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Um Tiro no Escuro (2005)
Good movie... excellent acting by Joaquim and all the others
Lionel did it again. Finally, a Portuguese director that is not afraid to actually entertain and tell a story. This is not his first movie, but it is certainly one where he proves that he can be of international quality.
There were still a few little glitches here and there, but the absolutely staggering interpretation of all the actors completely makes you forget (and forgive) it.
I rented the DVD and also checked the director's comments. And sadly I noticed that he never refers to Joaquim de Almeida's interpretation, who was at his best in his powerful and dramatic role as a cop. The director mentioned everybody and praised everybody, except the great actor. He only mentioned Joaquim's name to comment about some stuff about his availability to film. It did not feel right and I thought this to be tasteless and wanted to mention it here.
Cry Wolf (2005)
Excellent use of suspense techniques
This movie earns points at least two ways: - the characters, senior high school students, are portrayed as intelligent beings, which is a pleasant change from the usual stupid stereotype about teenagers - with a not-so-special plot, the movie becomes really interesting because of the film making time honored technique to create suspense I don't think there was any special twist to the plot or anything about the script that could be considered as special. It'ś just another good, entertaining movie that will not linger in your memory for long... but you will jump on your seat once and a while, which means that you will still be surprised. That's pretty good, actually.