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Shooting Gallery [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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"If I'm Lyin...I'm Dyin.",
Review date: 2007-07-03 Rating: 6 out of 10

After watching this I came to the conclusion that I was watching a rip-off "Poolhall Junkies" and a poorly executed one too. Freddi Prinze Jr. as your main character comes off and nothing more then a pretty face who thinks he can shoot some pool. In the final stages of the film, I wanted to cut my ears off because I couldn't stand his "broken nose" accent.

Ving Rhames was waaay below par in this film; all he does is walk around and chew on alligator feet which was quite nasty to me. He actually does nothing in the film, until the climax when he shoots some pool and a gun. Roselyn Sanchez played her role quite well, albeit her history in the story does not need to be actually in there, and finally Callum Keith Rennie does a good performance, but his character was written in what seems to be a hurried way. The whole crew was (if you can imagine the analogy) put into a blender, served up with whipped cream and a cherry on top, when you are expecting something bitter. It didn't blend at all well, the acting between the people.

The visuals within the film are great. The director did a great job for showing such a different forray of shots; the sleazy underworld, the wonderful city shots and the added bonus of Pool-Hall terms being printed and written across angled camera-shots - I liked. Freddie actually shoots some pool here, nice to see that, but it's obvious that the trick shots are done by someone else. I liked the whole switching of the shooting sides that Freddie does near the end though; I thought that was a nice addition.

This film, in it's own right, is a film that went straight-to-DVD/video and quite rightly so. No way would it have performed in the cinemas with the rest of the blockbusters of 2005. I can say that `Shooting Gallery' is one of those films that people rent when they have run out of films to watch.


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Actor(s):
Daniel Newman
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Roselyn Sanchez
Ving Rhames
Callum Keith Rennie

Creators:
Freddie Prinze Jr. (Primary Contributor)
Ving Rhames (Primary Contributor)
John J. Anderson (Producer)
Keoni Waxman (Writer)
Alexander Tabrizi (Producer)
Damon Martin (Producer)
Jerry Daigle (Producer)
Jerry P. Jacobs (Producer)
John H. Brister (Producer)

Director(s):

Recording label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
EAN: 0687797614094
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC,
Release date: 2005-12-26
Universal product code (UPC): 687797614094
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 102 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005-12-27
Language: English (Original Language)

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