Reviews

This movie is about a basketball coach called Benny, that is used to manipulating his players, his friends, his wife and his mistresses when suddenly, everything starts to fall apart for him. The film focuses on a few days in Benny's life. As the film progresses and it seems as though his luck has run out, he behaves more and more pathetically until the end of the film where you almost feel sorry for him. Although this low budget movie has elements that are somewhat dated, I think Uri Zohar gives one of the best performances of his career both as an actor and as a director. If you appreciate his work, you will most likely enjoy this film.

This movie is somewhat an enigma to me. Theoretically, Copolla had the tools to make this a great film but instead, he messed up big time. The plot has potential, but the screenplay is not well constructed. It just keeps treading water without really giving the viewer a sense of narrative development. The directing isn't anywhere as good as it was in the first two films. The cast, aside from Al Pacino is not the way it should be. If they had a chance to bring in somebody like Robert Duval to play Tom Hagen why didn't they do it? Normally I wouldn't care, but if you can't make a proper third installment for a series as powerful and as cinematically significant as the godfather, it's better not to make it at all. The only reason I gave it a 5 and not less is because I still like seeing Al Pacino, but that's about it.

If the system would allow me to give this movie a zero I would without thinking twice. The reason is because this movie shouldn't have been made to begin with. As far as I'm concerned by making the first movie (The Matrix) The Wachowski brothers were in fact battling the Matrix of Hollywood by creating a cutting edge film based on an amazingly original and refreshing idea against all odds. it was the type of film that could excite almost any human being, leaving everyone with a lot of food for thought. Rather than to let this movie remain a cult film, which will be respected on the highest of levels for years to come, the makers decided to belittle their original achievement by making the two sequels. Since the main motivation for this was the enormous amount of money that they were given by the studio I would say that the Wachowski brothers are now officially a part of the Hollywood matrix. (actually I think they should now be referred to as the Smith brothers.) Never have I seen a bigger cinematic sell out. This movie is the biggest piece of crap ever. cgi and special effects are interesting but only minor compared to a good plot. The first movie had a brilliant plot. This one had no plot. I literally fell asleep the first time I watched it. I then watched it a second time (please do not attempt this at home) and was furious throughout it's entirety. How could the Smithowsky brothers commit this atrocity? Do not watch this movie, do not rent it, do not purchase it, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars - Just Stay Away - if you are a real matrix fan.