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The premise remains the same: Lance Barton, (Rock) is taken before his life time is up and works a deal with God's representative, Mr King, to come back to earth as someone else.
The premise is wonderful, and I loved the voiceover, confessional tone the opening narration strikes.
The premise of the story is simple: An old man living alone in the woods accidentally stumble upon a murder of a small child, and tries to convince the police that the murder has occurred.
Once one swallows the premise that all modern technology can be brought to a standstill by "the Pulse," it provides an entertaining landscape for exploring the personalities of and relationships between the two primary characters--Max (the Dark Angel/bike messenger) and Logan (the rich rebel).
But what it lacks in premise, it more than makes up for in acting and realism.
The original premise was that it was being shown off-off Broadway in theaters where television monitors were being placed throughout the audience, so everyone had a great seat.
The premise was that the skits would change on a regular basis-ala Saturday Night Live, keeping the thing fresh.
I became curious about the program from the commercials that aired which gave glimpses of the premise of the show.
The production quality, cast, premise, authentic New England (Waterbury, CT?) locale and lush John Williams score should have resulted in a 3-4 star collectors item.
I recently rented this doc, having remembered hearing about it from IMDb.com and being intrigued by the premise.
Its good premise is presented well and it has its content delivered in an effective manner but also in a way the genre demands.
It nails it's premise.
Such is the failproof premise that entrains one of the most delirious plots in movie history.
When I heard about Paulie, the premise of a wisecracking parrot didn't exactly fill me with confidence.
This movie did have many stereotypical action movie scenes, but the characters and the originality of the film's premise made it much easier to watch.
However, its deception lies in the complexity of its "is it real or is it imaginary" premise.
Bob Clampett's 'An Itch in Time' milks seven minutes of crazy action out of a very small premise.
David Lynch, better known for less accessible material, crafts a delicate and exquisite story around the most unlikely premise.
This premise allows for some funny content near the beginning, but is barely present for the remainder of the feature.
This movie has a very simple yet clever premise - an unemployed man trying to steal from a convenience store, and the store clerk catches him in the act... the thief runs away with the store-clerk right after him.
"Flavia the Heretic" of 1974 is a truly disturbing and uncompromising piece of Italian Exploitation cinema that, to a certain extent, follows a somewhat feminist premise (though the level of sleaze and brutality would probably disgust the majority of feminists).
Also, the script doesn't really do anything with the premise, he just walks around melting and killing, with his friend trying to stop him, maybe a bit too simple.
The film's premise has struggling romance novelist Kira unable to come up with any new ideas.
The premise is that they are trying to get on Broadway in a musical show in where else but New York City.
The premise is simple: an unnamed celebrity actor (Morgan Freeman) decides to research for an upcoming role by visiting a store and watching people.
The premise seemed silly and I assumed it would be a lot of shallow make-fun-of-the-virgin humor.
The premise is quite imaginative, and as a viewer I was pulled along as the characters developed.
The rudimentary premise of "What's the matter with Helen?" is quite shocking and disturbing, but it's presented in such a stylish and sophisticated fashion!
If you fear you can't, just wait a few years for the inevitable American remake which will unquestionably soften the premise a little.
Although flawed and a little dated, the apocalyptic touch and the environmental premise (typical for that time) still feel very unsettling and thought-provoking.
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