Reviews

I'm a virulently racist fascist bastard, and I dig this movie. It's totally ridiculous, and that's it's charm :) It doesn't pretend to be something else. It's a big '70's cliché, and the story is very complete and 'cute'. Undercover Brother is another flick like this one - very silly, very funny! I absolutely hate blacks, but movies like this do show a side of them that is entertaining to see. It's a vibe that is very alien, and also interesting in an anthropological sort of way. It's rather like watching peacock struts and so on. This 'Leon' character is so totally over-the-top it's really high art - art of sleeze you might call it LOL

There are also many great scenes in this movie. Will Farrell is funny in this one as well - though in many movies he is not. Also a hoot is the gay style musical number from the macho men - totally unexpected and funny as hell. Many scenes like this - unexpected things, funny little things. This is a good movie :) See it, and you will laugh lots.

The most interesting thing about this movie is how it comes off like two humans in some zombie world. The newlywed's husband and his 'friends' are typical shallow 'California zombies' (the type which I know all about, as I live here and that is really what people are like here - at best). The next - Japan - and how empty and 'concrete' ans 'sterile' city life REALLY is - day-to-day, rather than the 'exciting' portrayal typically given in movies about big city life.<P><P>

People often make fun of movies like this as here we see 'rich' portrayed as 'unhappy'. The fact is money doesn't make you happy. PEOPLE make you happy - the RIGHT people. Money, objects, and all the rest are an empty bag, and for being honest about that this movie deserves praise :) It is, so far as I can remember, the ONLY American movie that comes to my mind that doesn't resort to 'soap opera antics' and 'false dramatics' to make that point. For that, the point is made more clear than in other films, as this portrayal is REALISTIC and sophisticated.<P><P>

I think what you are seeing in this film is more about Sofia Copola's relationship with HER FATHER! I bet many of the things that 'Bill Murray' does in this film, are actually things Francis Copola has done on his trips - dragging his daughter in tow. Interesting flick.<P><P>

Oh and the soundtrack absolutely kicks ass - many cool and unique tunes!

I got maybe 20 minutes into this thing - it was too boring for words. Yes the special effects (a'la Brain Dead) are a hoot, and seriously funny - but most of it is just so lame lame lame. I guess guns are illegal in New Zelant or something - as you don't even see muzzle flashes when they shoot off the 'alien's' body parts and stuff. Oh by the way - the 'aliens' are just guys pretending to be zombies - man it is just sad. It's like, worse than Jackass quality here - at least they wear costumes in their skits! When your production quality is lower than Jackass, where do you go from there? I guess, maybe an old VHS camera taking pictures of fat women on toilets? This movie even manages to make New Zeland look UGLY! And it's such a beautiful country - Xena, Hercules, and the Lord Of The Rings series were filmed there. It is unbelievable that this movie comes from the same guy who did 'rings'. It's just so terrible! I could literally do better myself with a cheapie cam and some friends - no problem. Maybe I should start making movies then :) In 20 years, I guess I'll be good enough to make something fancy like 'rings' and stuff. I got some ideas you know! :D OK so if you wanna' get real bored, and see how lame a movie can be - no budget, slow, lame lame lame, rent this and get wasted or something and maybe it'll be entertaining. Since I don't drink or smoke or any of that jazz, a movie's gotta be halfway decent to entertain me - sorry :( This just doesn't cut it.

The summary says it all. It's ok to see if you didn't pay for it maybe - and you are wide awake, 'cuz believe me if you aren't it will drop you to sleep like a rock. The endless office room interrogation filler is transparent and boring as hell, and just drags and drags and drags - interspersed with fantasy-like 'stuff blowing up' and 'intrigue' moments thrown in cut-and-paste retrospective style. MY GOD THIS MOVIE IS BORING!!! It's like a bad 'made for TV' thing. I can't believe people are duped into paying hard cash to watch this stuff at theaters.

The names of 'suspects' are repeated ad-nauseum until you are just screaming at the screen SHUT UP!!!! Also, they give this ABSURD god-like build up to a petty gangster character who goes around killing other crooks - I mean WHO CARES! :P Overall this is a VERY bad film. It is absolutely nothing special in any way whatsoever no matter how you slice it. It's a total hack job. I can't believe a writer can stay awake writing crap like this. I was barely able to stay awake just watching it in the video - and I cannot imagine how boring it would have been to be an actor in this movie :o) Terrible film - really.

I didn't know what to expect - a 'Psycho' clone? A 'Hitcher' thing? It has elements from many films, and you are left guessing who (or what) is wreaking all the havoc. Is it...??? You probably won't guess! Neither could I, because everyone's got a reason, an angle. At the end of the movie you see how everything perfectly fits together and really see INSIDE the workings of a split personality psycho as never before - in a real 'who am I' sort of thing. It's hard to explain, but fun to watch! U will dig it.

