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Knight Moves (1992)
Pretty stale, mate
A total dumbass' version of a gripping psychological thriller. Tackles all the thriller tropes without actually making the tackle, just glancing blows all the way down. Christopher Lambert is playing this like he knows the answer to a secret, but he doesn't, he's just mugging through the whole thing and playing it every different way but good.
Startlingly long at almost two hours, this tumbles through so many possibilities and finally settles in on such an eye-rolling conclusion that it's almost an instant recommendation for movies to play at a bad movie night. Bad entertainment quality keeps you chugging along the whole time.
1.5 stars with a glowing recommendation from me.
Watched as my 2nd part of the Night Moves / Knight Moves back to back feature.
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
A paradise reserved for very few
This is one of the few Werner Herzog films I've seen.
Werner Herzog is vacationing in Thailand, when he sees a video of underwater video filmed by Samuel Bowzer. Inside the sleeve he finds a map leading to the paradise he'd always dreamed of. He and his new found friends, a man and a beautiful woman, set sail at once.
Upon arriving on the island, they find a small encampment. What beauty he finds! It appears that the people inhabiting the uncharted area have set up their own village, McMurdo. The council sits Werner down and lets him know that he can stay, but he cannot tell anyone else of what he has found, so their utopia doesn't become overrun with those who would destroy their dreams. Werner and the woman hook up.
Things go well for Werner, and after a time, the encampment runs low on supplies, naturally. So Werner and the encampment leader, Cheryl, make a trip back to Thailand to pick up the essentials. While they are shopping, passion overruns them and they become slaves to their own bodies.
Upon returning to the island, they find that one of their own was attacked by seals, and they have not the medical technology to care for him. A sad scene ensues, where they leave the man in a scary ice cave to die. Werner cannot help but feel as though it was his own fault, so he stays at the cave while the man slowly slips away.
Werner is excommunicated by those of the tribe, and while he is living off the land, cursing himself, he spots natives very close to McMurdo. A sequence where Werner looks like he's in a video game happens, and he warns everyone of what is about to happen.
In the end, everyone leaves McMurdo, going back to their respective places. But of course, no one will ever forget about their encounters at the end of the world.