What hasn't been said about "The Keep." - Well, "It's a great picture" for one."
Scott Glenn gives an all time nadir of a performance. He's as wooden as the 'special' effects.
Ian McKellen struggles to hide his embarrassment.
Gabriel Byrne, by the end of the film, can't even be bothered to look too scared of the 7 foot demon (but then again who can blame him!)
Jürgen Prochnow plays Jürgen Prochnow superbly
Alberta Watson is from Canada.
I mean why nobody comments about Scott Glenn's purple eyes. You might think somebody might. And then there's Dr. Theodore Cuza's (Ian M) extraordinary recovery to good health that nobody seems to notice until the last twenty minutes. No wonder the Third Reich lost World War II. They all have terrible eyesight!
The musical score seems to have been mixed up with a different film (Risky Business perhaps) and manages to totally blow away any atmosphere. Which is a shame, because the film struggles to grab any as it is.
The dialogue, when it does appear, ranges for provocative to outright toe cringing. And then there's the fact that half of the film seems dedicated to watching Scott Glenn cross the country side on a motorbike in a half hearted Great Escape rip-off.
But the premise is good. Perhaps even the basis of the Castle Wolfenstein series of games. Nazis, black arts, demons let out of their prison.... you get the idea. So much promise, piddled down the drain of 1980's art over substance.
Perhaps, in the future, some brave new director may remake this (as Michael Mann re-directed L.A. Takedown' as his immortal classic Heat') only include a few non-essential extras such as a coherent plot, a script, atmosphere and the odd surprise.
You can only hope.
Scott Glenn gives an all time nadir of a performance. He's as wooden as the 'special' effects.
Ian McKellen struggles to hide his embarrassment.
Gabriel Byrne, by the end of the film, can't even be bothered to look too scared of the 7 foot demon (but then again who can blame him!)
Jürgen Prochnow plays Jürgen Prochnow superbly
Alberta Watson is from Canada.
I mean why nobody comments about Scott Glenn's purple eyes. You might think somebody might. And then there's Dr. Theodore Cuza's (Ian M) extraordinary recovery to good health that nobody seems to notice until the last twenty minutes. No wonder the Third Reich lost World War II. They all have terrible eyesight!
The musical score seems to have been mixed up with a different film (Risky Business perhaps) and manages to totally blow away any atmosphere. Which is a shame, because the film struggles to grab any as it is.
The dialogue, when it does appear, ranges for provocative to outright toe cringing. And then there's the fact that half of the film seems dedicated to watching Scott Glenn cross the country side on a motorbike in a half hearted Great Escape rip-off.
But the premise is good. Perhaps even the basis of the Castle Wolfenstein series of games. Nazis, black arts, demons let out of their prison.... you get the idea. So much promise, piddled down the drain of 1980's art over substance.
Perhaps, in the future, some brave new director may remake this (as Michael Mann re-directed L.A. Takedown' as his immortal classic Heat') only include a few non-essential extras such as a coherent plot, a script, atmosphere and the odd surprise.
You can only hope.