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Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.
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I lasted fifteen minutes. Just about everything is terrible. Direction. Script. Acting. Lighting. Locations. This is a low-rent, filler film.
The supporting actors keep "mugging" in a juvenile, distracting manner.
These " nine star" reviews are bogus.
The supporting actors keep "mugging" in a juvenile, distracting manner.
These " nine star" reviews are bogus.
I don't know why this was made. Poorly acted and bad script. Highlight is watching the cliches fly through the plot. Love Mira Sorvino. But this was just a mess.
The movie started out ok. I mean, I knew it was sort of a B movie to begin with, so I was ready for some good B movie action.
It was not to be.
The film quickly lost its way, meandering here and there and never really exploring anything at all.
The acting wasn't bad, but no one really stood out. The characters were shallow and not very well written.
I managed to get through it, but just barely.
I gave it 3 stars, but 2 1/2 of those are just because I like Paul Sorvino.
It was not to be.
The film quickly lost its way, meandering here and there and never really exploring anything at all.
The acting wasn't bad, but no one really stood out. The characters were shallow and not very well written.
I managed to get through it, but just barely.
I gave it 3 stars, but 2 1/2 of those are just because I like Paul Sorvino.
It's not awful, but it's never entirely clear what's going on. The plot us disjointed and confusing, and it's difficult to keep track of the characters and where they fit in. The writing could have been tightened up a bit which could have made this problem go away. I don't know if the writer was attempting to clever and failed or if he was just being lazy.
Except for a very promising start sequence, where some kids does their father, this was a mediocre,mish-mash acting and full of nick-nack talking grown ups with some inner demons that destoroy the story. its something about the acting that doesnt appeal to me, they are too rough,too designated and too perfect for the roles they fill. just watching them police doing house searches, look at how they move forward, how they handle the walkie talkie and gun. have they had any professional advisory at all ?
i guess i'm wrong, but i think that this kind of flicks are made to lure the brainblasted part of the population into the vivid world of b-movies, beacause its b or c all over. the filmography starts with a tempting glow of perfection, then when the real film starts,you are strangled by the shining bright picture of hd'ish quality, with bad focusing . how could you.....? the fights and special effects are blurry with a lot of ketchup action.
do watch if you want, im sure some will feel tensed by the action, to me though,the old grumpy man its not good enough and not recommended
i guess i'm wrong, but i think that this kind of flicks are made to lure the brainblasted part of the population into the vivid world of b-movies, beacause its b or c all over. the filmography starts with a tempting glow of perfection, then when the real film starts,you are strangled by the shining bright picture of hd'ish quality, with bad focusing . how could you.....? the fights and special effects are blurry with a lot of ketchup action.
do watch if you want, im sure some will feel tensed by the action, to me though,the old grumpy man its not good enough and not recommended
Did you know
- TriviaMira Sorvino & Christopher Backus are married.
- SoundtracksEternity
written by Rie Sinclair, Sheila Ellis, Attila Fodor
performed by Rie Sinclair & Attila Fodor
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Details
- Runtime
- 1h 30m(90 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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