The Poison Rose

This is possibly the worst film I've seen in 2019 thus far. Who's idea to try and attempt a noir style film with this cast is beyond me. It fails on all fronts! Right from the get go with it's poor editing and cliche'd filled madness it's a no brainer the film needs to go in the nearest bin!

Big fan of noir so maybe that also helped in my vote! Avoid at all costs

Despite several clunky scenes and some predictability in the storyline, it was an entertaining 2 hours, thanks in part to Brendan Fraser's hysterical performance and classic Morgan Freeman. John Travolta could use a few pointers on his southern-drawal, but he's still fun to watch. The slow, dim noir feel works, but who wouldnt recognize the fountain and gorgeous homes as Savannah not Galvaston. Overall worth a date night if looking alternative to the canned showboat superhero movies and shallow violent films with limited vocabularies.

Ignore the bad reviews. Solid performances all around. A bit predictable but If you enjoy old noir flicks this fits the bill. I was actual surprised I liked Travolta in this. He's so hit or miss but I enjoyed his performance as the grisled PI.

I couldn't believe the polarized reviews - some rating high and saying they also were confused by the extremely low ratings of others. The low ratings (almost all "1"s) are so similar in their generalized criticisms that it feels like someone paid people to leave them or the same person wrote them all. ("Worse movie ever"? Really? With no explanation as to why) When you go to rotten tomatoes same thing. A ton of only 1 star ratings, all by UNVERIFIED people. This is definitely not a 1 star movie. I have seen WAY worse movies rated way higher than 1. It is an interesting movie worth watching that I think has been under attack by someone trying to discredit it intentionally.

This film tells the story of a private investigator who goes back to his hometown to investigate a case.

The story is actually quite engaging and suspenseful. The fear of the king of the small town is palpable. It is much better than the rating suggests. It's not that bad at all.