15 Minutes was about all I needed to see to realize how bad this film was going to be. Not even Robert Deniro could save this one. Karel Roden is about as awful a villian as the concept behind the movie. And honestly, I was suprised to see Edward Burns in anything other than a romantic drama/comedy.
Description:There's life and fun in this trashy pulse-of-the-city thriller, much of which is set in and around the media pits of Times Square. Two recent émigrés kick the madness into motion-a Czech psychopath (Karel Roden), who takes the promise of American freedom with alarming literalness, and a movie-loving Russian (Oleg Taktarov), who filmThere's life and fun in this trashy pulse-of-the-city thriller, much of which is set in and around the media pits of Times Square. Two recent émigrés kick the madness into motion-a Czech psychopath (Karel Roden), who takes the promise of American freedom with alarming literalness, and a movie-loving Russian (Oleg Taktarov), who films his partner's crimes. These two violent screwballs are pursued by a celebrated police detective (Robert De Niro) and a young fire marshal (Edward Burns). Director John Herzfeld serves up fires, knifings, and shootouts, and manages, in the midst of the extreme mayhem, to hammer away at the American habit of turning criminals into media figures. The villain of the piece is a sensationalizing newscaster (Kelsey Grammer) who puts the Russian's videos on the air.... (more)(less)
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Here is something that just fails by being too American and Hollywoodish. Of course that one moment in the middle is something you don't see in a basic cop-movie, but even that doesn't change the style much and all the stuff in the end on the other hand is something you always see in these films. Media-criticism is just mediocre and something that tries to make the whole thing seem smarter than it really is. This was still a little better than I excepted, actually, which just tells ho"
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Plot: A homicide detective and a fire marshall must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama
Director: John Herzfeld
Stars: Edward Burns, Robert De Niro, Karel Roden
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Story: 6 | Story Idea: 7 | Acting: 7 | Score: 6 | Visuals: 6
Overall:
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Lamourderer added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago