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Monday, February 6, 2012
One For The Money Review
I saw One For The Money on February 6, 2012. I thought it was a decent movie and it actually ended up being better than I thought. It was a hell of a lot better than that ridiculous movie The Bounty Hunter with Gerard Butler and one of my least favorite actresses of all time, Jennifer Aniston. The movie is based off a series of 17 books about a character named Stephanie Plum, who had recently been laid off as a lingerie sales woman in Newark, New Jersey at Macy's and was scrambling to find a job. That job ends up being a bounty hunter. She works for her cousin Vinny and is asked to bring in a former high school romance named Joe Marelli (played by Jason O' Mara). What follows is an adventure connecting Stephanie's job of finding Joe (who she has some funny interactions with, along with tracking down a big drug ring operating out of a UFC type gym run by Jimmy Alpha (played by John Leguizamo) with each person filling out a specific role. What's interesting is I thought that he kept saying his name was Jimmy Hoffa. Of course, he plays the whole thing aloof as if he doesn't really know anything about what his fighter Benito Ramirez is doing about a man named Ziggy that had been shot. This is the same guy that Joe is accused of killing. There's also the matter of a witness named Carmen that has mysteriously disappeared. Katherine Heigl plays the lead role here and does a great job of evolving over the course of the movie and is a great female character. She becomes more knowledgable about her predictions with the help of Joe. You can see the tension between them based on their past, but you can see the trust between them as well in the heat of the missions. As I said, both of their missions cross and they have to rely on the other one in order to bring down the operation. Stephanie's only weapon is usually pepper spray and has been training with her gun in order to be a more prolific bounty hunter. The ending scenario with the meat truck and the showdown with Jimmy Alpha was awesome. Stephanie's gun training pays off and it was an awesome sight to see as Plum gains more confidence in her new profession and shows that she can pull off the tough job. She also helps to clear Joe's name through this meat truck scenario since she was wearing a wire and captured everything. I think Katherine Heigl is honestly one of the most gorgeous women in Hollywood. She looked especially amazing in this movie and I feel the dark hair looks better on her. She actually reminds me of a friend of mine I went to school with from 5th grade to senior year of high school named Carissa. Overall, I'd say the movie was pretty entertaining and I was into the plot for the most part, whereas in The Bounty Hunter it should be considered one of the worst things ever made. I'll give it a 3/5. It's worth a watch due to the major storyline of the mission and Heigl's portrayal of the character.
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