Touches You

Pretty Good

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This is a totally stupid and disgusting and cynical movie. Stupid because the plot is so childishly contrived and derivative you'd have to be a moron to believe it. Disgusting not for the ridiculously over-the-top violence and gore, or Nicholas Cage's terrible acting, but how it insults your intelligence. And derivative because it sets a new standard for use of clichés and crap we've seen a million times before. It is also disgusting that impressionable and ignorant kids might see this movie, which is one big lie about life, about the effects of beating and brutality on its victims, etc. It is pure sadism for the sake of sadism, and there is nothing else in this movie to redeem it. Miller is the ultimate cynical panderer to the lowest taste level. He should be drummed out of the business.

The simplest way to put this film is simply slow and dumb.One would expect a little more from such a cast, but this is not the case here.Had this been an indie film with amateur actors, I would have rated it higher. But all I can give it now is a 5/10.

I should have followed my intuition when i saw this in the video store. As i looked at the jacket of the DVD i thought 'this is one of those shows where a couple big name actors are used to bring people in to watch the show but it won't be good'. Whelp, i risked it and i shouldn't have and won't again. Usually, Cusack doesn't 'sell himself out' as much as Cage does. Both, must have done this strictly for the money and ease of doing it. There wasn't any good acting, the script was terrible. All worse than a joke. People were hit with baseball bats and crow bars that would have killed them with one of any of the blows but they were hardly scratched. Dialogue was trite and contrived. As i watched it i realized this show could have been great if Tarentino did it or someone other than whoever did this. I thought of Nicholas Cage in 'Leaving Las Vegas' which i thought was so great. Perhaps, after his divorce he could no longer act. He, truly, was so bad in this he'd have been better off not doing it. Money had to be the reason but , as far as i'm concerned , i won't be interested in his stuff anymore. He tried to play a character he did well 20 years ago but he simply can't act anymore. John Cusack slept through his part and i've seen him do this character in other films. A disgrace. If there were a different director and different actors and different dialogue and different movie this may have been worth seeing. I give it a minus 10 if i could. I have only myself to blame. Nicholas Cage hasn't done a could movie in eons and Cusack isn't much behind. I think, from looking at this show, they are has beens.

So. What can i say. If you like shaky camera work ANY time anyone moves. this is the film for you. Atmosphere. Grit. South. these are the three things that move this movie. I love John Cusak, and Nicholas cage. cage gets 10 minutes (maybe less) Cusak gets 5 minutes. "entourage guy" nice acting! all the rest is just, Meh.... Good movie to pass the time (1.5 speed on VLC) Some shots are WAY too long (kid walking in arcade????) but... making movies is hard......