{"id":1224,"date":"2006-04-14T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-15T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2006-04-14T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-15T02:43:00","slug":"liotta-is-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1224","title":{"rendered":"Liotta is out of Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/z041406control_ban.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/z041406control_ban.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><em style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00000FZL2\/craizabls\/103-2295982-0982212?%5Fencoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&amp;link%5Fcode=xm2\">Control<\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> totally slipped by me&#8230; waaaaay under the radar. I don&#8217;t remember reading anything about it before, during, or even after it&#8217;s release. [And I&#8217;m talking theatrical and dvd]. That&#8217;s surprising not only because it stars <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Ray Liotta<\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Willem Dafoe <\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">and <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Michelle Rodriguez<\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">, but also because it&#8217;s a pretty decent movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Ray Liotta <\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">plays a <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">sociopath<\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> on <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">death row <\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">who is given a last minute, and I mean LAST minute, reprieve, if he will participate in an experimental group testing a drug that might be the key to a cure. Given the set up, I thought that the movie might be a preachy &#8220;we can cure them&#8221; take on the death sentence. Boy, am I glad that it turned out to be much more than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Ray Liotta <\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">is one of the most underrated actors working today, and <\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Control<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> provides him an opportunity to show his chops. <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">DaFoe<\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> and <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Rodriguez<\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> are welcome additions, but it is the script that really works for me. What could have been a really over the top action-adventure is instead so much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\"><em>Control<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> isn&#8217;t the best movie you&#8217;ll see this year, but I bet you&#8217;ll enjoy it if you give it a shot.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Control&#8221; <\/span>rates a<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">  B+<\/span>.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Control totally slipped by me&#8230; waaaaay under the radar. 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