Gamer

Se, dopo aver visto i trailer, vi volete ancora così male da andare a vedere Gamer, vi consiglio di portarvi dietro una ampia collezione di aghi da infilare sotto le unghie: ne avrete bisogno.

Gerard Butler di mestiere fa il carcerato nel braccio della morte - carriera breve ma non priva di soddisfazioni (e fa sempre curriculum).
Entra in scena Dexter - qui nel ruolo del genio del compiutter - che ha creato una serie di mondi virtuali nei quali gli utenti possono comandare delle persone in carne ed ossa (a dire il vero più "culi e tette" che altro, da quando viene mostrato ) grazie a solito artifizio narrativo impiantato nel cervello a suon di jibba-jabba hi-tech privo di senso.
Ultimo parto della sua geniale quanto empia testolina, un mondo dove i detenuti combattono a suon di armi fichissime, morendo a carriolate. Premio per chi sopravvive a 30 battaglie: la libertà ed un set di pentole in acciaio inox.
Butler ed il ragazzino che lo controlla sono quasi al traguardo, ma qual losco piano si dipana dinnanzi a loro! Ah, perché non ci è dato vivere in un mondo di oneste regole?! Perché?! Perché?! Boh, chissene...

Se avete una vaga sensazione come di "già visto un triliardo di volte", vi state sbagliando: questo non è come i mille film che hanno già sfruttato idee analoghe - è infatti scandalosamente peggio.
Girato dalla solita scimmia col parkinson, ha escogitato un affascinante stratagemma tecnico per nascondere le piccole imperfezioni: coprirle con una colossale esplosione. Il fondale fa schifo? Mettiamoci un'esplosione! Serve un stacco di scena tra due location separate? Esplosione! La trama ha un buco che sembra un cratere? Esplosione!
È bellissimo e molto facile, provateci anche voi: esplosione!

Sorvoliamo sui dialoghi, i concetti triti-e-ritriti, l'overacting costante ed una insultante supponenza che permea tutti i suoi 95 minuti.
Ha però anche alcuni meriti: oltre a settare un nuovo standard negativo per i filmacci d'azione (e non c'è neanche Jason Statham, incredibile), ha procurato una ciotola di cibo a Milo Ventimiglia e John Leguizamo. In tempi di crisi, non è poco.

Voto: 1 - fa intrattenimento quanto un'epidemia di vaiolo.
Trashometro^® 7/10:
Tags: azione, fantascienza, thriller, invereconda porcata, esplosione, esplosioni, esplosioni!, ancora esplosioni!, criminale, mondo virtuale, detenuto, fuga, armi, sparatoria, morte, combattimento, auto, resistenza, hacker, intrusione, Gerard Butler, John Leguizamo, moglie, prostituzione, vendetta, trash.

Statham, Jason

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Data di nascita: 12 September 1972
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) .... [attore]
• The Brazilian Job (2011) .... Handsome Rob [attore]
• 13 (2010) .... Jasper [attore]
• Blitz (2010) .... [attore]
• The Expendables (2010) .... Lee Christmas [attore]
• The Killer Elite (2010) .... [attore]
• The Mechanic (2010) .... [attore]
• Crank: High Voltage (2009) .... Chev Chelios [attore]
• Transporter 3 Special Delivery: Transporters in the Real World (2009) (V) .... Frank Martin [attore]
• Death Race (2008) .... Jensen Ames [attore]

Biografia:
Born in 1972, Jason Statham has done quite a lot in a short time. He has been an Olympic Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished 12th in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman and finally of course, actor. He got the audition for his debut role as Bacon in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) through French Connection, for whom he was modeling. They became a major investor in the film and introduced Jason to Guy Ritchie, who invited him to audition for a part in the film by challenging him to impersonate an illegal street vendor and convince him to purchase fake jewelery. Jason must have been doing something right because after the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) he teamed up again with Guy Ritchie for Snatch. (2000), with co-stars including Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina and Benicio Del Toro. After Snatch. (2000) came Turn It Up (2000) with US music star Ja Rule, followed by a supporting actor role in the Sci-Fi film Ghosts of Mars (2001), Jet Li's The One (2001) and another screen partnership with Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine (2001) under Guy Ritchie's and Matthew Vaughn's SKA Films. Finally in 2002 he was cast as the lead role of Frank Martin in The Transporter (2002). Jason is also in the summer 2003 blockbuster remake of The Italian Job (1969), The Italian Job (2003), playing Handsome Rob.

