Scott does it again

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2006)

There isn't another director working today whose films I look more forward to than Tony Scott's. Not his brother, not Spielberg, not Howard, not Tarantino,not Nolan, not Rami,OK maybe Scorcese and maybe the Coen brothers, but Scott's strength is that he is the PT Barnum of today's directors. Take Deja Vu, ridiculous plot with holes you could lead an elephant through (to continue with the circus metaphor), and yet not a frame was wasted. Critics have said that the convoluted plot took so much explanation that it dragged, and I just didn't feel that one iota. One thing Tony Scott's films don't do is drag. He just entertains like no other filmmaker today. Besides the Usual Suspects, True Romance is my favorite film of the last 20 years. The rest of his films are just solid entertainment. He is on a role that I hope will last for another 30 films. I love the guy, and Denzel is terrific as always of course.