The Prince
The year is not entirely over yet, but I am absolutely convinced this is the worst thing I have seen this year. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it. We tried out the theater at AMK (our kiez so to say) and judging by how few people were there (compared to “Guardians of the Galaxy” especially), people in Singapore are very aware of which films are hot and which aren’t. We had very sweet seats in a lovely theater which is just perfect for a relaxed weekend with mindless Hollywood action. In that respect, “The Prince” delivered reasonably well.
Unfortunately, everything else sucked. I hated the main actor, I hated that female character (why does she appear so vulgar and low-class again?) and I was really disappointed that neither Bruce Willis nor John Cusack got anything good to do. Actually Bruce Willis’s character got it the worst, he really did absolutely nothing but brood and then finally die. Ironically, Rain was the big stand-out in that whole ordeal. They gave him a fun-looking fighting style and a somewhat badass persona, and the single best scene in the entire film was his fight scene.
Well, nothing could have saved the film which sadly is wasting a really lovely premise. I liked the idea that the good guy of the story got his daughter kidnapped because he killed the daughter of the bad guy, and essentially was the reason that turned him into a bad guy in the first place. It could have made for some great character dynamics, but the movie failed on every account. That’s OK, I still have fond feelings of the whole experience simply because it’s awesome to spend a leisurely afternoon strolling (!) through a shopping mall with integrated movie theater just 5 minutes walk away from our apartment.