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Love.com

  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
2.0/10
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Michael Madsen in Love.com (2002)
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Thriller

A brutal murder exposes the dark side of Internet fantasy.A brutal murder exposes the dark side of Internet fantasy.A brutal murder exposes the dark side of Internet fantasy.

  • Director
    • Sherwood Ball
  • Writer
    • Celia Xavier
  • Stars
    • Stan Abe
    • Lada Boder
    • Todd Davis
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.0/10
    199
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    • Director
      • Sherwood Ball
    • Writer
      • Celia Xavier
    • Stars
      • Stan Abe
      • Lada Boder
      • Todd Davis
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Stan Abe
    Stan Abe
    • FBI Agent Sato
    Lada Boder
    • Mistress Olga
    Todd Davis
    • FBI Agent
    Jordan Liddle
    • Dean Aki
    Jason Loughridge
    Jason Loughridge
    • Jimmy
    Michael Madsen
    Michael Madsen
    • Russ
    Edgar Allan Poe IV
    • Elliot
    • (as Edgar Allen Poe IV)
    Celia Xavier
    Celia Xavier
    • Vanessa…
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      • Sherwood Ball
    • Writer
      • Celia Xavier
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    1alanaworld

    Bad

    This is not Michael Madsen's fault, he was hardly in it. This movie was just awful. If you want to laugh and be bored, go ahead and watch this movie. Words cannot describe how idiotic it is. Sorry Michael. The cinematography was dark. All the other actors are unknowns. When watching it, it feels like a soft porn, but with no nudity or heated scenes. This movie had sexual overtones, since it is about a underground S & M killer. The acting was bad, except Michael Madsen's parts. He looked like he wanted to laugh. I hope he got paid well for this lousy movie. It is something I would not be proud of. It is not even a B movie for cable, it is more like a F and it should never be shown, ever.
    1Bison911

    One of the Lowest "Quality" movies of all time

    This has to be the worst movie I have seen. Madsen fans don't be drawn into this like I was. He is only in it for a maximum of five minutes. This movie is so bad that the only reason why you would watch it is if all the rest of the movies on earth as well as t.v. had been destroyed.
    1rsoonsa

    Crudely Obvious Production Succeeds Solely In Eating Up A Viewer's Time.

    A BDSM "sub-culture" of Los Angeles serves as backdrop for this low budget and shabbily constructed mess, plainly a vanity piece for its top-billed player, Celia Xavier, who also produces and scripts while performing a dual role as twin sisters Vanessa and Celia. A question soon develops as to whether or not some rather immoderate camera, lighting and editing pyrotechnics can ever reach a point of connection to a weak and often incoherent narrative that will not be taken seriously by a sensate viewer. Celia is employed as a highly motivated probation officer for the County of Los Angeles, while her evil natured twin has become an iconic figure within her fetishistic world largely because of erotic performances upon CD-ROMS, but when disaster befalls "Mistress Vanessa", virtuous Celia, determined to unearth her sister's vicious attacker, begins a new job as a "sex slave" at the private Castle Club where the specialty of the house is a "dungeon party". Two FBI field agents (whose deployment to the Vanessa case is ostensibly required due to her involvement with internet BDSM sites), in addition to a Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective, are assigned to investigate the crime, while endeavouring to provide security for Celia whose enthusiastic performance in her new vocation is avidly enough regarded by her customers as to have created conditions of personal danger for her. Flaws in logic and continuity abound, such as a homicide being allocated to L.A.P.D.'s Operations-South Bureau, a region of the metropolis that is far removed from the setting of the film. Direction is unfocused and not aided by erratic post-production editing and sound reproduction. The mentioned photographic gymnastics culminate with a batty montage near the movie's end of prior footage that is but tangentially referent to the scenario. One solid acting turn appears among this slag: Stan Abe as a zealous FBI agent.
    1matosis

    One of the worst films I have ever seen!

    It is a pity that you cannot vote zero stars on IMDb, because I would not have hesitated! In fact I would go so far as to say that this film was in the negative stars.

    I, like many others, bought this film thinking that because it has Michael Madsen in it, it could be good... No chance! This film was shocking! Imagine a movie length 'The Bold and the Beautiful', well, Primal Instinct did not even come close to that good, and I had previously thought that there would be nothing worse than a movie length 'The Bold and the Beautiful'.

    Michael Madsen, how could you do this to us? The worst part is, I didn't fast forward a bit, I was hoping that at the end they would reveal that it was all some sort of sick joke, that they thought it would be funny to make us watch such a horribly bad film.

    Where do I start...? Directing - Zero Stars, Screenplay - Zero Stars, Acting - Zero Stars, Cinematography - Zero Stars, Digital Effects - Zero Stars, Production Design - Zero Stars, Make-up - Zero Stars, Casting - Zero Stars, Editing - Zero Stars, Trailer - Half a Star, Graphic Design - Half a Star, DVD Menu - Half a Star.

    However I think that it is very important to have seen bad films just so that you know what a really bad film is, so for that reason I am happy that I saw this film, just so that I have a bad film to put at the bottom of my list.
    1photobob749-1

    R Rating for this one should R for rotten

    The only redeeming part of this movie was the price I paid. At least all I lost was $3.00 and the time elapsed sitting through this bomb. The crew member who was in charge of continuity missed the boat. When the female lead and the FBI guy went to the alleged killers location, Mr. FBI handed the female a revolver. When the alleged killer came out the door, the revolver has magically transformed into an automatic. One is left to ponder would an FBP agent hand a weapon to a civilian? I think not. Ms. Xavier appears to be a very attractive female. It is too bad the R rating did not allow much of her to be seen. It would seem that a film editor cut what might have been the best parts of the film out.

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      [Sato removes the gag from the "victim's" mouth]

      Bound and Gagged Woman: What are you doing?

      FBI Agent Sato: Trying to help you.

      Bound and Gagged Woman: I've got five more minutes up here!

      [stuffs the gag back in the woman's mouth]

      FBI Agent Sato: What part of hell do you call home?

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    • Release date
      • July 16, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fantezii pe internet
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ball Productions
      • White Light.
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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