I am truly shocked at the positive reviews this movie has recieved. like everyone else who enjoyed Ron Lola, Run, I went into the theater expecting something that was truly original in concept and style, and masterful in execution. I walked out having witnessed a hodge-podge of cliches, that was clearly the result of a troubled script and sophmore jitters on the part of the director. it was obvious that he couldn't decide what he wanted this movie to be about, and as a result it ended up being very disjointed.
it could have been a great romance. it could have been a great story about life in a psychiatric facility. it could have been a great story about someone who has been taken out of her normal life and made to enure in exceptional circumstances. it could have been a great heist film. it could have been a great action film. it could have been a great combination of a few, but not all, of those afor-mentioned genres, but instead it tried to be all of it, and there was no effort made to blend it together well.
one scene in particular really bugged me. so as not to spoil it, let's call it the "cliche'd action movie roof thing" or CAMRT for short. I've seen a CAMRT just like that in about twenty movies prior to seeing this, and I am nothing short of amazed that such a promising director could be so lazy as to recycle something like this!
even Franke Potente turned in a sub-standard performance. why did we all fall in love with her in RL,R? because she was strong, independant, clever, and with a soft and vulnerable side as well. she was interesting to watch, and it was interesting to hear her talk. her role in this could have been played by a cardboard cut-out! she was bland, and entirely un-interesting, and merely drifted through the film.
about the only thing I liked about this piece of tripe was the ending. that was rather clever.
it could have been a great romance. it could have been a great story about life in a psychiatric facility. it could have been a great story about someone who has been taken out of her normal life and made to enure in exceptional circumstances. it could have been a great heist film. it could have been a great action film. it could have been a great combination of a few, but not all, of those afor-mentioned genres, but instead it tried to be all of it, and there was no effort made to blend it together well.
one scene in particular really bugged me. so as not to spoil it, let's call it the "cliche'd action movie roof thing" or CAMRT for short. I've seen a CAMRT just like that in about twenty movies prior to seeing this, and I am nothing short of amazed that such a promising director could be so lazy as to recycle something like this!
even Franke Potente turned in a sub-standard performance. why did we all fall in love with her in RL,R? because she was strong, independant, clever, and with a soft and vulnerable side as well. she was interesting to watch, and it was interesting to hear her talk. her role in this could have been played by a cardboard cut-out! she was bland, and entirely un-interesting, and merely drifted through the film.
about the only thing I liked about this piece of tripe was the ending. that was rather clever.