LRA writes: Clive Owen is a very reliable actor. He is one of those guys that can raise sub-par material and make it better than it should be. He also is one of those actors that seems to get stuck playing the same role all the time. Most of his roles have him playing the part of the reluctant hero, the guy that has a very dark aura about him who lives by simple principals and when those principals are broken he takes action. He doesn't always get saddled with roles like that though but it happens often enough that I kind of wish he would play a role that would let him loosen up a bit sometimes. Regardless though he gets those roles cause he is damn good at them and they make up quite a bit of this list actually. While most of his films are not necessarily blockbusters (most of them perform badly as a matter of fact) I believe that one day he will get the fame he deserves and these are the films that I think will be looked back upon as helping pave that way to super stardom.
"Amanda Seyfried was a joy to watch and Clive Owen put in some good work. The movie is intriguing and I liked the concepts it introduced about the importance of one’s privacy in the world and what right outsiders have to look into your private life. It’s definitely an interesting science fiction concept to think about, which does ring quite true to a lot of things that happen to us every day in the real world." -Bryan Weatherall (Resident Entertainment)
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Clive Owen has joined Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in Valerian, Luc Besson’s high-profile adaptation of the classic French comic strip.
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If there needs to be any more proof that television has become an auteurist paradise, one need to look no further than Cinemax’s “The Knick.” It marks some of the most electrifying work director Steven Soderbergh, who has helmed all ten episodes, has done in years. It’s bold storytelling, executed with technical virtuosity and creative flair, and it’s simply some of the best storytelling in any medium you’ll see all year. But the show lives or dies on the shoulders of Clive Owen, but not only is he up to the challenge, he delivers the best performance of his career in the series.
I like Clive Owen but I haven't seen this show and I don't really know anything about it. I do appreciate his acting in movies though.
I don't think I've ever been overly impressed by Clive Owen.
Oh...I like him a lot. He was great in Sin City, Inside Man, Children of Men, really all the ones they mentioned except King Arthur was a little disappointing. I also liked him in Beyond Borders.
Can't wait to see Killer Elite for both him and Jason Statham.