cellapie
Joined Jul 2005
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Man, did this have an interesting premise: A family is on a fishing trip celebrating the son's 13th birthday when, wouldn't ya know it, the earth's poles reverse thus emptying the oceans...somehow. Do I even need to tell you that "hijinks ensue?" I don't, do I? Because they do!
Had really high hopes for this because it seemed like a cool premise and there was soooo much potential. However, the movie did not live up to that potential. It was obvious that the moviemakers just dropped a couple of set pieces in the Arizona dessert and said, "Behold, the ocean is empty!" But that's not how that works. Even an idiot knows that.
The first 30 minutes were pretty good as you knew something was coming but just when the movie was one thing -- eco thriller -- it became something else -- run from the murderer -- while becoming something else -- escape to (highly implausible) safety.
Honestly, if the money was there, this could be a really compelling single-season British thriller series with time to develop the various characters since there was waaaay too many questions unanswered, i.e., what's the deal with the mook and his dog and what's his damn problem?
Sadly, I had been looking forward to this one for a while; I will never be happy again! Hmmmph! D.
Had really high hopes for this because it seemed like a cool premise and there was soooo much potential. However, the movie did not live up to that potential. It was obvious that the moviemakers just dropped a couple of set pieces in the Arizona dessert and said, "Behold, the ocean is empty!" But that's not how that works. Even an idiot knows that.
The first 30 minutes were pretty good as you knew something was coming but just when the movie was one thing -- eco thriller -- it became something else -- run from the murderer -- while becoming something else -- escape to (highly implausible) safety.
Honestly, if the money was there, this could be a really compelling single-season British thriller series with time to develop the various characters since there was waaaay too many questions unanswered, i.e., what's the deal with the mook and his dog and what's his damn problem?
Sadly, I had been looking forward to this one for a while; I will never be happy again! Hmmmph! D.
From 1981, this supernatural thriller concerns Andrew (Stefan Arngrim), a high school nerd who's not like the other boys. Turns out he's the antichrist! And this film steals from every other better movie from Carrie (weird get gets teased, once in a shower even!); The Omen (the whole antichrist thing); and the list goes on.
I remember this being a hit with me and my high school nerd friend and it got some good Fangoria coverage but this is a really lame movie. As the antichrist, Arngrim honestly does the best he can; towards the end when he's confronted by archangels Gabriel and the other one, now in female form, he really "gays" it up and looks like the emcee in a Poughkeepsie production of "Cabaret!" Plot points are pursued then abandoned. Things happen so randomly in the movie and characters ushered in and out for...reasons...that it'll make your head spin. However, in the role of one of the angels Judy/Gabriel is none other than Kathleen Rowe McAllen who played Giulietta in the original London and Broadway casts of "Aspects of Love!" And she got good notices!
But honestly, for a movie that's only 99 minutes long, this one sure seemed longer. And don't even get me started on all the Catholic business going on. Made my head spin. What a stinker. D- (I didn't give it an F simply because of the Broadway connection and the fact that the lead actor is the brother of the actress who played Nellie Olsen in "Little House on the Prairie" and that's got to account for something, am I right?)
I remember this being a hit with me and my high school nerd friend and it got some good Fangoria coverage but this is a really lame movie. As the antichrist, Arngrim honestly does the best he can; towards the end when he's confronted by archangels Gabriel and the other one, now in female form, he really "gays" it up and looks like the emcee in a Poughkeepsie production of "Cabaret!" Plot points are pursued then abandoned. Things happen so randomly in the movie and characters ushered in and out for...reasons...that it'll make your head spin. However, in the role of one of the angels Judy/Gabriel is none other than Kathleen Rowe McAllen who played Giulietta in the original London and Broadway casts of "Aspects of Love!" And she got good notices!
But honestly, for a movie that's only 99 minutes long, this one sure seemed longer. And don't even get me started on all the Catholic business going on. Made my head spin. What a stinker. D- (I didn't give it an F simply because of the Broadway connection and the fact that the lead actor is the brother of the actress who played Nellie Olsen in "Little House on the Prairie" and that's got to account for something, am I right?)
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