kneiss1

So this is the best rated movie of Atom Egoyan? I love his movies, and I have to say, sadly I expected a bit more. Don't get me wrong, cinematic everything is perfect. This movie is filmed beautifully. Every actor played on an extremely high level and not a single miscast was to be found in this movie! Overall it was a great watch.

For me that was only destructed by the story. To me it felt, that the original novel was not suited to become a movie. The whole movie lacked a red thread. Strings didn't seem to be connected, and i failed finding a bigger meaning. All I found have been starting points, ideas. Great ideas, but in the end, the movie didn't work for me. It almost convinced me, but ultimately failed at the ending.

This flick is one of the weirdest genre-mixes ever. It is in-between science fiction, vampire, and zombie movies. It is as sexy as some vampire flicks, and as gory as a zombie movie. It's more absurd, ridicules and exaggerated than most other science fiction movies. Some conversations are so badly acted, and are exaggerated so much, that it turned into pure amusement! It is one of the rare trash movies, where the trash actually is fun. Some special effects have been great, other made me smirk.

I wouldn't give this movie 6 points if its simply amusing trash. It's more than that. Some scenes are played greatly, the atmosphere has sometimes been absolutely stunning. And the story, while absurd and ridicules, has been very creative, interesting and unusual. I had a hell lot of fun watching this movie. Yet this isn't exactly a good movie but, it isn't a bad one either.

I am more and more impressed by the capabilities of Eastwoods directing. This movie is on a very high level of perfection. I barely have anything to complain about. The pretty much only gripe for me has been the ending. It seemed a bit exaggerated. But that only made the whole thing even more fiery and disturbing. It is one of the rare movies that makes you think. The script was quite smart. I rarely saw a movie that had so well drawn characters. Actors fit perfectly. Especially Clint and Gene Hackman impressed me. Seeing those two in their role, i am absolutely sure, that no one could have substituted them. They fit perfectly into their roles.