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Sorry, this movie sucks

Excellent but underrated film

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

I admit the true story behind "Puncture" is compelling. However, there's not much here that raises this film above any other typical courtroom drama. The acting is fine and the writing is OK, but movie is not intellectually stimulating. It's just an admirable film about a maddening character and a hugely unjust medical system that leaves its own puncture wounds. There's even something of a surprise ending, but again it doesn't elevate to authentic plateau of significance. Film lacks more depth, but it moves and produces a nicely alluring. Those with a taste for these kind of flicks or fans of Evans (Brett Cullen also was wonderful as palpably oily corporate lawyer on the other side of legal case) will enjoy this one, others ..who knows. Rating: 7-/6+ ('cos I like these kind of flicks)

Puncture, from 2011, is based on a true story though the basic plot is a familiar one, David vs. Goliath.It's the story of the law firm of Weiss and Danziger, who go up against United Medical, a medical supply company, and its big attorneys. They have shut out the retractable safety needle invented by Jeffrey Miller Dancort. This needle would protect health workers against AIDS, hepatitis, and other infections, but the company feels they're too expensive to produce.Weiss and Danziger find out that the medical supply system is immensely powerful, and all routes are closed to them as they try to give their fight some traction.Weiss and Danziger couldn't be more different -- Weiss is a drug addict and Danziger is a husband with a baby on the way. Danziger wants to drop the case when they can't get another law firm with deeper pockets to go in with them, but Weiss is determined to see it through.This is a powerful story, so the material somewhat carries a film that could have and should have been better than it is. It moves slowly in sections, and I found the ending somewhat unsatisfying. As someone else said, there are two stories that needed to converge and somehow, they didn't. Chris Evans does an excellent job as Michael Weiss, a man who, despite his drug addiction, is actually quite passionate about the case, whereas Danziger is more practical. As hotshot attorney Nathaniel Price, Brett Cullen is very good. The rest of the acting was okay - Evans and Cullen had the best roles.If this film had been in more experienced hands, it could have been another Erin Brockovich. It's still worth seeing.

I won't go into the details of the plot as that has been done by many other reviews, apart from to say the central pillar of the movie is the usual ho hum seen it all before tale of the righteous little man fighting the evil system ( guess who wins! )What sets this apart is that one of the fore mentioned little men is a drug addict, and I mean big time. If you can snort it, smoke it or stick it in your arm our man is front of the line every time. There is hardly a scene goes by that he isn't ingesting some class A or an other.My problem with this is two fold;Firstly, and most important, is that non of these drugs seem to have any effect on him, with the exception of heroin which makes him fall asleep. I'm sorry but snorting coke and smoking crack does not make you into some kind of hyper switched on super lawyer. They turn you into a gibbering moron, period.Secondly, Chris Evans is monumentally miscast in the role. The guy looks like, well Captain America. He does not look like a junky. The film makers might have got away with it but for the fact they have Chris naked from the waist up for most of the movie. Why?! Are they trying to inject some eye candy for the girls and gays in the audience? Or was it to show that as well as being a major drug fiend he also has a body covered in tats? Like tattoos and drugs go together, doh! I'm sorry but its like having Scarlett Johansson playing a bag lady!Take Chris' Olympian physique out of the equation, which isn't easy as its rammed down your throat in every other scene, and his performance is flat, which isn't really his fault as there isn't much for him to work with. There are a couple of scenes where his motives are questioned, but we come away none the wiser. He is obviously a very complex character but the script never really gives any incite into his motivation.I generally like court room dramas, especially if they are based on actual events. And I have nothing against Chris Evans as such either. There is a good, if not important story in here waiting to get out, but this movie fails to be anything other than a rather disappointing piece of entertainment.

I have to be as honest as possible here: the only reason I came to discover this little indie gem was because of Chris "Steve Rogers/Johnny Storm" Evans participation on it. It was one of those lazy, hot weekend nights, just returning from a much needed bar-hopping experience with some good friends, a little wasted and with no sleep whatsoever in the horizon. Clicked on the online services I happen to subscribe and browsed aimlessly, looking for something to entertain myself waiting for Morpheus' call. Saw a picture of Mr. Evans on the cover, looking all somber and bleak, sporting a beard, holding a needle on his hand. Well, the first thing I thought about was "well, folks, I bet Evans is on total Nic-Cage-on-crack mode; this must be fun to watch". And I have clicked on to start. Boy, and I was wrong. The movie is everything except Evans going haywire and stuff. A highly enthralling and interesting subject, supported by an excellent cast and compelling drama, "Puncture" makes a louder thud than anything a few bearded fatsos could dream of, simply by presenting facts and giving us characters we care about. Evans is at his best, aided by the co-director Mark Kassen, the surprisingly restrained Marshall Bell and Bret Cullen in their task to raise some questions. I suggest to watch this precious movie back-to-back with "The Constant Gardener". That aspirin will never be the same again.