Money Train 1995 by AverageMansReviews

Money Train 1995 by AverageMansReviews

Related content White Men Can't Jump 1992: also starring Wesley Snipes & Woody Harrelson Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/08/white-men-cant-jump-1992-by.html

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/burning/vehicle hit/vehicle crash/bodily functions/references to racism

Transit Police New York City; the boys are back in this time they are not coming along: briefly; we have these two orphan Police Officers Brothers; John Powell & Charlie Robinson [Wesley Snipes & Woody Howson:] one is responsible whilst the other is a screw up, they have a new member of the team joining them; Police Officer Grace Santiago [Jennifer Lopez:] she fits right in and makes this trio what it is as she is more than capable of handling herself to take down criminals

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is yes based in a crime/action project, but it focuses more on the drama aspect involving at least one or more or all of this trio of performers I have already mentioned in the storyline section, which brings the character developments and/or the comedy aspects to life as these two orphan brothers have this chemistry of brothers; you can expect some elements of brotherly roasting in a comical sense or/and as a relates to the action; these two could be having an argument and from out of nowhere they are being robbed by gunpoint; but because these two brothers are busy arguing these criminals decided to flee because this entire situation is and normal etiquette for a stick up; the framework and pacing of this 110 minutes film is... Well it is on a simple layout with good pacing so that’s; that then, there was much more for me to say here, it knows what it is doing from beginning to end and is going to move on.

Art and action; Santiago and Powell; dance very well together, later on Powell goes down these steps on a motorcycle and then Powell catches up with Robinson and consequently this really busy action sequences unravels.

Character developments and performances; broadly speaking the character developments and the entire cast are on both counts good; but it takes the trio and Robert Blake: Donald Patterson: the owner of the Money Train and in short this individual is by far a not nice person, including but not limited to being a racist; but the foursome have excellent chemistry; either in different numbers or altogether.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; in hindsight I have decided to go with this mark, because strangely enough the drama aspect is more less centre-stage with the actual criminal aspect I would say just behind it; with this obviously 90s feel and presentation to proceedings [you know when you could actually socialise with the opposite sex and see them as people and I know this is shocking, but you could actually touched them to dance and spa with them] and clearly it really does help things when as I have all indicated for excellent performances to spearhead this title in the first place, there is an ongoing sequence underneath the ending credits, on a quick side note this film takes place at Christmas time so does that mean this film is a Christmas film?... Now discuss?.... and yes this film does have an award credited to its name NCLR Bravo Awards 1996  NCLR Bravo Award Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film Jennifer Lopez Shared with: Jack

 

White Men Can't Jump 1992 by AverageMansReviews

White Men Can't Jump 1992 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/torture/references to racism and suicide and because I am fully aware of the current climate we are in; in the modern times of 2026; I better put out a trigger warning that at some point/points I will be discussing race.

Well this smells like the 1990s: briefly; on the street courts of Los Angeles, California, is where we meet Sidney "Syd" Deane [Wesley Snipes:] where other than working multiple jobs, On the street courts is where he spent most of his days Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool And all shootin' some b-ball outside, until this white guy shows up in my neighbourhood; he looks like trouble, but Dean didn't have any rich Auntie and Uncle in Bel-Air, so I guess he is stuck with Billy Hoyle [Woody Harrelson:] he is a loudmouth; his mouth writes checks that is physical capabilities can't cash, even though at one point his future looked promising he and his long-term suffering girlfriend Gloria Clemente [Rosie Perez:] she is most of the time studying for that time when Jeopardy the game show calls her up to be a contestant, she does also like a drink; but this couple are hiding out from some unpleasant people as they owe them a lot of money.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is brilliantly simple, yet effective, coinciding with an intriguing, smoothly effective take on the cultural divides of the past, even the present and possibly the future as well, the framework and the background music reflects the 1990s way of filmmaking with in this case; action of predominantly street basketball being complimented with background music, so the pacing of this 115 minutes from is good.

Art; we get some a cappella music by: Bill Henderson, Sonny Craver & Jon Hendricks as the Venice Beach Boys or/and usage of the acoustic guitar by: Hoyle. 

