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It seems that Hollywood has always got to turn to Mobsters, hitmen and bitchy wives when it needs a quick, entertaining film. It works, I was entertained, but this was no great thing, it was just another movie that demonstrates how Hollywood is forever looking for more and more ways to distance itself from real life for film entertainment .You can read between the lines with these tired old clichés easier than you can tell that there will always be an instant film about hitmen, crazy people with guns and cheap sex from Hollywood. You have to ask, isn't this theme getting a tad predictable now. But I would say the plot was rather complicated and that always seems to do a movie good, but let's not forget to see it for what it is. Another cheap clichéd flick, which is dropping any conscience Hollwyood might have for the value of human life faster than the time it took for thm to reckon there'd be a Matrix 2. If every hitman character that was ever invented by Hollywood descended on Tinseltown, the place ould be wiped out. This tries to make violence fun, because we're not there and are safe in our cinematic seats but the values portrayed by this film are real. While i enjoyed the Matthew Perry comedy I thought this whole effort was rather lame, and didn't have anything new to offer an older and wiser audience.

After reading some of the comments here I felt I should defend this show because it is as good as Nichelodeon's Rugrats in capturing the atmosphere of suburban life. This show manages to capture the culture of the street and focuses directly in on it, ignoring the restrictions of reality and giving this thing a surreal feel. The charcters are people you could relate to in that crazy world that is childhood, My favourite episode is the Kevin one where they are desperately trying to get at the jawbreaker supply in his garage. Admittedly sometimes it gets too far-fetched and extreme but this in many kids minds anyway ,they would do what Ed, Edd & Eddy do if it were possible.

Stimulating drama about a man who decides to question the disfunctionalities of society. On an extremely hot day stuck in a LA traffic jam, he abandoms his car and begins a downward sprial of self-destruction, impulsively reacting on every irritant the city throws at him. This is wonderful because we can all relate to this, but we would never dare to challenge it directly as Douglas does, and that's the thrill of this movie. Favorite scene is where he is sitting in a spot in Gangland and two hoodlums move in and try to intimidate him, but he lashes out with a baseball bat! A close second is his reaction to a ludicrously overpriced soda, smashing the store. Frustrations build up inside us about life's inadequacies, and this film is liberating as Douglas storms through LA and faces it head on with no thought for the consequences. if you're feeling cynical about the values of today's society, then this film is for you!