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Actually, not THAT bad.

posted 15 years ago by timmyatl
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I had read the IMDb boards prior to seeing this movie on Encore. I saw it was coming on so I figured I would watch it and laugh at how bad it was. Being a student filmmaker myself, I enjoy watching sub-par films and picking out which lines I would change and things I would do differently, so that's what I expected to do here. But once it started, granted, there were a few cheesy lines but the storyline was surprisingly watchable. I found myself watching it 30 and then 40 minutes in and saying... well, this isn't THAT bad.. despite the occasional poor line delivery and corny writing. Granted, I have not seen Crank which is what everyone says this film rips off of. Chances are if I had seen Crank it would make this movie look alot worse. But either way I watched it through 'till the end and I have to say, overall, it was not as bad as I thought it would be judging by some of these "WORST MOVIE EVER" posts. I have DEFINITELY seen worse movies than this without a doubt. It's safe to say pretty much any film by Ulli Lommel is worse than this. So, I suggest before dismissing it that you at least give it a run through. I'd give it around a 5.5/10

[–] fission235 15 years ago

Having just watched this film on Encore, my reaction is that there may be worse films, but I can't recall them. While purists may have differing opinions concerning the technical elements of filmmaking, this film's essential failure is the core element of plot structure. Whatever suspension of disbelief that the main plot created was totally destroyed by the ending elements. Although not a great film by any measure, "Bachelor Party Vegas" handles a similar plot stucture in a much more reasonable way.

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