Character developments, performances and comedy; broadly speaking first of all they are all good versions of what they are meant to be and their performances reflected them; all to a very natural, fluent and excellent standard throughout the cast; but on to the main trio; the character developments are very intriguing; as broadly speaking through the 1980s and most of the 1990s; it was predominantly seen as Caucasians on top with other ethnic backgrounds jockeying for position, but way behind the Caucasian, but as I made reference to earlier this film clips that script upside down by putting an African-American on top by comparison, yes Dean still has to work and hustle a little bit on the side; but breaks no laws, we have a Latin American that is trying to make something of her life and then we have the Caucasian; who wants to skate through life, hustling, doesn't particularly want to apply himself, that every opportunity he gets to move forward in his life with his girlfriend; he just keeps on screwing up and send them back to square one; time after time, after time and this trio of performers reflect these particular character types with great distinction; hence why this project is going to get the mark it does, because within this trio; they put a cross all of this complexity with gravitas; the comedy predominantly again comes from talking smack such as for a little example "Yo Momma" references, which usually escalate to "Don't bring up my Momma"

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; this film is without a shadow of doubt one of those films that you need to see once in your life as in summary three different cultures trying to get along kind of; This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 6 Nominees which includes but not limited to Image Awards (NAACP) 1993 Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture Rosie Perez and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Wesley Snipes, MTV Movie + TV Awards 1993 MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo Woody Harrelson Wesley Snipes and  MTV Movie Award  Best Kiss Woody Harrelson Wesley Snipes.

 

Average Extra of: Things That Realistically Need To Change in Football/Soccer in 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Things That Realistically Need To Change in Football/Soccer in 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Average Extra Special of: Thomas Tuchel Needs to Go after England World Cup 2026 Exit Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/07/average-extra-special-of-thomas-tuchel.html and Average Extra of: Argentina Need to be Kicked Out of the World Cup 2026 Final; Final Spot Given to England Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/07/average-extra-of-argentina-need-to-be.html

Warning: there is going to be some censored adult language and references.

Things that realistically need to change in football/soccer: in no particular order [I just say that just in case I don't get these events in order:]

1. President Donald Trump needs to be stripped of the inaugural Fifa Piece Prize 2025; simply because what peace has he brought to the world? On top of that interfering in this past World Cup to ensure that a banned USA team player; Folarin Balogun could still play in this World Cup even though being shown a straight red card and will serve a suspension later, meanwhile England team player; Djed Spence had to serve his sending-off straight away

2. Argentina should be stripped of hosting the World Cup in 2030: because of their all-round behaviour in this tournament which should not be tolerated; from the sign about the Falklands, trying to cheat their way to the World Cup and no I'm not talking about their choice of tactics on how to play football, I am talking about crowding the referee, getting physical with Spanish players after the final whistle and then turning their back on the World Cup lifting the trophy ceremony, so if they want to turn their back on the World Cup?... So be it; it is only fair that the World Cup gets to turn their back on Argentina.

3. Thomas Tuchel does still very much need to go for me: basically and in summary; everyone knew his squad that he... and he alone picked wasn't strong enough [don't get me wrong; I knew that we were not going to win it so that isn't the reason why he should go;] it is firstly the complete and utter meltdown in a nutshell  fudge up of spending roughly half an hour with our backs to the wall with six defenders on the pitch against Argentina and then openly criticising and throwing the players under the bus and then he criticising the players he took, that you chose to take with him... that is why without question is should absolutely still go and with the latest developments at Newcastle with Eddie Howe and Newcastle United parting company, I would go and get Howe for sure right now.

4. Fifa President Gianni Infantino needs absolutely to go: well he has absolutely crossed the line of no return regardless if he has scrapped plans to in a nutshell sell-off the World Cup, I mean the Fifa as a brand has over its more recent times have been crooked, but even Infantino has gone up and beyond with tarnishing the reputation of Fifa; what with essentially blackmailing the other Fifa members across the world with if you support my plans you will get $40 billion per year, but if you don't you'll only get $10 billion per year which I don't care how you cut it; it is blackmail and/or bribery. I don't know about everyone, but for me personally I am getting absolutely fed up with this manure, if you want football/soccer to have a positive reputation globally it would help if one of the biggest overseers wasn't so either crooked or money grabbing; they seem to forget that millions upon millions of the people pack out stadiums for roughly 20 months out of a possible 24 month cycle and the countless millions upon millions that watch it for a week Monday to Sunday on TV if you have all the subscriptions/packages and for most football fans it is their way of life.

So to finish off; I don't see any of these 4 things changing any time soon or if at all, but if we could just start with Infantino, I would take that and making some effort in repair the damage he has done over this more recent time in particular.

One Hour Photo 2002 by AverageMansReviews

One Hour Photo 2002 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/bodily functions/domestic verbal confrontation/cutting/references to underage activities.

