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Dead Man's Curve (1998)
Brainless Twists
I`m shocked to see all these people commenting on what a clever plot this movie has, with intelligent twists....have you people very short memory span ? There are countless of situations and dialogue in the movie prior to the last 5 minutes which completely rule out the logic behind the final twist. Maybe if they had made a 5 minute short...or if there were some sort of parallell univers theory..just kidding.
The movie is also a very bad mixture of several genres, thriller, horror, comedy, drama. It pokes fun of retards, canadians, stupid cops. Lilliards character is the most likeable in the whole movie, and thats hardly the directors intention. The generel good acting only makes the whole thing more provocative. They wanted to make a black comedy, but had no sense whatsoever.
Alien Cargo (1999)
A clever outer-space-mystery, and no scream-and-run-alien-copy
A surprisingly intelligent outer-space mystery which is no alien-clone as it appears to be at first
The story may unfold slowly, but it has all the elements which makes it a good what-happens-next story. The actors are okay, nothing special, but the script nicely takes it time to explain different aspects around the mystery. It may not be entirely original, but at least we don`t get the whole picture from just watching 10 seconds of it. And the special effects are nice too. The end is a real beauty on the eye...and the mind.
We need more plot-focusing science fiction movies like this. Other similar movies to recommend: Alien-saga, Screamers, Outland, Life Pod..to name a few.
Max Q (1998)
Most people would laugh.. but I think this is the best Bruckheimer-flick ever
In a running time less than 1 1/2 h this TV-movie (!) packs the whole Apollo 13 concept and generates more suspense than Armageddon. It focuses on good, old MacGyver-style problem-solving and when it comes to an end it serves us a wildly over-the-top but fun emergency landing.
Only problem.... it has nothing to to with reality...but I don`t care. This one really surprised me. Best Bruckheimer for me. His big screen movies are mostly big misunderstandings of what entertainment should be.