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Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend - and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding. As Detective Cruz sets out to find her, the clues send him into the city s seediest corners, from a Hollywood action star with a dirty little secret (James Van Der Beek), to an enterprising porn producer who takes a personal interest in his own work (Snoop Dogg) and a kinky waitress with an unusual fetish for particle physics (Autumn Reeser). Lexie proves to be as elusive as she is beautiful and Cruz becomes obsessed with finding her. With time running out, Cruz discovers the trail leads to reclusive billionaire (Sam Elliott), and his physicist (Jimmi Simpson), intent on recreating The Big Bang underneath the New Mexico desert. Tailed by a trio of cops also looking to find the missing diamonds, and with the body count piling up, Cruz soon realizes that what appeared to be a standard missing person's case is anything but, and could quite possibly bring about the end of the world as we know it.
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The Big Bang stars Antonia Banderas (Desperado) as Nic Cruz, a world-weary private detective at the end of his tether. He is approached by Anton 'The Pro' Protopov (Robert Maillet - the 7ft man-giant from Sherlock Holmes) a boxer that on his sudden & mysterious release from a life-sentence wants nothing more than to track down his pen-pal-come-girlfriend, Lexi - a former stripper who has $30m worth of Anton's diamonds. Naturally, Anton wants to finally meet the beautiful Lexi (Sienna Guillory - RE: Afterlife) and reclaim his diamonds but needs Cruz's help in tracking her down.
When Cruz's search for Lexi leads him to the near ghost-town of San Celeritas in New Mexico, a town owned by Kestral Atomics & run by the acid-dropping, pot-smoking, nuclear physicist Sam Kestral (played by the sublime Sam Elliot - The Big Lebowski) a man who has built a huge proton-beam collider under the New Mexico desert in an attempt to find the elusive Higgs Boson or "God" particle; the case turns out to be more than a missing person investigation, it may just be the end of the world...
The Big Bang is a film-noir style P.I. story, but drops the high-contrast black & white cinematography but retains the protagonist's internal monologues. The first thing about TBB is just how well filmed it is. It is a beautiful cinematic experience that has some art-house style shots of surreal indigo skies whilst Cruz drives through the desert in his retro-styled electric car. There is also a fair element of burlesque (looking for a stripper, their search encompasses clubs) and the camera work around the spotlight through smoke was a real highlight. Regardless of whether or not you enjoy the story, this is one fantastically shot film - credit to the director, Tony Krantz, for putting together a truly picturesque experience.
TBB has numerous cameos & bit-parts from some household names; James van der Beek (Dawson's Creek), Snoop Dogg (Starsky & Hutch), William Fichtner (The Dark Knight) amongst others. The acting is solid and the script is well written with a couple of twists & turns you won't see coming. There is a strong element of particle physics in this film with one of the characters even explaining the constituent parts of an atom (right the way down to gluons & quarks) during sex. Interesting, but a little random. Despite the rather heavy astrophysical & metaphysical explanations for some of the story it held my attention for the duration, clocking in at 96 minutes.
All in all, an excellent performance from Banderas, a great story - if a little too suspended in fiction - and beautifully shot. Recommended for a truly unique cinematic experience!
When Cruz's search for Lexi leads him to the near ghost-town of San Celeritas in New Mexico, a town owned by Kestral Atomics & run by the acid-dropping, pot-smoking, nuclear physicist Sam Kestral (played by the sublime Sam Elliot - The Big Lebowski) a man who has built a huge proton-beam collider under the New Mexico desert in an attempt to find the elusive Higgs Boson or "God" particle; the case turns out to be more than a missing person investigation, it may just be the end of the world...
The Big Bang is a film-noir style P.I. story, but drops the high-contrast black & white cinematography but retains the protagonist's internal monologues. The first thing about TBB is just how well filmed it is. It is a beautiful cinematic experience that has some art-house style shots of surreal indigo skies whilst Cruz drives through the desert in his retro-styled electric car. There is also a fair element of burlesque (looking for a stripper, their search encompasses clubs) and the camera work around the spotlight through smoke was a real highlight. Regardless of whether or not you enjoy the story, this is one fantastically shot film - credit to the director, Tony Krantz, for putting together a truly picturesque experience.
TBB has numerous cameos & bit-parts from some household names; James van der Beek (Dawson's Creek), Snoop Dogg (Starsky & Hutch), William Fichtner (The Dark Knight) amongst others. The acting is solid and the script is well written with a couple of twists & turns you won't see coming. There is a strong element of particle physics in this film with one of the characters even explaining the constituent parts of an atom (right the way down to gluons & quarks) during sex. Interesting, but a little random. Despite the rather heavy astrophysical & metaphysical explanations for some of the story it held my attention for the duration, clocking in at 96 minutes.
All in all, an excellent performance from Banderas, a great story - if a little too suspended in fiction - and beautifully shot. Recommended for a truly unique cinematic experience!
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