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MOVIE REVIEW: Dead Man Down

Movie: Dead Man Down
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writer: J.H. Wyman
Studio: Original Film, Frequency Films, IM Global, WWE Studios

What would you do if a criminal killed your family? What if a drunk driver hit you and caused enough damage that you needed facial reconstructive surgery and was left disfigured for the rest of your life? Would you seek revenge? The main characters in Dead Man Down did and it made for a pretty mediocre movie.

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EDITORIAL: “Total Recall: Lessons to be Learned from the Sci-Fi Remake’s Poor Performance at the Box Office”

Somewhere in California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is having a good laugh. This weekend’s remake of the action star’s 1990 sci-fi flick Total Recall opened to a so-so $26 million across 3,601 screens, a result that only slightly outperformed the original’s $25.5 million first weekend gross, and that’s before ticket price inflation is taken into account. For a production estimated to have cost between $125 and $200 million (not including marketing costs), the results spell certain doom in the profit department. Distributor Columbia Pictures is banking on a strong international performance to revive Recall but the movie now appears likely to join …