By Rama Gaind
There’s a good crop of films worth viewing at present. These are just three of them:
SALT: Australian director Phillip Noyce sets a cracking pace in this fast-moving thriller which sees Angelina Jolie, as CIA officer Evelyn Salt, accused of being a Russian agent.
She goes on the run to prove her innocence – and along the way performs some adroit stunts.
THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: Michael Sheen’s likeness to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is uncanny. He plays the role with ease which is not surprising since he’s done it before in ‘The Deal’ and ‘The Queen’. You are sure to remember him from 2008’s ‘Frost/Nixon’.
It’s plausible to see him in this role; now as the globetrotting envoy to the Middle East and his mutual admiration duo with former US President Bill Clinton.
Dennis Quaid’s impersonation of Clinton is astonishing – complete with an authentic voice – but the personality lacks vitality.
However, there’s an emotional genuineness between the couples. Tony and Cherie (Helen McCrory) and Bill and Hillary (Hope Davis).
This international power play from director Richard Loncraine has some appeal, but does not succeed as drama.
THE GHOST WRITER: Sucked into a web of political intrigue, Ewan McGregor plays a writer who is hired to ghost write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan).
This Roman Polanski thriller is well-crafted and delivered at a steady space.
