Ian
This is a Good movie (although we could spend days debating what 'good' actually means'). It's a modern western (which I usually hate). The concept is brilliant but it lacks a bit in the execution. One reason, perhaps is that the director also edited it (thank goodness he didn't write it!) so some parts are a little obscure.It's low budget but with an excellent cast - Patrick Wilson, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo and Jim Belushi - and altogether very well done. And Juan Navazo does a great job with the music.There are more than a few twists along the way, a few high action moments and a few 'if they knew that they wouldn't do this' and 'that would never happen' moments so your suspension of disbelief goes out the window. It's sloppy writing/direction but it happens in so many movies, so maybe we're immune to it. I call it the Commando effect after the Schwarzenegger movie (love him!) where at least 100K rounds are fired at him and not one hits. You get the idea, but maybe we're just a nation (world) of un-critical, non-thinking couch potato movie watchers. I dunno.Anyway...I struggle to find the 'point' of the title. 'The List' might have been a better/more apt title and more could have been made of that idea (you'll understand when/if you watch it). It sort of splits the theme of the movie in two which, perhaps, is why it's not as cohesive as it could be.It drifts off in a direction you maybe didn't think of (which is good) but the writer, Nils Lyew, needs to work on theme and plot development.
Paul Magne Haakonsen
With the premise of this being a crime thriller, I must admit that I had very little expectations to the movie, especially since that particular genre is flooded with a lot of very generic movies.However, it turned out that "The Hollow Point" was actually quite an entertaining and interesting movie to watch. Especially so, since the story was well-constructed and the acting performances really promoted the story quite well in transition from script to on-screen.It was perhaps the brutality of the storyline that appealed to me. Because this was not your average cops against criminals story. And the storyline was really helped nicely along the way by some interesting and detailed characters.The movie was really nicely carried by Patrick Wilson, and it was a nice surprise to see him excel at a genre like this, and that proves that he is actually quite a diverse actor. Furthermore, it was also really nice to see Ian McShane, John Leguizamo and Jim Belushi in the movie as well. It was a shame, though, that John Leguizamo didn't have a bigger role, because his character could really have been so interesting to get to see more of. There were some good acting performances from everyone in the movie, which really added to the overall enjoyment of the movie."The Hollow Point" was indeed an entertaining movie, and it was a good surprise how nice the movie actually turned out to be.However, while this movie is entertaining, I doubt that the movie is one that I will watch a second time, because it just didn't have enough contents to support more than a single viewing. That doesn't make it a poor movie, just that once you have seen this the first time, there is nothing to support additional viewings.My rating for "The Hollow Point" is a solid 6 out of 10 stars.
adonis98-743-186503
A new sheriff of a small town along the U.S. & Mexico border investigates a drug cartel deal that went horribly wrong. The great thing about The Hollow Point was definitely the insane and full of suspense trailer unfortunately that's the only good thing about the movie because the actual premise fells short after a good opening plus John Leguizamo as some insane killer? Yeah it's not working sorry i still have flashbacks from Spawn plus what the hell happened to Jim Belushi? He starred in some pretty awesome movies back in the 80's such as Red Heat but now he stars in this? What a letdown and don't get me start on Patrick Wilson's character who is some kind of one handled Luke Skywalker but with no charisma as a character and completely moody and boring. Overall this film had some interesting ideas but the end result was boring and just disappointing. (4/10)
phanthinga
First of all the only reason why i decide to watch this movie:The Hollow Point is because i really like Patrick Wilson and haven't seen anything good from this guy since The Conjuring 2 and to be honest with you guys soon the movie end i started to regret watching it so much. Seriously this movie has potential to be very good or at least enjoyable crime thriller to watch but the script......OMG the script for this movie is so dumb and stupid in so many level that while watching the movie i keep thinking: WTF is wrong with this writer.From the dialogue between the characters i hardly can't careless about to so many plot holes that in one particular scene i honestly think the director just give up and let it unfinished.Not a single person in this movie likable even the main character because all of them acting like a walking cardboard for the majority of the runtime of the movie