So I went out with a few friends earlier this afternoon to watch Death Race, the re-imagining (I think that's what those Hollywood types call it) of the 1975 film, Death Race 2000, starring Jason Statham, Ian Mcshane, Joan Allen and some other actors. I forget their names.Thoughts? HOLY SHIT JOAN ALLEN IS SEXY IN THIS MOVIE. Really, that's about the crux of it: everything else--exempting the hilarious 4th wall obliterating moment where Ian Mcshane looks into the camera, massive cg explosion behind him, and dryly exclaims "I love this game" (it loses everything on the page; you have to see it)--is essentially irrelevant. Joan Allen, 52 years old et al, is ridiculously, almost supernaturally sexy.
Why? I don't think I can answer that, Michael. Of course she's a very attractive lady anyway, but I think her appeal in this movie goes way beyond mere physicality. Even in the trailer I thought she was hot, and she's in that for approximately 1.4564 seconds. So I think to some degree it's the vibe of the movie; the atmosphere, the sense of danger and near-future science fiction pyrotechnics. It's so not a Joan Allen movie role. And I think that's reflected in her performance, which is an unusually subdued one (especially when you compare it to many of her performances, like her trees-on-fire masturbation scene from Pleasantville, for instance).Therein lies the crux of it: an actress who is renowned for being natural, soft and emotive on camera, doing a full 180 degrees and playing, essentially, a bitch in a suit. I guess that does it for me: nice girls 'playing' evil. Hahaha.
/End Self-analysis. ;)
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