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Without Malice (2003) is a English movie. Rob W. King has directed this movie. Jennifer Beals,Craig Sheffer,Corey Haim,Gabrielle Anwar are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2003. Without Malice (2003) is considered one of the best Thriller movie in India and around the world.
Two men try to cover up an accident with a lie and find that the lie makes the accident seem that much worse in this tense drama. Paul Venters (Craig Sheffer) is a self-centered plastic surgeon who is soon to be married to beautiful Susan (Gabrielle Anwar), but doesn't get along very well with his fiancée's family, particularly Susan's brother Marty (Corey Haim), an ex-con who is trying to stay clean after beating a nasty drug habit. To appease his future wife, Paul tries to mend fences with Marty by inviting him along for a camping trip in the Canadian wilderness. While looking for elk, Paul sees a large bear that's heading towards Marty; thinking the animal is about to attack, Paul fires several shots at the bear, but one of them manages to kill a nearby forest ranger on patrol. Afraid that no one will believe the truth -- especially given Marty's past arrest record -- Paul and Marty cook up a fraudulent story to explain the ranger's death, but when park warden Samantha Wilkes (...
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Without Malice (2003) Reviews
Tension or Irritation, you decide.
Personally this type of film irritates me. Will they be found out will they not? It is very hard to maintain the tension throughout the film. Unfortunately this film does not quite manage it. Leaving me to laugh as the main characters speed away from the ranger (who is in no position to follow immediately), stop to spend five minute disposing of guns, then crash into a log truck only for the ranger to arrive seconds after and tick them off for driving too fast. Just after the hour mark, the ranger's character has developed to a point at which she can have a scene to herself. I feel this was unnecessary, sitting on the main 2 characters shoulders gives us the tense limited vision holding the suspense. Diverting the attention releases that tension to a degree and the film focus shifts. The movie defies the usual theory of a defined protagonist and antagonist, as we are debating over calling the first ranger's death an accident or a crime. By the final ten minutes most people will have decided who the bad guy is in the film just in time to have the desired effect at the conclusion. Which I felt was a little bit soft. Overall the film was not such a bad watch. It had its peaks and troughs, the technique is to sit back and watch, don't try applying your own thoughts or reactions to the characters or you will tear your hair out.
One of Rob Kings best works
This film shows the Canadian North in Mid Winter. The Plot and the scenery keep you watching to the end. The determined Ranger finds the proof and just on time. The cast and crew endured cold windy weather (-30C) in a secluded winter area to bring this to screen. I enjoyed every aspect of this movie from beginning to end.
Cracking good story!
Although this is a B-movie it has a great plot. The story moves at a cracking pace and keeps the tension throughout. The acting is consistently good (for a B-movie!) and the chemistry between the two leads is believable. Even the love-interest, in this case Gabrielle Anwar is interesting enough and able to hold her own against the boys. Why can't Hollywood make more of these and less of the dogs?