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| Sales Rank: | 228869 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $23.49 |
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| Director: | Geoff Murphy |
| Binding: | DVD |
| ASIN: | B00005TZFW |
| Category: | DVD |
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Customer Reviews
Hollywoodie-ed ...................... - Reviewed on 2008-09-08
It looks great, it's fast-paced, it has good actors, but it's a turkey.
What went wrong?
Firstly, one of those actors - Rene Russo - doesn't have her heart in it. And since she's the love interest, that kills the love story. There's been plenty of negative comment about Mick Jagger in this, but he's fine. It seems most people just can't get their heads around such a famous rock star being an actor.
The major problem is the script, which probably had merit when written, but ended up after the rewrites making very little sense. You can watch this movie and enjoy the ride, but at the end you just ask yourself, "What the hell was that?".
None of it makes much sense. Every scene has been designed as a photo opportunity to make the film's technicians look good on show reels - and they do. But the price paid is to alienate the audience from any identification or lasting enjoyment.
Ultimately,the producers Hollywoodie-ed this one.
Not Bad, but Not Great either - Reviewed on 2006-08-09
Freejack was a bit of a disappointment, considering the makeup of the cast: Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, and Mick Jagger among others, though by no means is it a bad movie.
A race-car driver is teleported out of a deadly crash only to be transported 18 years into the future where things are just a tiny bit different...
In short, the acting is generally pretty good (though nothing great), the setting is above average, while the dialogues and the plot are below average.
The major setbacks are in relation to:
1) The weak plot and especially the weak dialogues, for which the writers are to blame.
2) Mick Jagger is pathetic in this film! Almost as bad were the actors playing the minor/supporting roles.
3) Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins were given terrible lines. What a waste of an AMAZING cast!
Though the potential for a good movie was definitely there it fails to take off, primarily due to the writers.
In a nutshell, it's an ok movie and that's about it; no masterpiece here... Wait till they show it on TV.
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