It’s Samuel
L Jackson Month
We’ve seen
Samuel L Jackson as a veteran, we’ve seen Samuel L Jackson as a jackass, we’ve
seen him as a coward, now let’s take a look at him playing an outright villain.
No, we won’t
be covering that one this month, although it may come up as a possible future
review. My feelings are that I do not have enough expertise on Will Eisner’s
work to give that movie the thorough trouncing it deserves – watch the Bad
Movie Beatdown/Atop the Fourth Wall crossover if you want to see people’s work
that matters on the subject. In the meantime, let’s look at Arena
Made on a
modest $10m budget (no idea about performance figures) Arena did not go down
well with audiences, a 27% rating on rotten tomatoes with an average 2.5/5, the
one critic whose review is on the site gave it a 0/4.
