Reviews

Always liked this movie for some of the hilarious stuff it contained with the sharp, biting satire about corporate life and the treachery and ultra selfishness that world embraces and encourages by its very nature. Fun to see Rick Moranis in this after his SCTV years and I enjoy the typically deadpan Judge Reinhold comedy style in this movie. LMAO at some scenes in this movie when it first came out but I think the humor today is harder to enjoy by the current batch of folks who never experienced the '80s as teens or adults. Thus, the comedy might be somewhat dated by today's standards, but I still enjoy this movie even now. Overall, I still think this movie is better than most reviews that give it a paltry 3-4 stars out of 10. IMHO it deserves an 8...

Saw this film in '73 at a dingy cheapo type theater near L.A. City College and was mesmerized by it on a number of levels. This film seems to embody the times and the anti-society feel of our generation as no one within the "system" can be trusted for a millisecond due to their spineless acceptance of the status quo and the inherently corrupt system that pays their bills and gives them validity. Robert Blake was at his best in this film as he seemed to be the quintessential anti-hero who slowly awakens to the rottenness around him and eventually realizes he can only count on his own judgment and sense of right and wrong in a perverted and unjust world. The film has lots of quirky and odd-ball characters and the setting is dingy and gritty while still revealing the basic self-centered instincts that inhabit all of humankind regardless of social position. This is a wonderfully quirky film and magnificently dusty, dirty, and gritty while still encapsulating all the Shakespearean foibles of human nature on a realistic and often petty scale.

I first saw this film in 1971 and it made an indelible mark on my 18yr old mind. I still love this film today, over 40 yrs later! It is so Orwellian in its premise and perspective and many aspects of the drab, ultra-controlled society portrayed in the movie seems to be coming closer and closer to reality today. As we Americans slowly lose more and more of our individual and personal freedoms with each passing decade, the nightmarish society Lucas presented in this movie seems to be descending upon us. The relatively new technological advances displayed in THX like holographic people and non-stop video monitoring of every aspect of an individual's life, have come true today and more seems to be on the way. So too does the intrusion of the government influence into every aspect of our daily lives on almost every level control our behavior and habits as individuals and members of society. The cost/benefit analysis of police pursuits near the end of the movie are a reality we already face in many ways as a society. Everything seems to be a cost/benefit analysis today, from our health care provider systems to the wars we now engage in and how we as Americans view the world....If anything it seems Lucas' THX1138 is even MORE relevant today than it was when first released! Loved this film in 1971 and love it today!

It is really Hard to add any more to all the comments already posted. I agree 100% with most. Just a masterpiece from start to finish and so much is going on here on so many levels that I don't know where to start. This is a movie about the human condition, a bit of Shakespeare, a bit of Aescheles, a bit of Kafka, a bit of Conrad, a bit of Euripides, a bit of Freud, a bit of Homer, all thrown in here in a dynamic soup using the Vietnam war as the backdrop and the catalyst and engine driving it all forward...what a great film! And it gets better and MORE relevant as time goes by. It still moves me after 35 years! Simply a Masterpiece of storytelling and cinematic art! Thank you Mr Cimino for this film!