| Not a complete success |
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| written by Texan99 |
September 5, 2010 - 2:21 PM PDT |
| I found I couldn't enjoy this movie quite as much as many other viewers did. Christopher Walken and Denis Leary both fully engaged me whenever they were onscreen, but the film seemed like a collection of interesting bits that never quite gelled into a whole. |
| Pleasant Surprise |
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| written by BrodiesGirl |
June 12, 2003 - 9:57 PM PDT |
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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I didn't know anything about this movie when I randomly rented it, a rarity for most of the stuff I watch. IT was four dollars well spent, and another fifteen dollars well spent after I purchased the DVD. It has a great cast and anything with Christopher Walken almost always deserves a rental in my book.
The basic premise of the movie is Elise has been kidnapped with a ransom of 2 million dollars. Her brother, her boyfriend, and their group of friends decide to kidnap ex-mobster Christopher Walken so they can use his contacts to get the ransom loot. Tempers are lost and suspicions arise as Walken begins to suggest that perhaps there is a traitor within the boys' ranks.
What follows is a very nice twisting and turning of events as the true kidnappers are revealed. The DVD includes alternative endings, deleted scenes, and director/producer commentary.
I thought the cast was great and what could have been an average kidnapping-plans-gone-awry movie was saved due to a good story and even better storytelling and direction (which, by the way, is director Peter O'Falloran's feature film debut. He does have a great deal of TV under his belt, including: thirtysomething, Northern Exposure, Profiler, and American Gothic, to name a few.)
The story kept things interesting and it's good to watch with a group of people while trying to place bets on who's-screwing-who? |
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