The Poison Rose
- 2019
- Accord parental
- 1h 38m
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4.8/10
12K
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Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, has a soft spot for a lady in distress.Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, has a soft spot for a lady in distress.Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, has a soft spot for a lady in distress.
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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.
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.
Don't normally review. But surprised that it's got so many negative reviews. It was quite enjoyable. Old fashioned with good acting from a fairly decent cast. Decent old fashioned storytelling.
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
Big fan of noir so maybe that also helped in my vote! Avoid at all costs
The film starts like a typical Chinatown syndrome.
The locations r gorgeous with those plentiful awesome greenery all around.
It has some violent shootout scenes but the best is Freeman's screen presence, Fraser's laughable body shape n Travolta's cool act.
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- TriviaCelebrity chef Paula Deen's spacious Savannah (GA) home doubled as the location of Famke Janssen (Jayne Hunt)'s sprawling waterfront residence.
- GoofsThe movie is set in 1978, which is evidenced in the 70s-era vehicles, and the common usage of revolvers by Chief Walsh (Robert Patrick) and Carson Philips (John Travolta). Yet, during the shootout, at the sanitarium, between Carson and Lorenzo (Blerim Destani), Lorenzo is clearly shooting a Glock pistol (visible beginning at around 1 hour 18 min, when Lorenzo is shooting from behind the pickup truck), a weapon for which design work would not begin until 1979, let alone enter service in 1982 with the Austrian military and police. In fact, as the scene progresses, it appears it might even be a 2nd or 3rd generation Glock pistol.
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Slide Olsen: Only three kinds of people wear sunglasses inside: Blind people, assholes, and blind assholes.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Half in the Bag: The Fanatic (2019)
- SoundtracksConcerto For Flute And String Orchestra In D Minor Second Movement
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Courtesy of Freeplay Music
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