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There are certain scenes in this film (like the hero's first meeting with super-villainess Shirley Eaton) where it seems to be on the edge of breaking sexual taboos and doing its premise (females want to rule the world by making men slaves) justice, but it never dares to.
"Marathon" has a very interesting premise, excellent ambient sounds, and good scenery.
Seemed to have a good premise, but it just failed to deliver the goods as more cool kills were needed and that super horror actor needed to add a bit to his repertoire.
It churns out the same basic premise episode after episode after episode, and though it may try to have some mystery and intrigue once in a while, the ending will always be the same - "The Powerpuff Girls save the day!"
This movie had all the potential and makings of a great feel good, great love story...the cast is perfect, the visuals work, the original premise works, the characters work....but the story moves from one chess move to the next in a most predictable way...not one character in the movie has any depth or has any depth explained by the director.
The central premise of this movie was basically a bunch of stereotypical black people sitting around a barbershop exchanging painfully unfunny repartee.
While the premise interesting(rich people clone themselves to keep a ready supply of body parts to keep them alive theoretically forever), the film makes the mistake of saddling us with Richard(Tim Donnelly), a clone who is at once both boring and irritating.
Yeah sure, the movie its visuals already did looked horrible and not very promising but the premise and the cast looked good, so I still sort of expected to be entertained by this movie.
A simple premise laking in scenery.
I do not refer to the acting but rather the premise of both films, which try to portray psychopathic criminals as heroic figures.
Shame was a movie with a very interesting premise, of trying to convey the effect of war on the common people, it however fell short of accomplishing this for me.
I actually belong to the demographic Zoey 101 specifically is trying to target, so I can see that as much as it tries to be relatable to people my age, the premise is simply too ludicrous for an average person to relate to.
The premise is about a gold digging woman, named Jewel who dates men to get them to steal and sometimes murder, so she can have all the worldly possesions she so desperately desires.
the entire premise of the movie is so unbelievable and ridiculous its hard to really get into it.
Its premise even sets itself up to get cheap laughs with bad writing.
Stupid premise, and horrible acting by all.
Despite the somewhat promising premise, the movie falls flat in nearly every regard.
I'm also a SF buff, among other genres, and I especially like those films from 60's and 70's with their "ideas over effects" premise that produced so many intelligent and likable stories put on screen.
The plot was ridiculous, the premise was ridiculous, the acting was unconscionable, the effects were laughable and all of the outdoor scenes appear to have been filmed in New York's Central Park.
I thought the premise of the book was great and what did they do but throw out the whole premise.
The only premise this film has is four friends cheating their way through high school and the strain it puts on their friendship.
The film itself has a rather intriguing plot line and premise to it, but unfortunately it is a movie that you cannot watch with out being bombarded with pornography.
The premise of the movie had much going for it, however, despite the novelty of models selling off someone else's furniture to live the high life, this movie has nothing going for it.
It has an interesting premise, a killer leaves an Ace of Spades calling card at the scene of his crimes, while alerting the victim in advance.
The premise of signing a student researcher just because he walks into your lab makes no sense.
The premise is just way too unique to be left alone with this uneven flick
When this show first aired I will admit to being intrigued by the premise and the setting.
Here's the premise: the vice president is captured by a terrorist group at a play-off hockey game and only Van Damm can stop the madness.
started out with premise turned in to soft porn.and
Not a terrible premise, but the execution is awful.
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