Trivia random: Offered the role of Agent 47 in Hitman (2007/I) after Vin Diesel was dropped from the project. Timothy Olyphant eventually took the role.
Citazione random: "You ain't ever gonna get an Academy Award for doing Crank (2006) and you certainly won't for doing all the other movies I've done."
Salario massimo: $750,000, per The Transporter (2002)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Gamer (2009)

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Regista: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Scrittore: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (23986 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Gerard Butler .... Kable / John Tillman
• Amber Valletta .... Angie
• Michael C. Hall .... Ken Castle
• Kyra Sedgwick .... Gina Parker Smith
• Logan Lerman .... Simon Silverton
• Alison Lohman .... Trace
• Terry Crews .... Hackman
• Ramsey Moore .... Gorge
• Ludacris .... Humanz Brother (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
• Aaron Yoo .... Humanz Dude

Trama:
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind.

Trivia random: The opening montage of time-lapse shots and other scenes of the world where we see ads for Kable and/or graffiti of Ken Castle overlaid on buildings or walls are mostly taken from Ron Fricke's wordless film Baraka (1992), for example, the shots of the Giza Pyramids, India, homeless man sleeping under a bridge among others.
Citazione random: Simon: This is unbelievable. Kable, listen. This is the last game. You're gonna end up dead, and I'm going to look like a total asshole if you don't pull your balls together man!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Leguizamo, John

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Data di nascita: 22 July 1960
Altezza: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Coniuge: Justine Maurer::(5 July 2003 - present) 2 children, Yelba Osorio::(27 August 1994 - November 1996) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Spanish Harlem Project (2011) .... Ray [attore]
• Tlatelolco: Mexico 68 (2011) .... Jesus (rumored) [attore]
• Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) .... Paul [attore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Freek [attore]
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (VG) .... Sid (voice) [attore]
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) .... Sid (voice) [attore]
• Rage (2009/I) .... Jed [attore]
• The Ministers (2009) .... Dante/Perfecto [attore]
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008) .... Enrico [attore]
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) .... Mauricio Rodriguez [attore]

Biografia:
Fast-talking and feisty-looking John Leguizamo has continued to impress movie audiences with his versatility: he can play sensitive and naïve young men, such as Johnny in Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991); cold-blooded killers like Benny Blanco in Carlito's Way (1993); a heroic Navy SEAL, stopping aerial terrorists in Executive Decision (1996); and drag queen Chi-Chi Rodriguez in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995). Arguably, not since ill-fated actor and comedian Freddie Prinze starred in the smash TV series "Chico and the Man" (1974) has a youthful Latino personality had such a powerful impact on critics and fans alike. Born July 22, 1964, in Bogotá, Colombia, Leguizamo was four when his family emigrated to the United States. He was raised in Queens, New York, attended New York University and studied under legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg for only one day before Strasberg passed away. The extroverted Leguizamo started working the comedy club circuit in New York and first appeared in front of the cameras in an episode of "Miami Vice" (1984). His first film appearance was a small part in Mixed Blood (1985), and he had minor roles in Casualties of War (1989) and Die Hard 2 (1990) before playing a liquor store thief who shoots Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry (1991). His career really started to soar after his first-rate performance in the independent film Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991) as a nervous young teenager from the Bronx out for a night in brightly lit Manhattan with his buddies, facing the career choice of staying in a supermarket or heading off to college and finding out that the girl he loves from afar isn't quite what he thought she was. The year 1991 was also memorable for other reasons, as he hit the stage with his show Mambo Mouth (1991) (TV), in which he portrayed seven different Latino characters. The witty and incisive show was a smash hit and won the Obie and Outer Circle Critics Award, and later was filmed for HBO, where it picked up a CableACE Award. He returned to the stage two years later with another satirical production poking fun at Latino stereotypes titled Spic-O-Rama (1993) (TV). It played in Chicago and New York, and won the Drama Desk Award and four CableACE Awards. In 1995 he created and starred in the short-lived TV series "House of Buggin'" (1995), an all-Latino-cast comedy variety show featuring hilarious sketches and comedic routines. The show scored two Emmy nominations and received positive reviews from critics, but it was canceled after only one season. The gifted Leguizamo was still keeping busy in films, with key appearances in Super Mario Bros. (1993), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Spawn (1997). In 1998 he made his Broadway debut in Freak (1998) (TV), a "demi-semi-quasi-pseudo-autobiographical" one-man show, which was filmed for HBO by Spike Lee. Utilizing his distinctive vocal talents, he next voiced a pesky rat in Doctor Dolittle (1998) before appearing in the dynamic Spike Lee-directed Summer of Sam (1999) as a guilt-ridden womanizer, as the Genie of The Lamp in the exciting Arabian Nights (2000) (TV) and as Henri de Toulouse Lautrec in the visually spectacular Moulin Rouge! (2001). He also voiced Sid in the animated Ice Age (2002), co-starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Collateral Damage (2002) and directed and starred in the boxing film Undefeated (2003) (TV). Afterward, Leguizamo starred in the remake of the John Carpenter hit Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) and George A. Romero's long-awaited fourth "Dead" film, Land of the Dead (2005). There can be no doubt that the remarkably talented Leguizamo has been a breakthrough performer for the Latino community in mainstream Hollywood, in much the same way that Sidney Poitier crashed through celluloid barriers for African-Americans in the early 1960s. Among his many strengths lies his ability to not take his ethnic background too seriously but also to take pride in his Latino heritage. He has opened many doors for his countrymen. A masterly and accomplished performer, movie audiences await Leguizamo's next exciting performance.

