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The film has elements of what could be great. And fails at every chance. It is a Hollywood version of Hunter Thompson. Depp, who is genius at "Fear and Loathing" is horribly miscast here as Paul Kemp. He is not Kemp. The man who plays Sala is just, blah. Director Robinson seems to try and channel "Withnail & I" but really doesn't strike a chord with this film. Perhaps Hollywood snuck in and did its usually job of ruining a good picture.

What do I base all this on? The wonderful book. Read it? You will see this film doesn't even seem to attempt to capture its wonderfulness. I hate comparing books to movies, but in this case, it's just not even a good movie. Moberb doesn't even seem like the Moberg from the movie. Chenault seems nailed as a character. Otherwise, blah.

America made Doctor Who. And it's bad. This is bad. It's horrible. I love Doctor Who, and have for a very long time. I watched this in 1996, as some kind of a pilot for Fox, and it stunk so bad. Where do I start, and how do I end? It's American made, to begin, so you know it will be bad because they are adapting a British production. So they insult it with American filmmaking. Asian gangs kill the Doctor? Please. Generic Asian actor saving him? Please. How is this story canon to the Doctor Who time line? Because it has Sylvester McCoy in it? I liked Paul McGann, a great actor from "Withnail & I." But lordy, using Eric Roberts to become the Master, yikes. And seeing the Doctor with a make-out scene. This is so American made, watered down to try and sell. Horrible. It's a painful excuse for a story. The ONLY good thing to come of this wretched lousy production (though, cool to see Will Sasso in it) is that it probably helped the 2005 revival of the show. But man, America really knows how to make bad, generic, bland TV. This is just CSI with science fiction in it. Avoid at all costs. This is not Doctor Who, this is bad Fox TV. I will never consider this canon.

This little gem was found by me in a dollar store and I couldn't resist the cover- a midget super hero! All my fantasies on the cover of one DVD. Was it too good to be true? It was better than expected.

Dubbed, the characters in this are totally straight faced actors. Agent 00 works for Interpol, and despite very few lines, he performs amazing acrobatics and fight scenes and even drives a mino scooter. He is adored by women ("I couldn't help myself") and seemingly indestructible. This is a pleasure of a film and I am dying to see the first movie as this is a sequel. Worth a dollar or ten dollars for the sheer joy. I'm glad they didn't take it too seriously but also didn't go overboard with humor or jokes- subtle comedy that lets the little man do the work. Great scene when he has to reach for an elevator button.