Welcome to SavMart: briefly; more specifically; Photo Finish; where Seymour "Sy" Parrish/"Sy the Photo Guy"/other characters [Robin Williams:] he is the manager of this unit,As a photo technician, he is a relatively quiet and subdued person, the only really liked was talking to his favourite customers; Yorkin family; specifically Nina Yorkin [Connie Nielsen:] she is the matriarch of this family that everything at home becomes a bit rocky between her and her husband.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is excellently written, but it is designed to focus on progressing situation and anything past that is irrelevant and to feed that narrative we start from roughly towards the end and then start at the beginning; accompanied with now and again there storyteller/narrations from Parrish, so the framework and pacing of this 96 minutes film is good as Parrish/Williams is predominantly the maestro/conductor behind the success of this film in one way or another.

Art, character developments and action; this wall of photographs of stolen memories and dark art Parrish mass bleeding from the eyes and this hotel a sequence of events is good action.

Character developments and performances; broadly speaking all the character developments are solidly good versions of what they are meant to be and the vast majority of the cast reflect those character types with good performances. Now we can discuss Williams; with the character developments he was given to work with as in essentially a ball of dough; that he could mould and sculpture to his will as Parrish; he is a complicated individual, that it is indicated he has been through a lot, but instead of screaming about it; he just puts a layers upon layers and so on and so forth on top of it, to the point where we see today what kind of person he has become, with the only kind of performance that a incredibly well versed comedian/performer like Williams can give; because any quality comedian has to have the ability to take its audience to a dark place or pullback or pivot or react to another situation within a split second all whilst making it look like that in the individual [comedian is in control;] making everything look and feel incredibly normal; now if we were to scale back the comical aspect of being comedian by 95% [because there is a moment of dark comedy where Parrish asks himself; what is wrong with these people? Whilst he is spying on the Yorkin family,] but I digress; whilst still maintaining the natural abilities and highly polished skills as I have already broadly outlined mix in some trauma, loneliness and being able to normalise the strangest of behaviour that is what Williams brings to the table as he embodies Parrish; so I am absolutely furious to find out that Williams didn't even receive an Oscar nomination for this role; in the category of; Best Actor in a Lead Role; without a shadow of doubt he should have been nominated; I mean this is just criminal that we didn't receive it; so screw it I am going to adjust my marking is accordingly to reflect is performance and Nielsen puts in an excellent performance as she by nature is a good person, so she tries to navigate Parrish as she tries to bring the less slightly off-putting traits of Parrish; even though he is deceiving her.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it is definitely one of those films that you need to see once in a lifetime; Williams is just world-class in this role as I may have already made it crystal clear at this point. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 6 Winners which include but not limited to Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2003 Chainsaw Award Best Actor Robin Williams and 23 Nominees which also include but not limited to; we will turn back to this event/ceremony where it gets recognised for Best Supporting Actress Connie Nielsen

 

A Shot in the Dark 1964/1965 by AverageMansReviews

A Shot in the Dark 1964/1965 by AverageMansReviews

Previously instalment: The Pink Panther 1963 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-pink-panther-1963-by.html

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/drugs/stabbing/impaling/animal cruelty/medical/references to sexual assault

You are on the case... You are off case... You are on the case...: briefly; accidentally Inspector Jacques Clouseau [Peter Sellers:] a bumbling French inspector gets assigned this murder case, but the number one suspect is innocent her name is Maria Gambrelli [Elke Sommer:] but okay it doesn't look like when someone sees her with the smoking gun literally in hand at the time of the murder and we meet Cato [Burt Kwouk:] he is a martial arts training; but highly skilled martial artist anyway/training partner and servant to the Inspector where he can spring up at anytime or anywhere.

Generally speaking: the art in the opening credits is of Inspector Jacques Clouseau; trying to solve this case and at one point we see the Can-can; this is really priceless animation; you can't replace hand drawn art; it has a timeless quarterly to it as with broadly speaking computer animation; depending on how it looks when it first goes out has by and large a tougher time being timeless, because computer animation and computer technology is always changing and updating. The storyline/script is excellent; it is a murder mystery obviously including comedy as well and because the script is excellently written you can place fluent and consequently natural skit scenes, which are plentiful and we even get one breaking-the-fourth-wall; where we have our Inspector looking directly at the camera for a split second, as we have these many characters arguing behind him, so conversely the framework and pacing of this 102 minutes film is good, but it also moves with purpose and a lively nature

