![]() ![]() ![]() Dwayne Johnson has built a career thanks to charisma and his physique and attaining and maintaining that physique is something he works very hard at. So, Alexander Ludwig knew exactly who he could reach out to for help to get jacked for Bad Boys For Life.Īs Alexander Ludwig told Variety, The Rock seems like he knows a thing or two about working out. That 2009 film starred a teenage Alexander Ludwig, AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino and yes, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, long before he was the biggest movie star on the planet. Vikings is arguably Alexander Ludwig’s breakout role, but he has been acting since he was very young and one of the films he starred in was Disney’s Race to Witch Mountain. So I shot him an email and he responded to me with A. But if there’s anybody to ask about working out or how to get big quick I think he’s probably the right guy to talk to. Still, the final, fateful decision, in particular, is extremely difficult to understand.I worked with Dwayne Johnson when I was 16 years old and I haven’t seen him for years. The novel is based on a real incident when Bausch’s grandfather was a soldier. There are bizarre setups and decisions made - though these may come from the award-winning novel, which this reviewer hasn’t read. The inciting incident is presented via a storytelling trick that makes one wonder if this will be a fantasy or sci-fi time-loop tale then the technique is never revisited. The film’s blown-out look and walk-and-talk narrative are progeny of “Saving Private Ryan.” Presumably to convey how nagging certain memories are, Port uses some jittery flashback editing it has the effect of jolting the viewer out of the period (as does the contemporary score). In adapting Richard Bausch’s acclaimed novel “Peace, “ writer-director Robert Port (an Oscar winner for the documentary short “Twin Towers”) makes odd cinematic choices. Not that their takes on those subjects are fascinating or new. Rather, what effectiveness the film has comes from the personal drama of its characters weighing the morality of actions taken during wartime, and wrestling with the act of killing, even in that circumstance. Even when they realize there is, in fact, a sniper in the area, they prioritize dialogue over safety. Yet they shout, they argue, they nearly come to blows - no shortage of testosterone here - as they stroll out in the open. They’re a tiny squad (for reconnaissance, not engagement) that could easily be wiped out if they found their quarry, or certainly if their quarry found them first. By the way, it’s apparently freezing cold, but we never feel it. Their mission is predicated on not knowing where the enemy is, or whether their guide is even on their side, as they trek into unknown territory. Any possibility of buying into the story’s reality is defused by the soldiers being so dang gabby, and loudly so. If tension was the filmmakers’ aim, they decisively miss - especially if it was meant to come from the puzzlingly casual sniper situation. The discoveries of the protagonist have more to do with himself than anything in the plot. “Recon” doesn’t suit its “thriller” designation. Apart from their personal disagreements, the soldiers must also contend with a sniper. Irritated by their bickering is enigmatic local guide Angelo (Italian screen legend Franco Nero). The three in Marson’s command are mouthy Asch (Chris Brochu), all-American Heisman (RJ Fetherstonhaugh) and malcontent Joyner (Sam Keeley). Marson ( Alexander Ludwig of “Vikings”) and haunted by an extremely questionable act by their sergeant before they left. The GIs are led by somewhat inexperienced straight arrow Cpl. It’s not entirely clear, however, what the filmmakers were looking to find. The World War II drama “Recon” follows four American soldiers sent to scout a Nazi force on the other side of a wintry Italian mountain. ![]()
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