guy action thriller. While The Gunman isn’t a complete rip-off, there are definitely a number of aspects of the story that are inspired by the exploits of Jason Bourne. The title character of The Gunman is Jim Terrier (Sean Penn), a sniper who assassinates the Minister of Mining in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, and is then immediately whisked…Read More