This is the perfect little gem and remarkably not stupid or annoying.
A genuinely witty high school comedy with a dazzling Heath Ledger, it belongs to that magical period in cinema that is 1999, a year of glory. The only shite thing about this film is that it’s just 90 mins long, and let’s ponder the miracle that both this and Cruel Intentions (1999) occupy the same space.
It was 1999, though.
It’s not The Fugitive (1993), but what could be?
An entirely unnecessary sequel with no character development or anything approaching the battle of smarts that was Indiana Solo vs. Tommy Lee Jones, but it has a few thrills, and Robert Downey Jr. thankfully keeps his rote muttering shtick to a minimum.
And Tommy Lee Jones dresses up as a chicken for the purposes of law enforcement.
I’ve had worse viewing experiences.
This is a made-for-TV adaptation – with many alterations – of a book I’ve never read but is alleged to be the crème de la crème of its genre.
It’s not bad at all. It has a chilling atmosphere and the premise more than believable. It works as a wee TV movie than a big-budget bonanza (alliteration overload) that would undoubtedly flop.
It’s on YouTube for free and kills 90 minutes and may initiate 20 mins on Wikipedia.
And Rutger Hauer, a lad from the Netherlands, goes remorseful SS and convincingly so.
That’s impressive acting.
Another John Badham movie?! This bloke directed everything, your journeyman hack for hire. Talented, though.
Here we have Wesley Snipes and the frankly barking Gary Busey in the same movie. It’s hokum but good for what it is. The action is splendid, and it just about makes up for a highly annoying performance from ‘90s resident oddball Michael Jeter.
It’s also a shame what happened to Snipes as he’s a decent actor.
It’s alright. Just don’t be expecting anything deep.
I saw this in a hotel room once, but I don’t know when or where, only recalling it was okay.
And it is.
Terence Stamp is in it and he is just wonderful. As he is in everything.
I dreaded this viewing as it’s never a splendid idea to revisit a childhood classic.
Imagine my surprise upon enjoying this charming little flick. You know what I liked about it the most?
It isn’t shite.
The first entry in a Neil LaBute unofficial trilogy of cruelty – Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) and The Shape of Things (2003) follow – that established the template for stories of bored, financially secure, thoroughly nasty people do thoroughly nasty things to weaker species for their own wry amusement. There are dozens in this sub-genre now, and this is worth the watch just to see the more naive of the two sadists get his just desserts.
The most perplexing of all of this is the fact the director made the frankly batshit The Wicker Man (2006), a remake so unnecessary and atrocious that not even Nicolas Cage can salvage it. Actually, he’s at least a good sport and makes it funny.
A first viewing of this odd, quite daft, and extremely watchable slice of hokum. It’s the kind of script a wee kid would write, and it’s somehow a movie. The camera work was so ridiculous, outrageous in the angles.
The music is also the best kind of cheese.
And Sean Connery has an earring.
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