Director - Aristotelis Maragkos, Cinematography - Paul Maibaum
"We know what happens to today when it becomes yesterday. It waits for them. It waits for them, the timekeepers of eternity. Always following them behind, cleaning up the mess in the most efficient way possible: by eating it!"
Highwaymen will be released on Blu-ray on May 9 via Scream Factory. The 2004 Canadian thriller is directed by Robert Harmon (The Hitcher).
Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, Colm Feore, Gordon Currie, and Andrea Roth star. Craig Mitchell (The Flock) and Hans Bauer (Anaconda) wrote the script.
Special features are not listed.
Two driven men are locked in an escalating cycle of violence and revenge in this edgy thriller from the director of The Hitcher. Haunted by the hit-and-run death of his wife five years ago, Rennie Cray (Jim Caviezel) has devoted his life to tracking down the killer – a twisted psychopath (Colm Feore) who randomly murders women using his souped-up '72 El Dorado. But the stakes are suddenly raised when a mysterious, tormented woman (Rhona Mitra) becomes caught in their deadly game of cat-and-mouse, leading to a shocking showdown neither one is willing to lose.
After a messed up drug bust, FBI agent brothers, Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin Copeland, (Shawn Wayans) have to escort two women in the Hamptons as punishment. Realizing they are used as bait for an abduction, the girls refuse. With no other option, the Black brothers transform themselves into white women to pose in their place.
This movie is hilarious, really. It's witty, funny, and there's action and comedy. There's communication problems, there's messy plans, and there's a whole lot of improv.
The Wayan brothers are hysterical in their chemistry with one another. They're a disaster together but, essentially they share a brain cell. Their egos and lack of communication gets them into crazy trouble, but it's funny because of how they react to the problems.
'A Thousand Miles' is also featured in the movie, and is very iconic. Terry Cruz's Latrell has a scene with the song that everyone is familiar with, but honestly it's cringey looking at it now. His character is the antagonist for the brothers, because he manages to unintentionally get in the way of their bust.
The movie overall is just funny to watch, and has several one liners. There's even a iconic scene featuring DMC's 'It's Tricky', and several action sequences. It has mistaken identity, which is always cool to watch.
Till (2022, dir. Chinonye Chukwu) - review by Rookie-Critic
Till was the rare biopic that manages to rise above the genre trappings and give its audience something a little more than just a rehashing of historical events. By putting Mamie Till-Mobley at the film's center and focusing on the grief of a mother who needlessly lost her son to racist brutality, Chukwu has allowed the film to breathe, and has allowed the audience to come in and be outraged and distraught with her. The film never feels emotionally manipulative, which would have been very easy to do here. Instead, the film starkly shows the nature of what happened that day, and how Till-Mobley handled the aftermath, the history speaks for itself here, and Danielle Deadwyler is merely performing as a conduit for her grief, her anger, and her determination. Other civil rights figures of the time, such as Medgar Evers and T. R. M. Howard make appearances, and instead of pulling major focus towards these very famous figures, the film instead allows them to take a backseat. This is not their story, it's Till-Mobley's, and Chukwu respects the real life people this movie is based on enough to allow them to take center stage and never falters from that. There's really not a lot else to say, it's just an incredibly well-made historical drama with an oft overlooked, wildly sympathetic and empowering woman at its core. Till is well worth the watch.
Score: 9/10
Currently available to rent or purchase on digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, etc.) and to pre-order on DVD & Blu-ray through Orion/Universal Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Witness the power of a mother’s love. The powerful story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest for justice for her son, Emmett.
CAST: Danielle Deadwyler, Whoopi Goldberg, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Jayme Lawson, Tosin Cole, Kevin Carroll, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Haley Bennett.
DIRECTED BY: Chinonye Chukwu
WRITTEN BY: Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, and Chinonye Chukwu