Trivia random: Was voted "Most Talkative" in high school.
Citazione random: "Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time."
Salario massimo: $2,000,000, per Spawn (1997)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Hall, Michael C. (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Hall, Michael Carlyle
Data di nascita: 1 February 1971
Altezza: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Coniuge: Jennifer Carpenter::(31 December 2008 - present), Amy Spanger::(1 May 2002 - 2006) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• East Fifth Bliss (2010) .... Morris Bliss [attore]
• Peep World (2010) .... Jack [attore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Ken Castle [attore]
• The Edge of Things (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Mysteries of the Freemasons (2006) (TV) .... Narrator [attore]
• "Hitler's War" (2005) TV series (narrator) (2005) .... [misc]
• Bereft (2004) (TV) .... Jonathan [attore]
• Paycheck (2003) .... Agent Klein [attore]

Biografia:
Michael C. Hall is a North Carolina native and graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. His most recent performance was on Broadway as the emcee in "Cabaret." Hall has previously starred in nearly a dozen major off-Broadway plays, including "Macbeth" for the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Cymbeline" for the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Delacorte Theater, "Timon of Athens" and "Henry V" at the Public, "The English Teachers" for Manhattan Class Company, "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, and "Skylight" at the Mark Taper Forum.

Trivia random: Attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, the same school attended by actress Emily Procter, actor William Joyner, and editor Hughes Winborne.
Citazione random: I think Dexter is a man who, a part of himself is very much frozen, or arrested in a place that is pre-memory, pre-conscious, pre-verbal. Something very traumatic happened to him, he doesn't know what that is. And I think on some level he wants to know. He denies his humanity, he describes himself as someone who is without feeling, and yet I think that he maybe suspects - in a way that maybe isn't even conscious yet when we first meet him - that he is in fact a human being.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Butler, Gerard

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Nome di battesimo: Butler, Gerard James
Data di nascita: 13 November 1969
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Burns (2010) .... Robert Burns [attore]
• Coriolanus (2010) .... Tullus Aufidius [attore]
• How to Train Your Dragon (2010) .... Stoick (voice) [attore]
• The Bounty Hunter (2010) .... Milo Boyd [attore]
• Untitled Comedy (2010) .... Chaun [attore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Kable / John Tillman [attore]
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) (V) .... The Sea Captain (voice) [attore]
• The Ugly Truth (2009) .... Mike Chadway [attore]
• Nim's Island (2008) .... Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover [attore]

