Chloe

Chloe is directed by Atom Egoyan in 2009.

In London, there is a middle-aged couple, Catherine who is a doctor, and David who is a professor. They live happily until Catherine suspects that David might have the secret affair with someone. One day Catherine planes for the surprise birthday party, but David misses the flight. After the accident, Catherine has confidence that David has a girlfriend. Therefore, Catherine finds Chloe to seduce her husband and reports back to her. Chloe’s reports are getting more graphically and Catherine cannot stand with the reports so she ends in the middle of the plane. However, Chloe tries to keep contacting to Catherine and David and even their son.

Very incredible actresses, Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried! In this film, there are not that many dialog lines but audience easily capture what they feel and what they want to say. For example, when Chloe reports back to Catherine that the dates with David and Herself. Catherine is so much into the story of Chloe that she thinks she becomes Chloe who seduces her own husband. Moreover, Catherine satisfies her sexual desire with David by hearting Chloe’s sexual relationship with David. The most important of this film is how to describe those two female’s characters’ inner emotion and knowledge in camera lens. It is successfully well done! Applause to both actresses.

After watching this film, what I got from the film is perfect “Trust” on not only love but also human relationship like Catherine and David. And I agree.

Chloe : B+

22 Bullets

22 Bullets is directed by Richard Berry and released in 2010.


The narrative is about Charly Mattei’s revenge to people who tried to kill him. Charly Mattei was a retired mafia boss. One day, he drops his boy and parks in underground parking structure, and got twenty two shots. Unbelievably, he survived and tracks down those killers and does his revenge for his family and himself.

I think many transition from this 22 Bullets are the most effective and impressive transition that I have ever seen in Hollywood films including Korean films. For example, Charly Mattei’s right-hand man got killed from the same killers. For his funeral, there are crossing over editing cut between the funeral scene and the killers’ after party scene. Two different atmospheres in the film, sadness and entertaining overlaps to the scene that Charly Mattei appears to the party place with holding a gun. Even though the time and place setting is not acceptable for the realistic narrative structure, those transitions is very smooth and impacted to the audience.

Unlike 007 series, the action scenes are so fast cut! There are no hesitating to have dialog between Charly Mattei and the killers. Without dialog just shooting two bullets to head and heart.

Also, there are little bit of past scene that Charly Mattei’s childhood in black and white. Even though it does not show full story of his childhood, the director only gives audience clue that how he got into the mafia group, and how to become the boss. He not only gives information but also communicates with audience by not showing all the narrative.

Very impressive film! 22bullets A-

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