What we end up with what you might expect if a brickmason decided he was an architect and made everything including the furniture out of bricks. And this guy is an acrobat, not an actor. So when you put an actor in charge, you sometimes get interesting stuff, but rarely good films. An example is Harrison Ford in "Blade Runner." It probably is his best work as an actor, and he still today has no idea how he was as manipulated as much as his replicant character. Often, the last person to understand the dynamics at work are the actors. A few understand how to act in a way that truly supports the intentions of the filmmaker, but the reality is that they are in different businesses. I am struck by a truth discovered by other means: actors do acting, not filmmaking. The idea was to skip the original because this one is directed by the performer himself. But gee they sure get tedious after the first few unless there really is a master behind the camera. From a practical perspective, that usually means martial arts. I was directed to this because I am interested in cinematic choreography.
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