stephen.murtagh
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Ridley Scott can make ANYTHING look gorgeous on film. However, a poor script can only be disguised so far.
A dull uninteresting film that relied on cheap shocks, taken from Z-grade 1980's horror movies to keep the audience awake for the duration.
I have no more words to waste on this, but I hope Ridley gets a good script soon.
A dull uninteresting film that relied on cheap shocks, taken from Z-grade 1980's horror movies to keep the audience awake for the duration.
I have no more words to waste on this, but I hope Ridley gets a good script soon.
What a great idea and premise. Written by John Carpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner of The Empire Strikes back fame. What could go wrong?
Everything.
A great premise is wasted and never used to full effect (did the killer have glaucoma?), a hideous Barbra Streisand title song, pedestrian directing, no tension (the killer is obvious from the start), no pace, wastes good performances by Dunaway and Dourif, the model's look like cheap hookers and finally every conceivable aspect is hideously dated.
It is not even bad in a funny or kitsch way. Everything is so average and expected. It's as if Kershner was ticking the boxes off on his generic 'thriller' check list.
Worth watching if you're a Carpenter completist, but unless you're forced into it - avoid this unforgivably average movie.
Everything.
A great premise is wasted and never used to full effect (did the killer have glaucoma?), a hideous Barbra Streisand title song, pedestrian directing, no tension (the killer is obvious from the start), no pace, wastes good performances by Dunaway and Dourif, the model's look like cheap hookers and finally every conceivable aspect is hideously dated.
It is not even bad in a funny or kitsch way. Everything is so average and expected. It's as if Kershner was ticking the boxes off on his generic 'thriller' check list.
Worth watching if you're a Carpenter completist, but unless you're forced into it - avoid this unforgivably average movie.