The Power Of Few

Left-of-center movie is worth checking out
Imagine my surprise when out of the blue and without any advance marketing of any kind, this movie showed up on just two screens here in Cincinnati recently. I figured there was no way this would play very long here (and I was right, the movie was gone after one week), so I went to see it right away.

"The Power of Few" (2013 release; 95 min.) brings the same 20 min. in an early afternoon in New Orleans, but brought from multiple (five, actually) perspectives, and how these intersecting stories play out/touch on each other/collide (literally). Given that you watch the "same" 20 minutes five times over the course of the movie, there is no point in even trying to bring an introduction of the movie's plot. Let's just say that blood WILL be spilled at this particular New Orleans intersection.

Several comments: it's amazing what an all-star cast is attached to this movie, starting of course with Christopher Walken as a homeless man with a secret. I don't recall ever...

Good fun movie
I enjoyed watching this movie. It was great fun, and not your normal, predictable garbage film that is so pervasive. I really like Christopher Walken he is a riot. He does a great job with his character, and delivers a funny performance that is full of dry humor.

A movie that shows the same event from many different perspectives. I love movies like this. This one is very good. I say B
"Have you ever bit the inside of your cheek?" A stolen religious artifact, a baby who needs medicine, a delivery driver who meets a man on the run from a gang, two agents looking for someone and two homeless men all become connected in one tragic event. This is the kind of movie where a series of events connect groups of people that otherwise have nothing in common. This one event is shown from everyone's point of view and how one person can change everything. I love movies like this. Movies that show the same event from many different perspectives. No movie has done it better then Rashomon but there have been many attempts since then. Most recently movies like Crash, 11:14 and Vantage Point have all used this style of filmmaking. I have enjoyed all those movies and I enjoyed this one as well. The only problem I had with this one is that some of the stories went on a little long and started to slow the movie down, but overall the movie was enjoyable and really keeps you watching and...

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