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Angel Eyes
Film review
To its credit, this odd little dramatic hybrid attempts to address a couple of tricky subjects among them, spousal abuse. But it fails to broach any of them in more than a superficial fashion.
Despite its intriguing set-up and other storytelling ambitions, the movie quickly turns predictable, which wouldn't be such a bad thing if the dialogue wasn't so painfully clich�d.
The meaning of the film's title isn't really made clear, but it evidently refers to Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez), a Chi- cago policewoman having both personal and professional problems. In fact, the one real bright spot in her existence seems to be Catch (Jim Caviezel), a mysterious stranger who saves her life and then finds himself irresistibly drawn to the troubled cop.
To Sharon, Catch seems too good to be true he's kind, gentle and willing to overlook her character flaws. But he's also something of a puzzle when asked about his past, he seems either unable or unwilling to confront it (though he is haunted by images of a family and has drawers full of children's toys).
Despite some initial promise, this is another bad teaming of director Luis Mandoki and screenwriter Gerald DiPego, who misfired with the 1999 adaptation of the best-seller "Message in a Bottle."
For one thing, Mandoki concentrates on stylistic flourishes (the police scenes are shot in dizzying "shaky-cam" style) and lets the pacing lag, while DiPego's dialogue is so clich�-ridden it's almost laughable.
As for the stars, Lopez and Caviezel have an odd chemistry that works in the scenes they share. But in individual moments, neither fares very well.
In particular, Lopez still doesn't have the range to pull off her emotional scenes (she comes off as rather frigid), while Caviezel doesn't seem to be giving the material his best effort.
"Angel Eyes" is rated R for violence (gunfire and a disturbing vehicular collision), occasional use of strong profanity and crude sexual slang terms, a brief sex scene and brief gore. Running time: 103 minutes.
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Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Terrence Howard, Sonia Braga
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