Biografia:
Born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, Gerard Butler was raised along with his older brother and sister in his hometown of Paisley, Scotland. He also spent some of his youth in Canada. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he and his siblings were raised primarily by their mother, who later remarried. He had no contact with his father between the ages of two and 16 years old, after which time they became close. His father passed away when Gerard was in his early 20s. Butler went on to attend Glasgow University, where he studied to be a lawyer/solicitor. He was president of the school's law society thanks to his outgoing personality and great social skills. His acting career began when he was approached in a London coffee shop by actor Steven Berkoff, who later appeared alongside Butler in Attila (2001/I) (TV), who gave him a role in a stage production of Coriolanus. After that Butler decided to give up law for acting. He was cast as Ewan McGregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of [i]Trainspotting[/i]. His film debut was as Billy Connolly's younger brother in _Mrs. Brown (1997)_. While filming the movie in Scotland, he was enjoying a picnic with his mother, near the River Tay, when they heard the shouts of a young boy who had been swimming with a friend who was in some trouble. Butler jumped in and saved the young boy from drowning. He received a Certificate of Bravery from the Royal Humane Society. He felt he only did what anyone in the situation would have done. His film career continued with small roles, first in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the USA film Attila (2001/I) (TV). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but kept coming back to Butler's screen tests and decided he was their man. He had to lose the thick Scottish accent, but managed well. Around the time Attila was being filmed, casting was in progress for Wes Craven's new take on the Dracula legacy. Also wanting a known name, Butler wasn't much of a consideration. His unending tenacity and drive drove him to hounding the producers. Eventually, he sent them a clip of his portrayal of Attila. Evidently they saw something because Dracula 2000 (2000) was cast in the form of Butler. Attila's producers, thinking that his big-screen role might help with their own film's ratings, finished shooting a little early so he could get to work on Dracula 2000 (2000). Attila ended up being the second highest-rated TV movie ever. Following these two roles, Butler developed quite a fan base, an Internet site and began appearing on lists everywhere. Since then he has appeared in Reign of Fire (2002) as Creedy and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. The role that garnered him most attention from both moviegoers and movie makers alike was that of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (2003). Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague. Last year he appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera (2004), playing the title character in the successful adaptation of the stage musical. It was a role that brought him much international attention. Other projects include Dear Frankie (2004), The Game of Their Lives (2005) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005). In 2007 he starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the Warner Bros. production 300 (2006), based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, and Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello, which aired on network TV under the title Shattered. He most recently starred in P.S. I Love You (2007) with Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank . In 2007, he appeared in Nim's Island (2008) and RocknRolla (2008), and recently completed the new Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor film Gamer (2009). His latest film The Ugly Truth (2009) co-starring Katherine Heigl began filming in April 2008.

Trivia random: Was once rumored to be the next James Bond (after Pierce Brosnan). [April 2001]
Citazione random: Sometimes I finish a movie and I get used to a certain lifestyle and when that stops I get a bit lost for about a week. 'No one is bringing me lunch anymore - I've got to go do that myself?' I lose the main point of my focus. Often all I want to do is travel and just get the hell out of there. But I'm actually boring really.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Ventimiglia, Milo

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Nome di battesimo: Ventimiglia, Milo Anthony
Data di nascita: 8 July 1977
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Order of Chaos (2010) .... Rick [attore]
• "Ultradome" (2010) .... (executive producer) (unknown episodes, 2010) [produttore]
• Armored (2009) .... Eckehart [attore]
• Dave Knoll Finds His Soul (2009) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Rick Rape [attore]
• High-Five Hollywood! (2008) (V) .... [attore]
• Pathology (2008) .... Ted Grey [attore]
• "It's a Mall World" (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• "Winter Tales" (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Intelligence (2006/I) .... Colin Mathers [attore]

Biografia:
Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, Milo Ventimiglia is positioning himself as one of Hollywood's most promising young talents as his career continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects. Ventimiglia will next be seen starring in Tom Fontana's new WB Series "The Bedford Diaries" (2006), which focuses on a group of college students in a human sexuality class. Ventimiglia quickly garnered attention when he joined the cast of the critically acclaimed television drama "Gilmore Girls" (2000), as the quiet and complicated 'Jess.' Last year Ventimiglia joined the cast of another critically acclaimed show, NBC's "American Dreams" (2002). He portrayed a 60's war radical and helps bring the show into the 70's. He was also a recurring character on David. E. Kelley's drama "Boston Public" (2000). Before joining "Gilmore Girls" audiences became familiar with Ventimiglia when he starred in the Fox series "Opposite Sex" (2000) which secured him a holding deal with Warner Brothers. His other television credits include guest starring roles on prime time series such as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) and "Promised Land" (1996). Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, Ventimiglia's passion for the art of acting keeps him drawn to both studio and independent features. Ventimiglia recently starred in the Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson thriller Cursed (2005) and next up is the indie film Dirty Deeds (2005). His other film credits include Winter Break (2003) and Massholes (2000). Additionally he starred in the short films Nice Guys Finish Last (2001) and Must Be the Music (1996), which debuted at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Ventimiglia currently resides in Los Angeles and enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding and wake boarding. He also has a passion for restoring vintage muscle cars.

