Such a frustrating disappointment

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Fresh and Exciting

As Good As It Gets

This is the perfect example of how "Hollywood" works. This movie was unique and very entertaining but, the film-maker and production studio has a falling out so, they buried it and paid critics to pan it. Don't ever go by Rotten/Fresh Tomatoes or you'll miss out on creative gems like this one. Or, you'll get stuck wasting hours on boring, played out garbage like The Hateful Eight or The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

NOTHING NOT ALREADY IN THE DESCRIPTION.This movie had the opportunity to really be good. But then the initial premise was over in the first 30 minutes of the film, and it tried to become something else. And the further along it went, the further away from a good film it got. The opening sequences start with all the potential for a story line that could draw in the viewers, provide connectable characters, and entice with suspenseful action. All that ends when the brothers turn themselves in. After that, it takes a turn and tries to become something else, and moves from plausible possible to ridiculously impossible. And, after that; just crazy unbelievable. The further along I watched, the more I caught myself saying "What?". Even Dafoe's character moves from a serious undertaking to becoming a cliché. And then ending... once again, it tries to become something it's not; a commentary on society. If not for the ending, I likely would not be writing this. It took this film from unbelievable present day fantasy to just irritating; don't provide your audience with a movie that steps away from reality for the sake of entertainment, and then try to make them contemplate the ills of mankind... Revolver is a better film in its efforts to twist the viewer into thinking.Someone could take the first 30 minutes of this film and make it a basis for a good action story. Its okay to watch but it's more fantastical than anything. But do so forewarned...

This film is awful--but its so awful it's good!!! It belongs in the special Battlefield Earth class of movies for its over-the-top portrayals (the only thing missing was for Smecker to wear pink and listen to ABBA), inane plot devices (mobsters killed by a lead character launching himself off a building while handcuffed to a toilet), jaw-dropping dialogue (see the what happened to my cat scene) and unapologetic aping of other films'directing styles (ex. John Woo slo-mo, Christopher Nolan orbiting camera). This film is truly amazing.

I don't get how I came across this movie so late?! Its just brilliant! The way it plays out, the story, the editing! And the soundtrack. Oh, the music that accompanies DeFoe's scenes! The acting done by the two leads is brilliant, Norman of course made it big in TWD much later with Flannery getting some recognition in Dexter. But damn. William DeFoe . He stole the bloody movie. Whether it was his narration of the scenes, his constant ragging of the one inspector, which was just LOL, or his climax scenes. Yes you know the one. Brilliant movie. The style, the cutting, the pacing of this movie. They really made them different back in the day. By different I mean better. Perfect movie for a night with take out.