I was scared the whole time watching this movie (be sure to watch it in the dead of night, alone). She turns the faucet I'm scared. They give a look I'm scared. They show a strange 'glimpse' and it's truly frightening. It has the perfect vibe and balance from start to finish because it begins with a kind of trailer ad sort of thing that lets you 'know' just how evil the thing is and the bloody chaos of hell that will ensue...

This movie is a bit cerebral and you do care about the characters. Each has unique angles and twists and turns they bring to the plot - no superfluous (or ridiculous) 'hanging about' as is the norm for any King film or similar dreck. These characters do relevant things integral to the story throughout. I think the most severe case of 'filler' I have ever seen is pretty much ANY King film lol - hey what do you expect from hacks. Anyway, check this movie out it really is scary (and I don't scare easily). And more than that - there is none of the cheap 'shock' horror stuff. It is PURE EVIL - now that's scary :) It scares you... with the eeeee-ville.

Wow I think I just scared myself :o) This movie reminds me of Jacob's Ladder and Devil's Advocate - check those out if you like this movie. Also the Hellraiser series are cool, but not as 'scary' - they are more 'kinky' than scary.

The first like 20 minutes of the film and you are thinking 'oh a boring talky movie' but then it takes some nifty bizarre twists and ends up somewhere between The Twilight Zone, The X Files, and Darkness. It shows how humans fear (with good reason) things we do not understand - especially when they have the power to do (or see or know) things we cannot, or even create people after death, or from scratch, etc. Of course it doesn't hurt the 'horror' vibe for the thing to look like a big 8 foot tall demonic vampire.

This movie has the same sort of feel as The Sixth Sense, and with better effects, editing, scope, etc. Actually more accurately I would say that this thing takes off where The Sixth Sense only dabbles... This thing takes you 'to the other side man'

You know what this is - it's grim reaper meets et

Tall order to make books scary, but this baby does it! Also it has by FAAAARRRR the best and coolest 'meet the devil' scene EVER! And no it's not some pointy guy with horns saying hello. Watch the movie and you'll see... (damn I just got chills thinking about it). OK OK I'll let you in on a secret - devil lives in the burning fire of destruction and is embodied in your lover (ok still doesn't make sense till you see the movie).

Well Johnny Depp is a quite good actor I must say, and shooting this thingy all around Europe gives it a fresh 'travel channel' vibe while you go about chasing down demon relics and whatnot - even makes me long for a stay in some of those funky little hotels! :) I must visit! Maybe I shal meet El Diablo...

This is a very VERY elegant horror movie. NO bloody gutsy to speak of - but lots of good plot things happening and just all around very 'cool'.

'Romeo' is the Chinaman who comes to America and hangs about with the black Alaya (or however you spell it). He is not an actual Romeo or seeking a RELATIONSHIP with her outside of them helping each other - him to avenge his dead brother and her to distance herself from his father's crimes. It's like the 'Hey Romeo stay away from our girl' thing, not 'Oh Romeo where for art thou my lovy dovy bubesey tubesey'.

The plot is you got 'the man (whitey corporate)' who is trying to leverage a waterfront by proxy with warring Chinese and black organized criminals to build a new stadium. The man don't care who gets jack, just get the jack - Mack :P

This is actually a surprisingly good movie. One because it does not pretend that Alaya and the kung fu dude are hot for each other - just becoming friends trying to help each other, in a jam so to speak. And second, because it is very 'real' in it's 'feel'. It is something hard to describe. I have lived in the bay area, and much of this movie (I think all of it) was shot there - as was much of 'Undercover Brother'. It has the feel of real California businessmen and guys trying to get ahead, and the things they say are actually not far off base - that is how they talk here. I like also how they play football instead of just shooting the guy - a refreshing touch. But most of all I like Alaya as an actress. She has genuine personality and you can feel a sweetness there I do not see from most actresses. She is dead now, but I bet she was a decent human being - unlike most of the shallow types you meet here. I dunno - if you watch the movie you will see it - she has a knack for coming off like a real person, more so than many of the more 'seasoned' (if you want to give them as much credit) actors in the film.

It's a good movie. See it NOW! :o)

CronenBERG does his 'bio-fi' thing well, blending as usual his theme-weave of sex, addiction, and freakiness with update themes for coffeehouse conversation. Coming to this movie with the perspective for which it was intended is key, as if you are looking for cattle fodder this will not deliver the requisite 'pow bang boom' of other more Wal Mart shopper friendly epics like 'Bad Boys II' and so on. What the BERG does is blend his Giger rip-off thingy with a bit of existential blah blahs instead of the requisite demons n' foes things. If this movie were cliche it would not be so fascinating. Uniqueness in cinema is entertaining in itself sometimes (like Eraserhead). This movie reminds me of Naked Lunch, Videodrone, and that other one from way back with Natalie Wood. Actually there are a LOT of movies with the V.R. theme, and it is the bit of Hans Giger thrown into the Cronenberg mix, with the perversion and addiction, that make this one unique. Also the lead chick is tryly Hotty Mc Hot Hot (what an ass!).

