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The Purifiers
Too many bad dialogues. Moses (Kevin McKidd) talks a lot. Everytime he is on screen, he just keeps on talking and talking and talking. Even after John (Gordon Alexander) broke his arm and threatened to "kill" him with the final blow, yakkity-yakkity-yak-yak-yak. This is probably a common mistake for kung-fu action movies. In this bizarre world where there are no guns and everything has to be settled with a few kicks and spins (even though the easiest way to do that is a bitch slap), people talk a lot. And most of the time, it is unnecessary. Every first kick they take, they talk for five minutes to provoke the opponent. Throughout the movie, I could only imagine how I could save so much time not listening to them with a bullet through the head. The movie spent most of its time on not-very-perfectly choreographed fight sequences. I do not really know what the plot is about. Yeah, I get the idea of it. And yeah, I see the clans. But why and how. I do not know John is romantically involved with Frances (Amber Sainsbury), or Sol (Dominic Monaghan) with Li (Rachel Grant). They never told us or show us. Because suddenly, Sol is kissing Li and Frances is really, really sorry for betraying John's trust because she is an undercover cop. And they left out the information of Moses and John being ex-boyfriends.

Undiscovered
They try too hard with the names. Briar (Pell James)? Clea (Ashlee Simpson)? Who the heck name their daughters that? I mean, yeah, they are pretty names and I bow down to whoever came up with it, but come on. It is as ridiculous as naming your four sons Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry because you watched LOTR one too many times.

Musicians have to stop getting into the movie industry starring as a, surprise surprise, musician. They say they want to break new grounds but they go into a new ground being what they have always been. I can just buy your records and not miss anything in the movie. Ashlee went on in the interviews saying she is playing an actress' role. I just saw one scene of her as an actress. Rest of the time, she is singing. Who is she kidding?

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