Das Amulett des Todes

Hum, I don't know if Rutger Hauer "good" role was only in Blade Runner movie, but in Cold Blood, like many other movie, his role is boring.

Like the movie of course. The only thing I find funny about "Cold Blood" was people in this movie smoke a lot. And in today movie people stop smoke.

But yesterday like today people continue to drink (like it's not a problem too).

Like I say if you want really appreciate the acting of Rutger Hauer rent or buy "Blade Runner". But the Original version and not the stupid "Director's Cut" version. The version where at end we see "Rick Deckard" (Harrison Ford) and "Rachel" (Sean Young)in car on the highway and where we hear all during the movie the voice of Harrison Ford in "background".

Concerning "Cold Blood" it's really a bad movie. And I give it 1/10. Like often in many movie, the story have no sense. Acting are bad. Music is bad. Technical is old and not good.

If you are insomniac well it can be good to buy this movie. Cause you are sure to sleep in each day and fast if you put the DVD in the reader each night.

Rutger Hauer. Handsome face. Athleltic. European. Ice cold emotions. That's about it. This is just another of those movies that doesn't showcase any real skill. It's about a pilot for hire who decides to take the illegal money from those who hired him and run with it. Unfortunately, it's really easy to find him and they do. He uses all sorts of ploys to avoid these guys and they seem to work. He takes some beatings, faces death a few times, hooks up with a beautiful woman who helps him along the way. The question is "Where is the money?" That's his trump card. It goes on and on and what is a relatively short film seems much longer. There is much grunting and pretty bad dubbing, and an anti-climactic finish. There is a little star power here, but it's not worth much.

Finally, after much hard work and searching, I found a Rutger Hauer movie that is worse than Beyond Justice (which co-starred Omar Sharif and Elliot Gould!). Had to dig deep, but this confused film takes the cake. It's dated, not just by the fluffy hairstyles and constant cigarette puffing, but also by the unfortunate synthesizer soundtrack.

The plot, what there is of it, is hard to follow and none of the characters are particularly likable. The dubbing is distracting. The film comes across as muddy on many levels, though some of that may be due to the iffy DVD transfer.

So why 3 stars? Because it has Rutger Hauer and I'll watch anything he's in. But that doesn't mean I'll watch it twice...

One of several early European films US distributers released in order to exploit Hauer's stardom during the eighties. This one is especially hard to find, but could pop up anywhere at random. If it does don't bother, despite your curiosity of seeing a young dashing Hauer. The plot has the standard morally impaired Hauer ripping off his employers, only to be tracked down by them. He falls in love with a rural beauty and wears a trenchcoat (eventually a trademark.) Ambiguity in the performances (Hauer seems bored when he should be getting intense) plot, ending all make this a waste of time and effort. The muddy dubbing certainly doesn't help.

Caught this on late night television one time. ITV used to show (badly) dubbed European (usually French or German) films at 1 in the morning. Some were good, like the Jean Paul Belmondo films. Some were bad, like this one.

Even with Rutger Hauer, this isn't worth watching. The awful dubbing doesn't help, but this is still another Euro cheapie. Stick to Hauer's Dutch stuff with Paul Verhoeven if you want to catch him in good roles pre-America.