Action, comedy and art; we have some elements of usual action with various weapons being used, with our Inspector sluicing around various locations or trying to without being sent directly to Cato training from out of anywhere at anytime or/and with this individual missing their intended target. The Inspector is still very clumsy be it falling out of somewhere or sets his coat on fire and trying to synchronise his watch with someone else's watch and for taste of the art amongst other things we have Spanish, Hawaiian/Persian and/or Russian dancing; but broadly speaking throughout the set designs, landscapes and/or wardrobe and accessories are of the highest quality; so there is always something to look and fresh or experience.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are good versions of what they are meant to be; based on towards the closing stages of this movie, they did this whole; getting the suspects into one room with the Inspector and do the whole finger pointing thing; which is always an excellent or should be an excellent crescendo to a mystery movie, so the character developments have to follow a good yet reliable character type for this kind of styles work properly in the closing stages. The cast of performers are also defined in their characters, which gives them an element of excellent chemistry and sharpness to live performances, for Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau; you can see and feel that as this is the second time in this role, he has more of an understanding as this character, consequently he makes this role is very own, he also has spot on chemistry with Burt Kwouk as Cato and vice versa; they really do get each other's character and performer even though they spend only a little time on screen now and again in this movie

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; for its lively and enthusiastic nature of fluently being able to live alone, moving on to essentially the next skit in conjunction with as I have already alluded to character developments that were and are good versions, but so much more importantly enthusiastic performances from the cast for a willingness to have an excellent sense of camaraderie to make this project the very best they can, if you're into old school comedy crime caper, you need to see this film once-in-a-lifetime, for a moment there is an ongoing seen underneath the closing credits and yes it does have some awards accredited to its name such as; 3 Nominees which include but not limited to BAFTA Awards 1966 BAFTA Film Award Best British Costume (Colour) Margaret Furse

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 by AverageMansReviews

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/disintegrating/shooting/disfigurement/electrocution/racism/medical. Even though in the UK this film has a PG rating, I would strongly recommend 12A, because of its to begin with elements of the dark nature, but in the final quarter more less than dark things are present until the end and just a little bit of extra advice; never seen this title into a device, because it will take it as a literal question and tell you the answer; so if it should happen that you have never seen this film, you may want to avoid doing this.

So who did it then?: In 1947 Los Angeles; a partially owned Disney performer; Roger Rabbit/other characters [voice by: Charles Fleischer:] he is a nice rabbit, but a bit of a dimwit that has allegedly shot and killed somebody, Judge Doom [Christopher Lloyd:] he is a ruthless Supreme County Judge of Toontown; that has created this substance known as Dip; the substance can kill all cartoons better known as toons, so you would like to get his hands on Rabbit to pass sentence and carry out justice, but there is only one person standing in the way of this possible outcome; Eddie Valiant [Bob Hoskins:] he is a private investigator that owns his own private investigation business; which is self-titled with his family last name twice; once to represent him and the other to represent his brother; which sadly was killed by a toon so Eddie uses drink to get through every day now.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, the framework and pacing of this 104 minutes film isn't the most quickest, but it doesn't have to be based on the facts that we have a lot to experience, which throughout this content we will be covering at some point or another.

Art, comedy, action and character developments; throughout be it set designs, wardrobe and accessories; it is very fitting and very authentic to the time period of what this film is based in, but also simultaneously; we have the hand drawn, I will say that again the hand drawn/optical compositing through this project is absolutely massive and quite clearly beautiful; basically it gave the illusion of; live-action [which I guess it was in theory back then;] but this was extremely just about 1000 times better instead of computer animation of today's standards; because in this film you get a more genuine and authentic cohesion between our world and in this case the toon world and even though I'm not an expert I can take an educated guess that; producing animation like this would be so astronomically high that it just wouldn't be worth spending millions upon millions of dollars and then run the risk of it flopping at the box office.

We do have some iconic crossovers such as Disney; Donald Duck [voices by: Tony Anselmo/Clarence Nash] and Acme; Daffy Duck [voice by: Mel Blanc:] these two are a double act on two pianos and because individually they are known for being a hothead for the individual companies and clearly not wanting to share the limelight this performance quickly disintegrates into chaos where at one point you will see a old-fashioned pirate ship cannon with cannon ball being shot

