Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Directed by: Peter Weir
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd
Rated: PG-13 for Intense Battle Sequences, Related Images, and Brief Language
Running Time: 2h 18m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Writing, Direction, Performances
WEAKNESSES: -
A British warship plays a game of cat and mouse with a French warship in the Napoleonic times.
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Gladiator (2000)
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Connie Nielson
Rated: R
Running Time: 2h 35m
TMM Score: 5 Stars (Loved It)
STRENGTHS: Production, Acting, Spectacle
WEAKNESSES: Final Speech/Ending
When Maximus, a Roman General, is betrayed by Commodus, the Roman Emperor, His family is killed and he narrowly escapes into the life of a slave. As a Gladiator, will he ever realize vengeance upon the man who ruined his life?
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito
Rated: R
Running Time: 2h 18m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Story
WEAKNESSES: None
In 1950s Hollywood, the Glitz and Glam draws all like a moth to a flame and 3 cops; a boyscout, a bruiser, and a schmoozer, are out to find out who murdered everyone in a coffee shop late one night.
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The Mummy (2017)
Directed by: Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis
Rated: PG-13 for Violence, Action and Scary Images, and Some Suggestive Content and Partial Nudity
Running Time: 1 H 50 M
TMM: 2 out of 5 Stars
Strengths: One of the Action Sequences
Weaknesses: Everything Else
Tom Cruise fights a Mummy in the first and last installment of the Dark Universe Series.
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