Stuck in Iowa

What’s goin’ on!
A lof of people claim tha this movie sucks, but maybe they weren’t in a relationship. The movie had some good points that made you think about your marriage and go “yeah! that’s happened to me[us] at times!” Ben (Bruce Willis) and Katie Jordan (Michelle Pfeiffer) separate for the summer to independently evaluate their 15-year marriage. While doinig this they keep it from their kids and their friends until they’ve decided on the fate of their relationship. Luckily for them the kids are sent off to summer camp. While seperated they look at how they’ve each changed and the strengths and weakness of their marriage on their own, together, and with friends. After looking to friends for guidence they come to realize that they have to ultimately decide themselves on what they want to do. Marriage counselling was tried, they try to live life alone, and also to work it out with eachother. Nothing seems to work becuase there is tension between each other or one person is having a bad day when they give ‘us’ another try.

The movie is played out well, but a lot of important things are shortened in the movie making it lack that real life feeling. Even so, it gives a little insight into somebody else’s life with relationship problems. They have children and I’m glad to see that they weren’t thinking “Oh what about the kids! Oh no!” becuase they really need to focus on eachother for this to work.

Things I Learned From This Movie
- Men can cry
- Love is lust in disguise. Lust fades, love is life long friendship and companionship
- It takes two people to make a relationship work
- A divorce isn’t final until the papers are signed, even if another house is purchased
- You can still be friends even if the marriage isn’t working
- Chow Fun’s has great food!

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The Plot
Gore almighty! The movie is based in the future (2001) where the prison system is ran differently. Riki has been sent to prison for taking out a drug lord that was responsible for the death of his girlfriend. Once he gets to jail he finds out that everybody is out to get kill him. Why? I’m not 100% sure but I think it’s to prove how tough prison system is. The prison has corrupt guards and the prison is ran with a chain of command where one inmate in each of the four main cells is the leader under the control of the warden who doesn’t appear until the end of the film. While the warden is gone his 2nd in command tries to act harsh and not only is he missing an eyeball, he uses his fake eye as a breath mint holder. After a lot of deaths Riki comes to find out the truth about who really runs the drug ring responsible for his lovers death and oh no Riki can’t have that so he goes on a rampage to avenge her death. All throughout the movie there’s a lot of kung-fu action and a lot of gore. I was impressed with the creativity, the bloodshed, and the martial arts. One of my favorite scenes is when Riki is fighting the tough cell leader, gets his forearm sliced, and Riki shows how much of a bad ass he is by grabbing his tendons - one with his hand - one with his teeth. He ties them together and BAM he’s ready to kick some more butt.

Things I Learned From This Movie
- with enough force you can punch through walls and people
- prisoners get about 10 minutes to shower OR go to the bathroom OR wash their clothes
- even though ‘Riki’ is kind of a kids name, Riki-Oh is one tough guy. It’s proven when he is buried alive.
- if you’re beat in a match you can still have the last laugh by disemboweling yourself and choking your opponent with your guts
- nails to the head and eyes won’t kill you
- prison gauds are corrupt
- you can be buried alive for 7 days with only air, and when you’re unburied you can immediately beat the crap out of everybody.

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