later on Roger arrests Valiant to himself; but then Valiant angrily points out he doesn't have the keys for these handcuffs; after dealing with some unwanted guests looking for Rabbit; where Rabbit had to hide in the sink full of water where he was clearly struggling to hold his breath, they had to go somewhere to find this saw to get these handcuffs off; where halfway through Valiant was struggling on this makeshift table of sorts; so Rabbit just slipped out of these handcuffs to hold this makeshift table still; Valiant furiously asks; where just to cover my back I am paraphrasing this; " You could have done this at any time?" Rabbit responds with "Not until it becomes funny." Which on one hand he is right there; it is hilarious and not only that on the other hand it is a very intelligent/intellectually sound/integral character wrinkle to being a cartoon/toon character.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; the character developments are in-depth, coinciding with performances and voice performances of immaculate standard; the chemistry throughout the cast of every character is priceless; in particular the names I have mentioned in the storyline/script section, but I am absolutely furious that Hoskins didn't receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actor; I mean I'm not saying he should have won it, but nominations without question; considering putting this really nicely; he broke his mind for this role; he trained his brain to hallucinate where these characters were on screen, so much so he can stop, so he was told after completing this film to have 5 months off, but he did some recognition by positive awards in one way or another.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it showed or in my opinion it will forever be a film that you need to see once in your lifetime and a film that is a classic for everything about it; please keep in mind about my warning for those that are especially sensitive to violence, this film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 26 Winners Academy Awards, USA 1989 Oscar Best Film Editing Arthur Schmidt, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing Charles L. Campbell Louis L. Edemann, Best Effects, Visual Effects Ken Ralston Richard Williams Ed Jones George Gibbs and  Special Achievement Award Richard Williams For animation direction and creation of the cartoon characters. 25 Nominees which also includes but not limited to returning this event/ceremony with Best Cinematography Dean Cundey, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Elliot Scott Peter Howitt, Best Sound Robert Knudson John Boyd Don Digiro lamo Tony Dawe

The Pink Panther 1963 by AverageMansReviews

The Pink Panther 1963 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/drugs/shooting/animal cruelty/vehicle crash

Meanwhile, meanwhile, meanwhile eventually: briefly; Inspector Jacques Clouseau [Peter Sellers:] he is a very clumsy French detective, is on the case to find out the identity of the individual known as The Phantom, all we know is whoever this individual is they are going for The Pink Panther diamond, oh yes he has brought his wife belonged to.

Generally speaking: the art; we get to meet the animated Pink Panther in the opening credits and right at the end where he appears in this real-life location; but he is still the animated version of himself; this is fantastic art for back in the day of 1963 and let's be honest; it is still holding up excellently in 2026 and it will be that way until the end of time; you see this kind of art and vision has a timeless quality to it and at some point we get a musical number this is also good.

The storyline/script holds well together, I can say the same for the framework and pacing of this 113 minutes film; where at the beginning we have this recurring joke of Meanwhile [then we go somewhere] repeat the cycle or much later on we had a split-screen of two characters dressed up in monkey costumes; looking inside this safe [one from the top end and the other from the bottom end hence split-screen and as things are not going too well at one point they break-the-fourth-wall and for a brief second or less they look right at the camera.] But there is a good section of this film where our lead lead character/lead role Inspector Clouseau/Sellers is not in this film and because of that; this film definitely suffers because of that, I mean don't get me wrong we have a staged fight and then a skiing mishap; but it just doesn't have the same kind of punch and on top of that when Inspector Clouseau/Sellers is back it does take some time to warm up again.

Character developments, comedy and action; Inspector Clouseau/Sellers; like I said earlier he is incredibly clumsy for some examples; in one scene we have one of these majestic very expensive looking globes that has its kind of standing nest to sit in; well it must have been greasy or something because our Inspector slides off it, falls to the floor and does this whole quickly get up and carry on as if there is nothing to see here thing, later on he breaks his violin and sometime later he has back repaired and he is under the great illusion he can play the violin expertly, which he can't; he plays it and it sounds like a squealing female cat in heat.

Somewhere around the final quarter; brief description of the next sequence; I believe that this old man is trying to cross the road or whatever it is; he gets stuck now and again between different vehicles and different characters dressed up in different costumes including may be walking as well; it is something like out of Mario Kart on an extreme budget; so this old man, decides to go back to where you once came from sit down on this chair and see some of the carnage/air some of the carnage until we have this massive crash and then this old man tried again to cross over to where he wants to go.

Character developments and performances; broadly speaking the character developments minus what I have already indicated are good versions of their character types, the performances are also a good reflection of those character types and finally for Inspector Clouseau/Sellers; we can already start to see and experience why Sellers was and is crucial to this role as this character, because you have to be really smart, to make this level of clumsiness this natural.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; as I have already made reference to it; this film wasn't quite the same even though Inspector Clouseau/Sellers came back I mean it obviously got better and better, but it is most definitely something they could have done without doing. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 5 Winners which include but not limited to Online Film & Television Association 2024 OFTA Film Hall of Fame Character Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau) and 9 Nominees which also include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA Oscar 1965 Best Music, Substantially Original Score Henry Mancini