Shunning his family and relegating himself to an isolated existence, Jacob spends his days blindly fulfilling the same monotonous routine. His night job as a projectionist at a downtown New York theater, Ivana, a Russian prostitute he solicits when able, and the 1. Things begin to take a turn for Jacob one night when he meets Marlon at his methodical diner stop following the evening shift.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. Uploaded on Jun 29, 2007. The trailer for the movie The Art of War. Category Film & Animation; License. Marlon is a drug dealing jitter- box, a man with an ambitious mouth and an untrusting nature. Jacob and Marlon seem to be following the same path, lost men searching for their place in the world. After a heartbreaking rejection by Ivana, Jacob turns to Marlon for the one thing he knows Marlon can provide him: Heroin. Kickboxer 3: The Art Of War (Movie Review) TheItalianStallion51. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 901 901.As his addiction and desolation increases, the instabilities of his own damaged consciousness begin to take over, leading Jacob down a path of paranoia and violence that lead to unexpected results. As the tortured lead, Russ Russo injects Jacob with just enough emotion to enable us to relate, even as things begin to spiral out of control. He is the absolute heart and soul of the film, and his performance thankfully lives up to the task. This is not acting on the level of exaggeration, this is a carefully restrained portrait of a man whose fragile mind has no concept of its own fractured state. The reels of film nor the pinch of the needle are enough to free Jacob from his personal hell, though try he does. Doug gives a performance not seen before from the generally more jovial actor. His Marlon is mild tempered, yet also living a similarly anguished existence. His vague attempt to refute Jacob. Alam never presents her character as the . She is quite simply, a prostitute. She makes a quiet attempt at a . Alam wears pain and contempt as a badge of honor upon the beautiful contours of her face and her limited work here shows her to be an actress worth following. Strong performances are helpful, but where this film really shines is its striking visual style. Utilizing the monochromatic look of 4. Couple these choices with a carefully placed score that accentuates the tension and you have a filmmaker that knows how to put his audience into the pit of despair. Accompanied by one of the more memorable scores of late, strong performances in a fairly bleak story captured with a unique visual style from a young director on the rise, “An Act of War” is a harrowing journey of a film that demands to be seen. Returning home from a harrowing tour overseas, veteran Jacob Nicks is a man in shambles. Shunning his family and relegating himself to an isolated existence, Jacob spends his days blindly fulfilling the same monotonous routine. His night job as a projectionist at a downtown New York theater, Ivana, a Russian& hellip; An Act Of War . Peterson. Acting - 7. Story - 6. 5. Production - 7. If $1. 0 is the full price of admission, An Act of War is worth $7*An Act of War is now available on VOD at Amazon and i. Tunes. Listen to our interview with An Act of War (formerly titled The Projectionist) filmmakers Ryan Kennedy and Atit Shah here. Aaron Peterson. The Hollywood Outsider.
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