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Then once you're finally fed up but relieved that the movie is over, there is this bizarre thing at the end that you think is the setup for a joke, but there isn't one - it's serious, though it's hard to tell what they're trying to accomplish.
It's a shame that the writers and director could not salvage a better film, especially given some of the talented actors and potential in the setup.
For this promising setup, you'd think that it'd be at least a bit suspenseful.
The plot is flat, really just a banal setup for the stylishly depraved set-pieces.
The cutting "style" relies on jump cuts, mini flashbacks and overprinting to give weight to this vapid setup of a gang of sadists apparently running free for years and SURPRISE the leader is the "victim" of an executed killer.
First off, the whole setup is incredibly contrived.
Indeed, after the initial setup involving the ten million lira scam, the picture devolved into a fairly routine revenge flick with a minor twist in the identity of Rick's (Al Cliver) character.
A nob of a man is setup by his evil friend and co-worker out of his father's company and thus leads to an encounter with the Russian mafia and dodgy accents and stupid, very stupid plot twists/devices.
The setup it's tricky, inviting you to believe you are going to watch a chilling thriller and suddenly it turns out into the most stupid persecution film.
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre form a strong setup of sinister villainy.
The setup was promising, in the 1920's Cecil B. Demille makes his opus of the Ten Commandments.
An interesting setup, not dissimilar to "lost" it falls flat after the 1st episode.
Even by 1942 standards of movie-making the setup which HER CARDBOARD LOVER presents was dated to the extreme.
A high school comedy setup in a military training camp.
The approach to Altair-4, the starship itself, the landing on the planet's alien surface, the descent via extensor stairs, the first view of the landscape, the approach of the rocket-sled, Dr. Morbius's house seen from without and from within, the underground complex and its wonders, the setup of the weaponry, the battle with the monster, the final approach of the unseen destroyer,the escape from the doomed planet--all these scenes are etched into the viewer's mind because we discover them along with the participants.
And this is just the setup people.
The setup does not tax your patience, the development is steady, the many intertwined relationships are lovingly established, the gags and bits all work and all are funny.
Maybe he was the one that setup the entire thing?! Who knows!
It certainly showed the laborious activities to find locations, setup shots, and capture stark images whose final destinations were art studios worldwide.
After an interesting setup, the film bogs down and does not really deliver on its initial promise, but Altman is always worth a look.
This episode is certainly different than all the other Columbos, though some of the details are still there, the setup is completely different.
She goes to his honeymoon hotel, which is a setup for one of Grant's best bits - he sees her as the elevator is closing and his head follows the door until it closes.
25 minutes into the movie I was still thinking, "who are these people??" - there seemed to be very little character setup or development.
And that's just it - compared to his other films this is just great fun: with Washington and Scott there's a young Halle Berry lookalike, Val Kilmer as Washington's link to the Torchwood-esquire setup he's got going, and that dude you'll inevitably recognise from a load of places, who acts as the in-joke machine (to a smirking Kilmer) with references to Airplane, the classic 'More cowbell' SNL sketch, and godknowswhatelse!
The communist Chinese develop the gumball technology of doom, who's detonation force will "rupture the faults of the earth's surface and setup a chain reaction of explosions when the earth's tension is broken."
You would think the setup of a volcano blowing up at a remote, yet crowded location, leaving a handful of survivors to fend for themselves until they can be safely rescued would be a good one.
Both pieces are anecdotes--a setup by Randall against Dante.
At least in the 2003 film, there were a lot better struggles and chase sequences and at least the setup made more sense.
To sum up, really rather drippy, almost as wet as Morrissey's mustache as he sipped coffee by the Seine in a ludicrous, introspective setup that a teenager would have been embarrassed to have come up with.
It wasn't setup well and the story line was horrible.
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