Trivia random: He has a great interest in directing.
Citazione random: On the WB holding deal: ... They said, 'Here's a lot of money and don't work for anybody else. We don't have anything for you, so you're going to be sitting for a while.' That was an interesting thing.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

hitman

Ahhh... euro-spazzatura d'azione! Francese, per giunta!

Ad Hitman non è che mancasse il potenziale: la serie di videogiochi è pregevole e - benché si potesse usare il nostro amato Agente 47 anche come fosse una clava - il killer che lavora di fino, quasi invisibile, poteva essere trasportato al cinema con grande efficacia.
Purtroppo Xavier Gens, figlio della Belle France col vezzo del cinema d'azione, ha optato per la clava.

La trama - essenziale e banale, ma che alla fin fine poteva essere una base adeguata - si sviluppa attorno all'attentato al presidente russo, che si ritorce contro il nostro Agente che si ritrova contro l'Organizzazione, ben determinata a fargli la pelle.
Purtroppo essa viene utilizzata per mettere in scena tutte le peggiori abitudini dei telefilm d'azione europei: scene di lotta mal dirette e ridicoli quanto improbabili conflitti di giurisdizione, portati avanti da macchiette.

Da un lato abbiamo alcune delle peggiori scene d'azione dei tempi moderni: il combattimento con le spade è riprovevole, così come le sparatorie e le migliaia di esplosioni.
Dall'altro abbiamo situazioni surreali come l'Interpol che scavalca l'FSB in territorio russo, o la CIA che se ne va a zonzo per Mosca come fosse casa sua.

Anche le prove attoriali non mancano di stupire: se Olga Kurylenko ha quanto meno il pregio di essere un bel vedere, Timothy Olyphant si candida per il premio "Attore Meno Espressivo Del 2007".

Insomma: l'ennesimo cesso di film tratto da un videogioco.

Da non perdere: l'elicottero da guerra che spara nella stanza dove teoricamente c'è il presidente ancora vivo; il sistema anti-intrusione che, applicato alla porta della stanza d'albergo, uccide tutti quelli che vi si trovano... all'interno!

Voto: 2. Trashometro^® 3/10:

Tags: azione, thriller, omicidio, killer, Agente 47, Hitman, tratto da un videogioco, esplosione, combattimento, sparatoria, ostaggio, assassinio, cecchino, CIA, FSB, Interpol, sesso, nudo, fan-service, videogioco, fuga, cattedrale, elicottero, funerale, trafficante, armi, droga, violenza, crimine, russia, presidente, attentato, inseguimento.

Olyphant, Timothy

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Nome di battesimo: Olyphant, Timothy David
Data di nascita: 20 May 1968
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Alexis Knief::(1991 - present) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Stop Loss (2008) .... Lt. Col. Boot Miller [attore]
• Turok (2008) (VG) .... Cowboy (voice) [attore]
• Bill (2007) .... Chip [attore]
• Hitman (2007) .... Agent 47 [attore]
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007) .... Thomas Gabriel [attore]
• Catch and Release (2006/II) .... Fritz [attore]
• The Girl Next Door (2004) .... Kelly [attore]
• Dreamcatcher (2003) .... Pete Moore [attore]
• A Man Apart (2003) .... Hollywood Jack [attore]
• Coastlines (2002) .... Sonny Mann [attore]

Trivia random: Swam competitively while attending the University of Southern California (US National Finalist in the 200m individual medley)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Gens, Xavier

