katana1

Ok out the way the films not what you would call the best . However Jennifer Connelly will break every heart from the moment you see her . Smoldering hot with just the right infliction in ever look to ruin marrages , destroy relationships etc etc . Almost unwatchable due to not being able to follow the plot ...watch the roller skating part to see what i mean .

Oh the film , something about a loser who gets a job in a store , robbery etc etc . You will come away wanting to watch again , not for the acting but for the romanticism and tight white T=shirt .

An experience ill grant you that . Mark Polonia must be congratulated on his ability to buy cheap film given he had so much to throw away . He is clearly a better buyer than film maker .... i suspect this could have been shot using a phone .

Film kicks off with whom can ever know what they are trying to say .... something about brains . Then it cuts to people in a car .... 5 minutes of chatting to lay the plot out , not that theres much of a plot , On hols for example ( for 8 hours ) so have a boat booked but wait .... theres an evil scientist and a shark and hitlers brain and .... you get the picture .

Quality wise it rates above a father playing with his children using a sock monster but not by much . Special effects are really really special , you will say wtf a few times . Not sure which i liked the best the rain that didnt get anyone wet orrrrrrr no , sorry there just isnt a 'best' associated with this film. IMDB rating is 2.2 ... not sure why its so high .

Having watched this tonight i think i can offer a fair review , its a joke to indicate the film doesn't have grounding within the book , there just too alike for words , however the book contains long winded accounts of activity that are tedious and boring , thankfully these sections were omitted from the film , good news then ? well no , sadly also key points in Howard marks life are also not in the film , the result has sections that make no sense whatsoever to the layman , Howard appeared to move around without reason and know people without explanation , the consequences of others actions are also omitted leaving a disjointed and slightly sinister film , there is humour but its not of the lol sort , knowing the film was shot over just 2 months then i think it shows , Howard marks has led a life so rich and varied and yet it simply wasn't portrayed in this film to its fullest , it leaves you with an empty feeling in that the film felt like soup when it could so easily have been steak , Ifans could not have done a better job and the only lightweight in the cast would be Chloe sevigney who didn't have much to say and didn't display a passion in the role , over all the film IMO is worth of a 6.5/10