Pawn Shop Chronicles
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.
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- Cast:
- Paul Walker , Elijah Wood , Norman Reedus , Brendan Fraser , Vincent D'Onofrio , Pell James , Thomas Jane
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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
An Exercise In Nonsense
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
At first it was like a film using Tarantino vocabulary. Or you could just say it was pretty messy in all three stories... But the end, that was worth watching: all of a sudden everything makes sense - each one of these crazy stories finds its place for the final American show. Like somebody said "in this completely crazy lottery ticket-magic 8 ball-total fluke economy that is America, telling jokes pays well". I am not sure most people will appreciate Mr. Minarovich's brilliant work.
Poor film that felt lost and thrown together with no real entertainment or enjoyment in sight. The whole film from around the 20 minute mark felt like a story that had no destination or purpose and by the end it was a shambles of tattered film roll they should have thrown away. Paul Walker and the storyline his character was involved in was the only thing stopping this from being a 4/10, as the first 20-30 minutes were reasonably watchable, However it got extremely off track and it all felt a bit like you were the meth head having the bad hallucination.The Elvis plot line was horrific and nonsensical, The women slaves and husband was average at best, and the ending was the most unbelievable piece of crap you will witness. I personally could have wrote a better ending in about two minutes. The film wasn't boring but more moronic and stupid and even the outtakes at the end which are always a welcomed addition couldn't stop this from being a one time forgettable film that you wasted 2 hours watching.
I rated it so high people, I know, let me explain. I thought the movie followed a format, such as when one scene starts, it just keeps going and going.... In order of the best acting performances: #1 Matt Dillon, then Brandon Fraser, Paul Walker (different acting style for him),Vincent Denofrio, Elijah Wood (he loves those eerie roles, such as w/ Sin City he was evil), Thomas Cage (a hero in this movie), Kevin Ranklin, Ashley Simpson (I knew it was her when I 1st saw her!). One of the best and refreshing movies I've seen in a long time. This is just one pure high energy ride bcz of the actors just really got into their roles. WHoever picked this cast was an expert, this is a huge monumental achievement, in my opin. It has an intense script, drugs, violence, shootings, every scene is packed with superb actors with a plan of action. I'd like to hear what Quentin T has to say about this movie.
I gave it 2 because there are some funny moments but moments do not make a good film nor even a relatively interesting one. Kramer is showing us his very own rather disjointed comprehension of reality. Other reviews have pointed to the non interaction of the plot sequences but this is actually the least problematic with this attempt at dark humour. What is really annoying about this film is the stereotypes he uses to convey his liberal and very confused agenda. It is insulting to almost everybody except the holy in-crowd of Hollywood and of course the jews (this is a very small part of the film but it rings big bells). Rednecks and trailer trash seem to be his favorite ICONS. Pathetic really for a guy who is himself such a misery of a man. Google him if you do not believe what I am referring to here. Back to the film: the cast is actually the only saving grace but then when you only have split moment scenes you can afford to be brilliant. Really great acting comes from sustained performances throughout a challenging period of a plot which this film actually does not really have. That in itself is OK but then what is the point of the exercise? Good question without an answer. There is another disturbing element and it is not only with this film but with the connections that this Kramer is or has already made with a certain Hollywood group that smells so much like LIBERALISM gone mad. His future attempts will be avoided if we are so unlucky as to have any.