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Data di nascita: 27 April 1975
Coniuge: Mounia Anna Meddour::(2005 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Frontière(s) (2007) .... [scrittore]
• Hitman (2007) .... [regista]
• Au petit matin (2005) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Le Bon, la brute et les zombies (2004) .... [attore]
• BTK - Born to Kast (2000) .... [scrittore]
• Never Ever (1996) .... (production assistant) [misc]

Trivia random: Story board artist on "Le souffle" de Muriel et Delphin Coulin.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Hitman (2007)

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Regista: Xavier Gens
Scrittore: Skip Woods
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 6.5/10 (7408 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: France, USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Timothy Olyphant .... Agent 47
• Dougray Scott .... Mike Whittier
• Olga Kurylenko .... Nika Boronina
• Robert Knepper .... Yuri Marklov
• Ulrich Thomsen .... Mikhail Belicoff
• Henry Ian Cusick .... Udre Belicoff
• Michael Offei .... Jenkins
• Christian Erickson .... General Kormarov
• Eriq Ebouaney .... Bwana Ovie
• Joe Sheridan .... Captain Gudnayev

Trama:
A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. hired by a group known as "The Agency" to kill targets for cash.

Trivia random: The car Agent 47 drives is an Audi S5.
Citazione random: Agent 47: Because that suitcase holds perfectly my blazer sniper rifle, two .45s and a gag for talkative, irritating little girls like yourself. Do you want me to stop and get it out?::Nika Boronina: I don't know - Do you think we have time for foreplay?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Kurylenko, Olga

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Data di nascita: 14 November 1979

Ultimi lavori:

• Hitman (2007) .... Nika Boronina [attrice]
• "Suspectes" (2007) .... Eva Pirès [attrice]
• Tyranny (2007) .... (additional dialogue) [scrittore]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... The Vampire (segment "Quartier de la Madeleine") [attrice]
• Le Porte-bonheur (2006) (TV) .... Sophia [attrice]
• Le Serpent (2006) .... Sofia [attrice]
• L'Annulaire (2005) .... Iris [attrice]

Trivia random: Model.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

ri-ri-pirati

Gore Verbinski con Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo conclude la trilogia (?) dei pirati, ed aggiunge ben poco a quanto non sia stato detto per l'episodio precedente.
Film eccessivamente lungo (come gli altri, del resto) e che esce solo in parte dalle secche (arrr! arrr!) dove si era arenata saga.

Salvare Sparrow dal regno dei morti, ripagare Davy Jones, inchiappettare Beckett, liberare una dea, tenere un consiglio, tradirsi vicendevolmente, limonare un po', etc. etc.: prendete questi ed altri pezzi e fatevi la trama da voi, che tanto è uguale.

Talmente tanti combattimenti, salti, esplosioni, arrembaggi che alla fine si ha quasi la sensazione di essere davanti ad un esercizio circense.
Eppure del potenziale c'era: i personaggi (specie nel primo film) risultavano molto simpatici e l'ambientazione colorita.
Anche qui qualche scena davvero dirtente la si trova, a partire dalla riunione del consiglio dei pirati, ma sono fin troppo diluite.
A questo punto, uno dei misteri del cinema moderno è perché si sbattano a metterci una trama, in un film del genere - per giunta facendola inutilmente lunga ed intricata: tienila breve e semplice e lascia che lo spettatore si goda l'azione, no?

Ancora in peggiorando gli attori - compreso Depp, che riduce pure il numero di smorfie; taccio pietosamente su Orlando Bloom e su quell'inutile semi-anoressica tavola da surf che è Keira Knightley: l'unico altro attore che abbia visto peggiorare così vistosamente nell'arco della sua carriera è stato Ricky Memphis - ma lì andiamo sul professionismo...

Voto: 5.5 (meglio del secondo, ma...)
Tags: pirati dei caraibi, azione, avventura, commedia, fantasy, pirati, sequel, 1720, nave, arrembaggio, cannone, maelstrom, oltretomba, cuore, L'Olandese Volante, salvataggio, stregoneria, dea, Singapore, mostro marino, impiccagione, canzone, figlio, morte, fantasma, allucinazioni, consiglio.

