I don't remember exactly when was the first time I realized that Russell Crowe can play a villain perfectly although his Maximus image will haunt him almost forever. Almost same thing can be said to Christian Bale. May be that comes from their bad behavior records in the real world. ; pAnyway, yes, this was a good, old western story shot in 21st century era.
It passed me by as one of an in-flight selections. The last time I saw Michelle Yeoh was that through the 007 film festival at MoMA, "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) was that title. I thought that was her "at the best" in her mid-thirty carrier even though there were so many her aspects I didn't know at that time, such as... - She was an ex-Miss Malaysia - A ballet dancer since age 4 - Never a trained martial artist, just using her dance disciplines Then, now I know she still continues to evolve. She must have gone through tough diet to form Aung San Suu Kyi-like body line. Now, I sincerely want to know more about Aung San Suu Kyi, about Myanmar, and about people of Myanmar. From these points of view, Michelle Yeoh did a pretty damn good job. I can say that for sure.
My memory told me that this was a horror movie but that means I was just too young to get the core portion of this script. This title totally can be classified into the genre of love stories or even can be re-written into an opera piece with a right score, if there is such a thing. This kind of my perception tells that I am not that young any more, like when I watched this for the first time when I was still in teenage. : ) The biggest surprise for me after watching this was the fact that Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis have been married together for a short period, more precisely, for three years. This suddenly gave me an inspiration of checking other two titles, before this one and after this one, which they co-stared. I will!