Only God Forgives (July 19, 2013)

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IMDB
Writer/Director: Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Starring:
Ryan Gosling (Drive, again)
Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient and a lot of movies older than Aurara)
Vithaya Pansringarm (Terrifying big Thai Dude)

Synopsis

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Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for the family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.

Early Teaser



Red-Band Trailer

Currently slated for Memorial Day Weekend July 19th, 2013.

I know I enjoyed Drive, even if folks found the pacing and dialogue to crackle with the energy of wet cardboard it was still a visually stunning film and it depicted what brutal violence there was with a lot of style. The red band trailer promises more of that, so I'm in.

Random pic of Gosling looking good:
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higher res production stills

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[tyven]

im sure will be a 10

[KoalaTrap]

Can't wait for this. Drive was amazing.

[Andalusian girls]

Refn is mad dope trailer is mad dope movie shall be mad dope

[Kalmado]

Definitely seeing this.

[6souls]

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[Andalusian girls]

still gonna see it but reception so far has been hugely disappointing, fucking thing literally got booed out of Cannes + is currently rocking a 32% at rottentomatoes. my European bro who caught a screening said it was laughably bad. these newses are sad. i am sad

[tyven]

yea i have heard it is butt awful. i am so disappoint.

[AidenCarby]

Looked like shit tbh, not surprised.

[Kalmado]

I still love the trailers but yeah that's disappointing reviews are so bad so soon.

Take this with a grain of salt as it's from wiki, but I haven't lost hope. Remember, a lot of people think Drive is ass but I loved it.

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The film received a very divisive response at its Cannes press screening; it was booed by many of the audience of journalists and critics while also receiving a standing ovation.[19][13] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 42% based on reviews from 23 critics.[20]
Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph reflected concerns over the film in a 3 out of 5 star review. "The film's characters are non-people; the things they say to each other are non-conversations, the events they enact are non-drama," he wrote. But he praised Refn for following up his commercially successful film Drive with "...this abstruse, neon-dunked nightmare that spits in the face of coherence and flicks at the earlobes of good taste."[21]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave it 5 out of 5 stars, calling it gripping and praising the "pure formal brilliance" of every scene and frame, though he notes that it will "have people running for the exits, and running for the hills" with its extreme violence.[22] [23]
Despite the mixed reaction from Cannes, the film won the Grand Prize a few weeks later at the Sydney Film Festival.

[tyven]

Watching this now. it is fucking horrendous

[SamanosukeShiva]

I think the strong silent type role is getting too old on ryan gosling, I'm sure he can pick other roles besides those kind.

[chazzyphizzle]

i believe a more accurate term would be "slightly autistic"

[Kalmado]

Watching this now. it is fucking horrendous

[tyven]

I really thought I would still love it despite all the criticism but oh my god this is bad

[SamanosukeShiva]

i believe a more accurate term would be "slightly autistic"

lmao

[Mazmaz]

Is this why Ryan quit acting indefinitely?

[Chun Liroy]

I really thought I would still love it despite all the criticism but oh my god this is bad

WELP. Tyven loves Gossling almost as much as Denzel and he hated it. This movie is like -5/10 in my eyes. Thanks for saving me the time and money broven.

[Andalusian girls]

well this was a fucking God awful shitty mess

a pretty red-filtered mess

[Kalmado]

Just watched this and I'm not as disappointed as I thought I would be. Agreed that Gosling can stop with the strong silent role. I enjoyed the camera work and visuals, but the story was very basic and not executed very well.