Knightley, Keira

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Nome di battesimo: Knightley, Keira Christina
Data di nascita: 26 March 1985
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Duchess (2008) .... Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire [attrice]
• The Edge of Love (2008) .... Vera Phillips [attrice]
• Atonement (2007) .... Cecilia Tallis [attrice]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) .... Elizabeth Swann [attrice]
• Silk (2007) .... Hélène Joncour [attrice]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Elizabeth Swann [attrice]
• Stories of Lost Souls (2006) .... Leah (segment New Year's Eve) [attrice]
• Domino (2005) .... Domino Harvey [attrice]
• The Jacket (2005) .... Jackie Price [attrice]
• Pride & Prejudice (2005) .... Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bennet [attrice]

Biografia:
The daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After she requested an agent at the age of three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at the age of 9, in Moira Armstrong's A Village Affair (1994). However, Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive array of films including The Hole (2001), but is probably best known for her role of tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002).

Trivia random: Her first name means 'dark'.
Citazione random: (About kissing Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)) There were these teen-aged girls off-cam, and they were ready to kill me because I kissed Orlando Bloom!
Salario massimo: $5,000,000, per Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo

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Regista: Gore Verbinski
Scrittore: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Valutazione: 7.2/10 (69925 voti)
Durata: 168 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Johnny Depp .... Captain Jack Sparrow
• Geoffrey Rush .... Captain Barbossa
• Orlando Bloom .... Will Turner
• Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann
• Jack Davenport .... Admiral James Norrington
• Bill Nighy .... Davy Jones
• Jonathan Pryce .... Governor Weatherby Swann
• Mackenzie Crook .... Ragetti
• Lee Arenberg .... Pintel
• Kevin McNally .... Gibbs (as Kevin R. McNally)

Trama:
After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

Trivia random: The scene in which Jack the Monkey is shivering was accomplished by the concerted efforts of the special effects and animal training departments. The effects guys made a small wooden barrel with a vibrating plate on top. The animal trainers taught the monkey to sit with her arms crossed on the plate.
Citazione random: Lord Cutler Beckett: You're mad.::Jack Sparrow: Thank goodness for that, 'cause if I wasn't this would probably never work.::[catapults himself onto his ship landing safely on his feet behind his crew]::Jack Sparrow: And that was without even a single drop of rum.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Verbinski, Gore

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Nome di battesimo: Verbinski, Gregor
Data di nascita: 16 March 1964
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) .... [regista]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... [regista]
• The Weather Man (2005) .... [regista]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) .... [regista]
• The Ring (2002) .... [regista]
• The Mexican (2001) .... [regista]
• Mousehunt (1997) .... [regista]
• The Ritual (1996) .... [scrittore]

Biografia:
Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of all time ($135,600,000) and grossed over $1 billion dollars worldwide. He was born Gregor Verbinski on March 16, 1964, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. His father was of Polish descent, he worked as a nuclear physicist at the Oak Ridge Lab. In 1967 the Verbinski family moved to California, and young Gregor grew up near San Diego. His biggest influences as a kid were Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Black Sabbath's Master of Reality. He started his professional career as a guitarist for punk-rock bands, such as The Daredevils and The Little Kings, and also made his first films together with friends. After having developed a passion for filmmaking, he sold his guitar to buy a Super-8mm camera. Then Verbinski attended the prestigious UCLA Film School, from which he graduated in 1987 with his BFA in Film. His first professional directing jobs were music videos for alternative bands, such as L7, Bad Religion, and Monster Magnet. Then he moved to advertising and directed commercials for Nike, Canon, Skittles, United airlines and Coca-Cola. In 1993 he created the renowned Budweiser advertising campaign featuring croaking frogs, for which he was awarded the advertising Silver Lion at Cannes and also received four Clio Awards. Verbinski made his feature directorial debut with Mousehunt (1997), a remarkably visual cartoonish family comedy. His next effort, The Mexican (2001), came to a modest result. However, Verbinski bounced back with a hit thriller The Ring (2002), grossing over $230 million dollars worldwide. His biggest directorial success came with the Disney theme park ride based Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a brilliant acting ensemble, grossing over $650 million dollars, and bringing five Oscar nominations and many other awards and nominations. Disney ordered two more films which Verbinski shot one after another on location in the Carribean islands, for which he had to endure both tetanus and typhoid immunization shots. After having survived several hurricanes, dealing with sick and injured actors, and troubleshooting after numerous technical difficulties of the epic-scale project, Verbinski delivered. He employed the same stellar cast in the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the third installment of the 'Pirates' franchise Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Gore Verbinski does not like publicity. He has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife and his two sons. He is currently residing with his family in Los Angeles, California.