Oh but it does have explosions and gunfire - near the end - keeping one foot in commercial reality there I guess (plus it is actually relevant to the story and things do burn real nice :)

This is the ideal movie for a brainy date to take to a coffeehouse theater in Eastern Europe and chat for hours about afterwards - in the cold winter wonderland, then go have hot freaky sex afterwards :) Yeah baby I'll be your game pod wind me up! lol

Val does his 'I am a Keanu Reeves serious statue movie star' thing with his requisite bleached hair and mexican mongrel thing but it comes off flat and weak. There is no heart to anything he does or says - very paper thin, whereas Keanu has at least a bit of 'brooding confusion' that is somewhat interesting. Keanu is like an anime character - his face doesn't move, never smiles, just yaps and fights - fitting for the movies he does.

Val on the other hand does not look 'spy' or 'bad boy'. He looks more like a salesman than a militant - but anyway, neither does Tom Cruise! Back to the point. This is a great movie for the RUSSIANS in it - they really have a wild vibe about them - these Russian gangster characters and actors, and the rest - it is like wallpaper. This movie has a good story and good action and form, with nice shots of foreign places (mostly Moscow in the winter) to keep a 'Euro adventure' feel going throughout the piece. The angle of conspiracy surrounding 'free energy' is also a hoot - and yes maybe there is such a thing. You can be darn sure if it does exist the oil and other companies would NOT want it public.

Did you know you can grow any size, type, and color of diamond you want - indistinguishable from natural ones? That is only ONE example of real technology that is here today, kept under wraps by big $$$ interests. DeBeers bought the GE process. Russia has another process - don't know if they've sold it to DeBeers or somebody yet - who knows. If you had something like cold fusion, probably some company or government is saving it and controlling access to it, as is the premise for this movie - so it is a cool movie for it's 'update real world' relevance - very interesting :)

I LOVE movies this weird - or weirder. This is weirdness - way much so. Sure the story can be told a bunch of ways, but the style, colors, expressions, and other bits of 'Frenchness' thrown in make it worthwhile in a big way. I especially love watching it in French, because I don't speak French. With any movie that should be a primary barometer: if it holds up with the sound off, or in foreign (original) dialogue you cannot speak, then it is probably a cool movie! :) You can actually follow the story and stuff without knowing what they are saying. I look forward some day to seeing it with subtitles! (overdubbed movies in English tend to lose a lot of the atmosphere of original actors voices).

I'd rank this up there with City Of Lost Children, and Amile - cute French movies. Nobody does Cute like the French - check out the Cirque Du Soleil movies also!

The other reviewers are way WAAAAY off as to why the Farscape show has been (temporarily) put to rest. It has NOTHING to do with the quality of the shows 'slacking'. In fact, the exact OPPOSITE is true. They kept getting better and better! :) I have seen every episode and when you simply watch them in order you really become in awe how much cooler it gets as they move on and on, and the wormhole & Aeryn subplots are really very interesting and gave it MORE vibe, not less. Before it was sort of chaotic, slow, and rather aimless. They spent like the first two seasons running from this foe type, but in the second two they were actually trying to DO something :) Also I have never seen such a great fun blend of sexy gals and attitudes in Sci-Fi. The blue girl - Zahn - was cool, but not 'sexy'. They literally got to the point where the gals were running around in leather corsets and high heels blasting aliens - now tell me, what could be cooler than that??? :))

The real reason Farscape went off for a bit is because it was costing too much - and that is a GOOD thing for the fans, because the show, watched end to end, is really like a 60 hour long epic movie, with all the cinematics of the blockbuster stuff (ok ok they do use similar sets a lot, but the CG is great and the gals are sexxxy).

Blah blah - the real reason is because TV shows are about PROFIT. It is a BUSINESS, and the Sci Fi channel or whoever was not getting as big a return on this expensive Farscape show as they could with junk shows like 'Stargate'. Lexx was actually cool until they got rid of the hot German girl and replaced her with this bizarre fat-lipped oddity.

Anyway yes, remember this: Farscape kept getting better and better, until it was really like a little real movie each week. Then the networks decided 'hey people will watch any old piece of drek we shove on the air as long as it is the only sci fi thing on at that hour, so why are we spending all this money on Farscape, let's shove cheesy low-budget 'Stargate' down people's throats and call it a 'hit series' because it's like all we play every darn night LOL :))

That's the way it goes. Also I gotta tell ya that Claudia Black is a really cool actress. After she got her facelift (got the baggy eyes tightened) she was looking really cool - one of those dynamic types like Judy Davis, and sometimes hot looking, sometimes ugly - like a roller coaster ride. I'd par Claudia Black with Lucy Lawless in style and substance - both VERY fun to watch - not just Chrichton :) And yeah you may say the pregnancy thing was cheesy, but how many sci fi shows have a BELIEVABLE and DEEP romantic subplot that actually goes somewhere and progresses?? It was legitimately cool as a romance story - the actors on the show are great. It really is a shame the show is in limbo for now, but I hope it comes back in more episodes soon and movies as well, because I will deffinately buy them! :-D