I bought this DVD cos it starred Malcolm McDowell, a well respected actor - I watched the DVD trailer to fill me in on the plot - I needn't have bothered - there wasn't one!
Malcolm must have fallen on hard times to even associate his name with this movie - it appears to have won some awards, however they were Canadian and not exactly Oscars The plot was actually pretty transparent and you could almost see the next alleged "twist" waiting in the wings to enter Stage Left The whole thing was very disappointing and there were a few comedy stereotypes to amuse you - I don't think they were intended to be amusing but the performances were more contrived and wooden than Pinnochio This struck me as a very very poor version of the Hannibal Lecter series but was spoilt even more by poor old Malcolm having to read out his thoughts to set scenes etc - this is a cop-out for poor low-budget filmmakers I suppose I should have realised this was an awful film as it was in the sale bin at my superstore for the huge price of 99p !!
Malcolm must have fallen on hard times to even associate his name with this movie - it appears to have won some awards, however they were Canadian and not exactly Oscars The plot was actually pretty transparent and you could almost see the next alleged "twist" waiting in the wings to enter Stage Left The whole thing was very disappointing and there were a few comedy stereotypes to amuse you - I don't think they were intended to be amusing but the performances were more contrived and wooden than Pinnochio This struck me as a very very poor version of the Hannibal Lecter series but was spoilt even more by poor old Malcolm having to read out his thoughts to set scenes etc - this is a cop-out for poor low-budget filmmakers I suppose I should have realised this was an awful film as it was in the sale bin at my superstore for the huge price of 99p !!
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