Trivia random: Creator of the Budweiser frogs.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Depp, Johnny

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Nome di battesimo: II, John Christopher Depp
Data di nascita: 9 June 1963
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Lori A. Depp::(24 December 1983 - 7 March 1986) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Rum Diary (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Sin City 2 (2009) .... (rumored) [attore]
• Shantaram (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Sin City 3 (2008) .... Wallace (rumored) [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) .... Captain Jack Sparrow [attore]
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) .... Sweeney Todd [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Jack Sparrow [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (2006) (VG) .... Jack Sparrow (voice) [attore]
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Willy Wonka [attore]
• Corpse Bride (2005) .... Victor Van Dort (voice) [attore]

Biografia:
Born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, Johnny Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street" (1987). In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990). Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994). In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco (1997), opposite Al Pacino; in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999). The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane. Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's "mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. Jack Sparrow. Now Depp is collaborating again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1985. Currently, Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.

Trivia random: Chosen by People (USA) Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1996]
Citazione random: There's nothing - you know - nothing else like music. Nothing that touches us on that, uh, that deep level. Music can open up so many emotions that we didn't know we had. It's the magical thing about musicals, you know, on the stage or on film or whatever. Love songs. They work so well because music touches us, emotionally, where words alone can't.
Salario massimo: $20,000,000, per Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Bloom, Orlando

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Nome di battesimo: Bloom, Orlando Jonathan Blanchard
Data di nascita: 13 January 1977
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) .... Will Turner [attore]
• Love and Other Disasters (2006) .... Hollywood Paolo [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Will Turner [attore]
• Elizabethtown (2005) .... Drew Baylor [attore]
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) .... Balian de Ibelin [attore]
• The Calcium Kid (2004) .... Jimmy Connelly [attore]
• Haven (2004) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
• Troy (2004) .... Paris [attore]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Legolas [attore]
• Ned Kelly (2003) .... Joseph Byrne [attore]

Biografia:
Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on January 13, 1977. The man he briefly knew as his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. But Harry died of a stroke when Orlando was only four years old. After that, Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother, Sonia, and family friend, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, Sonia revealed to him that Colin was actually his biological father. Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. He did embrace the arts, however, and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He also participated in school plays and was active at his local theater. As a teen, Orlando landed his first job: he was a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range. Encouraged by his mother, he and his sister began studying poetry and prose, eventually giving readings at Kent Festival. Orlando and Samantha won many poetry and Bible reciting competitions. Then Orlando, who always idolized larger-than-life characters, gravitated towards serious acting. At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows "Casualty" (1986), "Midsomer Murders" (1997) and "Smack the Pony" (1999). He also appeared in the critically acclaimed movie Wilde (1997). He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was there, in 1998, that Orlando fell three stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back. Despite fears that he would be permanently paralyzed, he quickly recovered and returned to the stage. As fate would have it, seated in the audience one night in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. After the show, he met with Orlando and asked him to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began work on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, spending 18 months in New Zealand bringing to life "Legolas", a part which made him a household name. Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought-after actors in the industry.

Trivia random: Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25." [2002]
Citazione random: "The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got bags of it. I'm like, 'OK, well, what do we do with that, then?' And she explains that we're sending them pictures and stuff, which is great."
Salario massimo: $3,000,000, per Elizabethtown (2005)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Memphis, Ricky

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Nome di battesimo: Fortunati, Riccardo
Data di nascita: 29 August 1968

Ultimi lavori:

• "Crimini bianchi" (2008) .... [attore]
• Milano-Palermo: il ritorno (2007) .... Remo Matteotti [attore]
• "Distretto di polizia" (2006) .... Mauro Belli (unknown episodes) [attore]
• Storia di Mario (2005) .... Ricky [attore]
• Paz! (2002) .... Man of Latina [attore]
• La Sindone - 24 ore, 14 ostaggi (2001) (TV) .... Alberto [attore]
• Excellent Cadavers (1999) .... Mafioso #1 [attore]
• Il Morso del serpente (1999) (TV) .... Sante Venuti [attore]
• S.O.S. (1999) .... Police Officer [attore]
• Ultimo 2 - La sfida (1999) (TV) .... Solo [attore]

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.