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Richard CollierKimberley CurranJohn ConnollyIan Matheson
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Richard Collier,John Connolly
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Silent Sam (2009) is a English movie. Richard Collier,John Connolly has directed this movie. Richard Collier,Kimberley Curran,John Connolly,Ian Matheson are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2009. Silent Sam (2009) is considered one of the best Action,Crime,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
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Cop GONE Bad!!
Every demographic has its fantasy movie, its veritable fairytale. Hipsters have The Big Lebowski. Nerds have Scott Pilgrim vs the World. The Bernie Madoff set even has such an ideal tale in Wall Street. Silent Sam fulfills a fantasy for a crazily-overlooked contingent of our populace: fat, balding middle-aged guys. And, my, oh my, does it ever hit the mark! Sam Ramirez, true to form is stuck in a living hell. His wife has a terminal illness, which she is only days away from dying from, his partner on the police force is trying to get him to cheat on said wife and, if that wasn't enough, there are a lot of stone cold criminals who would enjoy nothing more than to give him a pair of cement shoes and take him swimming in the Hudson. The criminals get one step closer realizing the cement shoes for Sam when they kill his partner and he begins massacring the mobsters in a bloody rage. Needless to say, lots of people die. -Richard Snyder Intimidator of the Realm
Violent reality
The movie is very violent and forward in its storyline. If you are the type of person that just loves these Bruce Willis type of movies you may not be very impressed with Silent Sam. In Silent Sam the fights don't take 20 minutes, There are no slow motion shots of bullets passing by - the first shot usually hits the target, and the gun is empty after nine rounds have been fired. The Hero is not superman and can be killed- there is danger. However, there is no happy ending - I think that this kind of reality is really refreshing; all movies should be like this. Is there a negative side to Silent Sam? Of course there is: The super low budget, and below average CGI. This sometimes takes away from the nuances of the plot. Still it is a good movie to watch, you won't regret doing so.
Low Budget Action
I liked this movie! For a straight to DVD low budget indie film, the acting is OK and the story line has some compelling aspects worth looking into. I wasn't quite sure how to take it at the beginning. It took about ten minutes for the action to start, but after that- I was hooked. If you're expecting the Hollywood hundred million dollar production then this movie is not for you. The production values were low, and the CGI very rough: but if you enter into it without the super big budget frame of mind, and see for it for what it is - some friends and some junk food - it's enjoyable! A good film for the low budget DVD renter.
Unconventional 'B' movie action film
Whether you like it or not, Silent Sam is certainly an unconventional low budget 'B' movie action film. Sam Ramirez is a very emotionally repressed cop who doesn't talk much. However, he is capable of great bursts of calm unemotional violence which makes him a dangerous man to tangle with. During a routine stakeout, he leaves his partner alone - while he checks on his terminally ill wife. In the interim, his partner tries to makes the bust on her own. It goes bad! Sam arrives just in time to kill everyone in sight and make a promise to his partner; just before she dies in his arms. The guilt this unleashes in Sam only increases his sense of responsibility. Absconding with the drug money form the bust, Ramirez decides to make his wife's last days – happy ones. There is an immense magnetizing sadness to this characters life, which makes you want to keep watching. Production values are low, but the action and story carries you through.
enjoyable low budget action!!
Sometimes reviewers get so caught up in their own little vision of what entertainment ought to be that they can't loosen up and just enjoy a movie for what it is. Case in point is SILENT SAM a fine movie. Richard Collier as Sam Ramirez is well suited as the silent hero type - a kind of early Chuck Norris - a one-man army dishing out justice where justice is due. Some of the character actors are great as well, David Ian Matheson as the borderline by the book Detective, he gives you a sense of mixed loyalties- friendship or the law. Neal Layden as Paulie the snitch - a greasy no morals guy- gives you the creeps just looking at him: and manages to create a genuine (and a bit unsettling) hatred for Ramirez. There are several plot threads, all interesting. The film is never too complicated to lose focus. It is flawed only by the low budget and an awful bit of CGI car chase stuff in the middle of the film. Recutting to eliminate this crap would produce an even higher end Action thriller. Is "Silent Sam" a little cheesy? Perhaps. Are the characters deep and the production values high? No. But nobody ever claimed that this movie was going to win awards. Producers just wanted to give their intended audience a good time, and in that task, they succeeded. And besides, who doesn't want to see Drug Dealers, Mob guys and the occasional bad Cop get what's coming to them?