Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

joerg-nezmeskal Just seen it tonight on TV and wanted to highly recommend it to any fan of gritty, tense road-movies and Thrillers. I won't say anything about the plot, you've already read it, I guess. The director, Eric Red (writer of "Hitcher" and "Near Dark", comes up with a really dark and nihilistic atmosphere and tone that fits perfect to the minimalistic approach. There are very few characters in this one, but they are awesomely written. The dialog is short and kept to a minimum but totally fits to the mood and the characters. The movie isn't stylishly cut or edited, there are a lot of closeups to the characters but so you can really approach the great acting of Baldwin and Scheider. There is not that much action in this one but when something happens, it's gritty, violent and culminates in very tense moments. So, it's not you're everyday, loud and fast Blockbuster but if you like the early works of John Carpenter or Walter Hill, you will surely love this one.

Boba_Fett1138 Some moments of boredom and some interesting moments, that is the best way to describe "Cohen and Tate".The movie didn't started off all that bad but from the moment on when the movie becomes a road-movie, the movie sort of sleeps in. Only a few moments know to keep your interest. Because it's a road movie, the movie is more or less more of the same all the time and becomes a bit tiresome to watch at moments.Problem is that there are too many moments were too little is happening. All the characters do at those moments are talking but the characters themselves just aren't good and interesting enough to grab your interest, despite the good work from the actors themselves.Especially Roy Scheider did a good job in his role of aging and halve deaf hit-men. Adam Baldwin does what he can do best, playing a psycho. Really, would he had gotten this part if he hadn't played Animal Mother in "Full Metal Jacket"? His acting is still lacking but he did a good job though.It was a pretty good idea to let the kid set up the two hit-men against each other but it isn't really conceived good enough into the movie and besides, it's just not really believable, since a plan such as that needs subtlety and patience. Some things an 9 year old just neither has, especially not when he is on his way of getting killed.Still pretty amazing to see how much talent got involved with this production. Victor J. Kemper's cinematography is really great at times and the movie features a couple of interesting compositions, that should remind you of the '70's style of film-making. Perhaps there also lays a problem. The movie tries to be too much like a '70's movie in its pace. dialog, action and basically everything else. Bill Conti's musical score is also sort of funny though, since it sounds like it was composed for a much better movie. The score is overblown at times, when there is basically very little happening on the actual screen.It's still an OK movie to watch but by no means a great movie or one worth searching out.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

lost-in-limbo What a find and the 80s have plenty like it. This is a gritty, stark and sparse little b-road-thriller done with great efficiency, as the lean, but very profound script establishes an effective three-way character structure of tight suspense, psychological interplay and blaring violence. What really helped though, were the two performances of Roy Scheider and Adam Baldwin. Scheider's professionalism oozes with confidence as the tactically relaxed, aging assassin, while Baldwin's opposite turn of a young red-blooded crackpot hit-man is tremendously displayed with spontaneous energy. Truly one unnerving performance. The kinetic rapport built between them stormed up many amusing and interesting exchanges and developments, which would eventually go onto help the simple, but taut story flow. Harley Cross who plays the kid who's kidnapped by the two hit-man, does a splendidly credible job too. Director / writer Eric Red utilizes the moody backdrop, with biting tension and tough brutality that always got the blood rising. Bill Conti's nerve-wrecking music score lends well to the atmosphere, and Victor Kemper's openly focused cinematography really catches the eye. The pacing stays steady, but makes way for some explosively bloody surges (as it just doesn't concentrate on action, no it's actually more dialogue oriented then you would think) and cynically chewy and cunning dialogues, before cementing an all-out assault, almost-like a comic-style climax.

mikestruffles This is one of the best films of it kind. It's gritty and suspenseful, with one unexpected twist after another. The low budget adds to the gritty feel. Most of the movie takes place in a moving car--very claustrophobic feel. Harley Cross holds his own acting-wise against Scheider and Baldwin, despite being saddled with a heavy Texas accent. And does anyone know if he did his own stunts? The traffic dodging scenes looks like him rather than a stand-in. Movie wasn't released in NYC to my knowledge--I found it at a rental place a few years ago. Hoping this gets a DVD release soon. I'd love to hear the background stories about how scenes were filmed.