| Disappointing |
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| written by Texan99 |
September 5, 2010 - 3:10 PM PDT |
| I'm not sure why Hollywood can't make a workmanlike adaptation of a nice sci-fi thriller. This one is as disappointing as most. The plot is in the classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" line, but with a lot of "Man From U.N.C.L.E." or "James Bond" thrown in. Those two hooks alone should give a filmmaker some easy built-in suspense and entertainment, as "Men in Black" so ably proved, but this movie's makers had no idea what to do with the material. Donald Sutherland was not a bad choice for the "Old Man," but he insisted on vamping for the camera, perhaps to make up for the lame script and TV-quality production values. Do yourself a favor and pick up a used copy of the Heinlein novel instead. You'll see that every change in the story was an inexplicable abandonment of a fiction device that would have been easy to film and would have made the movie a ripsnorting hoot instead of something you watch with half an eye while planning next week's menu. |
| Really Heinlein...??? |
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| written by Emomovieluver |
February 6, 2003 - 9:22 AM PST |
| Yeah, the first thing most critics are sure to do is blast the film because though based on material by sci fi legend Robert Heinlein, it views like a retread of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" which itself has been revisited one too many times! For it's time, the FX works pretty well and the story moves along at a brisk pace thought the acting is relatively wooden and perfunctory. There's a totally unecessary romantic sub-plot that leads to the ho hum "rescuing the damsel in distress" scenario I could have easilly did without. Thal is pumped up, David looks bad ass as ever and Sutherland imposing. |
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