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The sad attempt to pull in a Gothic girl, an overworked business man, and 15 year old geek, and some random guy into a video game that kills you is a bad plot to begin with.
My Take: Typically routine and lazy straight to video attempt from Disney.
It had a few good lines here and there - and the attempt at the message was admirable, but they went from Houston through New York to get to Dallas.
In an insulting attempt at comedy the writer/director introduces a new character or event in practically every scene, none of which are realistic, making it very confusing to keep track of what is going on.
This film is a third rate attempt at a compelling, moody thriller and fails miserably on all three counts.
The Ambulance driver, Harry (Charles Grueber) makes no attempt to stop him.
In a not totally successful attempt to be taken seriously, and move into 'adult' films, Mr. Hughes gives us this film about a young married couple.
The discovery brings about an attempt on her life which is foiled by Charlie Ruggles as a "crime deflector".
Things take a turn for the dangerous when everyone ends up in the title location and another attempt is made on the girls life.
I wonder if this was an attempt for someone to meet babes by casting a movie.
The movies soundtrack (if you can call it that) sounds like a teenage boys first attempt at using cooledit and some sample cds.
It was an attempt that lost it's wheels before the race ever begun.
First the old series would at least attempt to follow some military structure.
Towards the end of this film, just before I nodded off and missed the last two minutes, I got the sense that "Everything's Gone Green" is a product of "connections" in the world of film - someone with very little talent knew someone with very little directorial skill, knew someone with absolutely no marketing sense (but plenty of disposable ego) and out popped this dull and inefficient attempt at whimsy and humor-with-a-conscience nonsense.
only if its the last thing yo do and your humour is evaporated should you ever attempt to watch this.
You're Dead is an indescribably awful attempt at a British gangster film.
It's a bad attempt to imitate "FOur Weddings And A funeral".
An idea that's been done to death (what would happen if...?) and the script is shoddy and unsuccessful, not to mention the obvious attempt at adding sex/nudity simply to gain an R rating and certain scenes that just weren't necessary but were there to push the boundaries (I really don't need to see a kid urinating or a struggle with a diaphragm.
It's another attempt to put a career minded woman in her place by changing her views on her what kind of life she has been leading, something Hollywood did often during its golden age.
This was THE worst attempt at a serious dramatic movie I have EVER seen.
ESPN lost a lot of credibility with this flop attempt.
From what I've seen of the 'extras', there is a real story behind this and, perhaps when I finish watching them, I'll appreciate this attempt more.
Even their attempt at the English languish is really sad, and actually the down right peculiar Swedish accent, in which the incoherent dialog is spoken, is probably the most comical and enjoyable thing about this film.
Not to mention a cop on duty drinking, Robert Forster sleepwalking through this bizarre attempt at cashing in on the serial killer craze, and a killer who videos his murders.
Adventures in Dinosaur City, though a creative idea, was a nauseatingly atrocious attempt at filmmaking.
Lots of bad actors, yes even Combs and Landau suck in this, most of whom seem like they have been lifted from the set of a porno movie stand around exchanging really bad dialogue in a desperate attempt to pus forward the barely coherent plot.
So much seems contrived in a desperate attempt to save the film.
Sometimes the characters' backs were turned or they were talking with their hands over their faces--all in a pathetic attempt to obscure their lips and "cleaverly" (?) hide the fact that the film was dubbed.
It looks like a pitiful attempt at humor.
I have no problem with soft porn per se - and even if I had I'd virtually have to give up going to movies so prevalent is it today - but I do have a problem with writers/directors who attempt to respectablise it by cloaking it as here in the guise of medical research.
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