PLEASE!
OK, WOW!!!
It is an award-winning short movie from 1999 and it really inspired me to make and watch short movies. I don’t usually think that a powerful story can be told in a little over 13 minutes, but this film just does it. Despite the bad image quality (the only way to see this film was through youtube for me), I was hooked. I wish it had been longer and I really wished it was a theater released full-length film. It is just another example that shows why Gerard Butler is never going to be typecast. We have seen him act as muscle-bound epic heroes (Attila, 300), as a loving husband with a great sense of humor (P.S. I love You), a wiseass guys’ guy that gives relationship advice (The Ugly Truth), a seemingly perfect family and career man who just might not be actually that great (Butterfly on a Wheel) and well a phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)…The list goes on.
In this movie, Gerard Butler plays Peter, a struggling novelist who is depressed, furious and desperate. His career hasn’t taken off, and moreover his wife and kid have left him long ago. He is lonely and extremely frustrated. He has a gun in which a he puts one bullet and starts to play Russian Roulette while visiting his wife and his agent. And while the ending might not be a shock, it still blew my mind- the way it is presented is just brilliant.
The only fault I can find with the movie is that it is too damn short. Kudos to Paul Black, the writer and director, and to Gerard Butler.
You can watch the whole movie online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCw8V_pF9o
Also on Gerard Butler and his movies:
http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/law-abiding-citizen-two-steps-short-of-perfection/
http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/gamer-movie-review/
http://pinartarhan.com/blog/the-ugly-truth/
http://pinartarhan.com/blog/top-10-gerard-butler-movies/
http://socyberty.com/people/five-reasons-to-love-gerard-butler/
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