Tigerland (2000)
Directed by Joel Schumacher
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
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It's not surprising that Joel Schumacher would elect to make a low-budget flick like Tigerland.
Mis à part quelques surprenantes réussites telles Tigerland et Phone Booth, Schumacher est devenu au fil des ans un choix de premier ordre pour les studios à la recherche d’un réalisateur capable de s’ajuster aux dernières tendances hollywoodiennes sans laisser la moindre trace d’une quelconque forme de signature derrière lui.
And while cinematographer Matthew Libatique (a stellar craftsman who worked on Schumacher's "Tigerland") succeeds in making Carrey look creepy, the director and the material leave the actor stranded.
Joel Schumacher has made some compelling films in his time - the gritty Vietnam War film Tigerland and the taut popcorn thriller Phone Booth, both starring Colin Farrell, come to mind - but he often falls foul of cinematic flash over substance ( The Lost Boys), a need to get nightmarishly unpleasant ( 8MM), or both ( Batman & Robin).
Director Joel Schumacher, a man who has a tendency to get lost in the spectacle of things (though not always, as “Falling Down” and “Tigerland” will attest), directs the movie with flair but keeps the proceedings as grounded as the source material will allow.
From filmmaker Joel Schumacher, who directed Colin Farrell in "Tigerland" (2000) and Kiefer Sutherland in "The Lost Boys" (1987) and "Flatliners" (1990), comes this 2002 thriller starring Farrell and Sutherland about a sniper who pins a guy down in a phone booth.
Although I never managed to write a review of it, I loved Tigerland and have been a fan of Colin's work for quite sometime (I have issues with how he handles himself in public, but I think he is a wonderful actor.)
Schumacher’s ace in the hole is his Tigerland star Colin Farrell who, in addition to being this year’s breakout It Boy, crackles with the kind of ramped-up onscreen dynamism that allows him to appear in virtully every shot of the film and not wear out his welcome.
Director Schumacher, admired for Falling Down, reviled for Batman & Robin, and admired again for Tigerland (which starred Colin Farrell), employs his subtle talent and his incredible eye for composition to the utmost, giving the film an artistic presentation which makes a big difference in how fun it is to sit through.
Veteran director Joel Schumacher ("Tigerland") keeps the suspense as tight as a piano wire during the standoff.
Ever since his astounding leading-man debut in Tigerland, he's been cranking out one amazing performance after another.