I found this really hard to review. Most of it I just hated. The music was horrifically bad, the visuals are awful, the sound quality muddy (in the version I saw). The acting is abysmal and that's partly due to a decidedly dreadful script and ridiculous direction. Kathy Baker is wooden (no surprise) as was her unconvincing "love interest". Actually, nearly everyone was bad. There's not a lot to recommend this movie but there's two things that make it worth seeing IF you're the kind of person who likes to experience great moments regardless of the crud they are surrounded by. One is the actual concept behind the movie - intriguing and could have been a classic story. THe other is Goldblum.
Jeffrey Goldblum is PERFECT in this. Even the camera work on him is suddenly fantastic. But it's his acting that saves this movie from being a total fail. He exudes charisma and menace and does it with seemingly no effort. Almost underplayed but all the more sinister for it. I was captivated. I can't rave enough about how good he was and I'm just so sad that everything else was so appalling that his brilliance was wasted. I've not seen Goldblum in many movies, I can only think of The Fly off-hand (loved it BTW) but this has made me decide to ferret out more of his work. Pure genius.
ALso the story itself was promising, it just wasn't told well. I actually hope someone good does a remake. There was some hidden concepts in it that are awesome (eg he just wants to cook stuff!)
So for the story/concept I'll give it a point and 4 points for Goldblum. Hope this helps you make up your own mind about whether to watch it. I found it free online - you can probably pick it up dirt cheap or free somewhere. If so, worth watching.
Jeffrey Goldblum is PERFECT in this. Even the camera work on him is suddenly fantastic. But it's his acting that saves this movie from being a total fail. He exudes charisma and menace and does it with seemingly no effort. Almost underplayed but all the more sinister for it. I was captivated. I can't rave enough about how good he was and I'm just so sad that everything else was so appalling that his brilliance was wasted. I've not seen Goldblum in many movies, I can only think of The Fly off-hand (loved it BTW) but this has made me decide to ferret out more of his work. Pure genius.
ALso the story itself was promising, it just wasn't told well. I actually hope someone good does a remake. There was some hidden concepts in it that are awesome (eg he just wants to cook stuff!)
So for the story/concept I'll give it a point and 4 points for Goldblum. Hope this helps you make up your own mind about whether to watch it. I found it free online - you can probably pick it up dirt cheap or free somewhere. If so, worth watching.