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Anyone feel sorry for Martin Brest?


He's a talented writer/director who made a sub-par film, and because of a backlash againt Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, the film was unjustly panned and he hasn't made a film since.

It's not that I don't trust you, it's the devil in you that I don't trust,

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I can't believe someone's last name is Brest.

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It was his own fault.

Martin Brest had final cut and could have released his original version,
but he decided not to because he needed a 'hit', so they reworked a weak
film and - surprise - made a worse one.

http://www.playboy.com/articles/what-happened-to-director-martin-brest

I like nearly all his stuff and would welcome a new film.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/bun5or/actors_and_filmmakers_whose_careers_are_dead_and/epizb8j/

The story goes he’s a big pain in the ass to work with. Read interviews with the actor who played Moseley in midnight run. He hated working with Brest.

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