heartofmetal

Let me start off saying this..To all of you that boast of how fast you figured out the twist(s)..STOP and get yourself a bozo badge RIGHT NOW! After this..take a deep breath(feeling all mighty and proud of how incredible of a movie buff you really are) and proceed to get a life. The problem is that the new breed of "movie buffs" raised on Hollywood "terrors" such as Scream and I know What You Did Last Summer are getting progressively worse and worse each year at recognizing true cinema and the elements that really make a movie a cinematographic experience and not just some sort of a sporting event where the viewer tries to figure out the plot while ignoring the movie elements themselves. People..PAY ATTENTION TO THE MOVIE AND ITS ELEMENTS. How about atmosphere,camera work,surrounding scenic beauty.Most of the clowns on here who bashed this flick probably talked to their buddy throughout the whole movie ignoring all of these aspects. Ending..(very good one here,by the way) is the icing on the cake and DOES NOT MAKE THE WHOLE MOVIE! Great flick full of powerful acting,fantastic dark atmosphere and twists that are not just there for twists-sake but actually make the story great.I loved it.I thought Sixth Sense was ok and Signs sucked by the way. I was raised on scary movies and have seen more then most people including many non-Hollywood imports. I saw this one at the theater tonight and it rocked me. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

I read a lot of bad reviews of this movie mostly by simple minded idiots who are too attached to their Hollywood type predictability to ever appreciate a movie like this. I mean,why can't a movie be treated as art? Isn't cinematography supposed to be a form of art. The way an artist shoots the movie,the use of light,color (or lack of it),etc.. Come on folks..I judge a flick by how unforgetable it it.In the world of crap movies with nothing to contribute to ones life,a movie like this which shakes one up (with both plot and way it was shot) is a gem in my book. If you don't like "weird" (generic term used by unimaginative people) movies,see another Tom Hanks movie.

Now,I'm not a real huge fan of martial arts movies but love the well done movies with J.Chan (like both Drunken Master flix) whom I find to be simply amazing. Do NOT let this movie fool you..this is NOT a Chan movie eventhough he appears in it. Fight sequences are very bad along with everything else including totally unneccessary scene where kids are brutally murdered.Chan does very little fighting and when does,he is beaten down fiercly.Plot is weak (but that's ok if fighting is decent..which is not) Just a total blower of a movie. I got this for about $3 on dvd and I have to say,it was not worth one tenth of what I paid. PURE CRAP.DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!