I really had high hopes for this movie, I've never heard of it before, but the name began popping up everywhere lately, plus with a cast like Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Willem DaFoe and David Cronenberg directing it sounded like a good one that I must have missed in theaters. Now I know why I never heard of it, this one bit-the-big-one. It was a complete bore and all the actors seemed so unenthused about their roles the only person who actually seemed into this movie was Dafoe or maybe it's just because he's such a good actor he can pull stuff like this off.
Yes, I did understand the concept that it completely takes place inside a cyber-game and the reason for all the CHEESY acting is because just like any game; all the characters are supposed to be one-dimensional except of course the hero and heroin of this movie but only up until the end and then for some reason they become flat characters. But it doesn't mean I could handle it, especially if you take in consideration that a lot of the characters where also real people playing the game. The storyline was a pitiful attempt to take something simple and try to make it more deep and heavy, but if you take a step back and look at the whole, it could've easily been done in your standard ½ hour segment of The Twilight Zone or if they really wanted to push it, in a full hour of The Outer Limits, but to make this story a complete, full length movie and then expect people to actually pay for it . HELL NO!
Please, take this review as a warning to all others who see this movie at your local video store, DON'T BOTHER! It's lame, it boring, with a ½ hour left in the movie, my wife turned to me and said this was the worst movie she'd ever scene, she even thought it was worse than Starship Troopers and Pitch Black, and you know what, I felt guilty because it was the truth and we'll never be able to get back that hour and half of hour life.
Yes, I did understand the concept that it completely takes place inside a cyber-game and the reason for all the CHEESY acting is because just like any game; all the characters are supposed to be one-dimensional except of course the hero and heroin of this movie but only up until the end and then for some reason they become flat characters. But it doesn't mean I could handle it, especially if you take in consideration that a lot of the characters where also real people playing the game. The storyline was a pitiful attempt to take something simple and try to make it more deep and heavy, but if you take a step back and look at the whole, it could've easily been done in your standard ½ hour segment of The Twilight Zone or if they really wanted to push it, in a full hour of The Outer Limits, but to make this story a complete, full length movie and then expect people to actually pay for it . HELL NO!
Please, take this review as a warning to all others who see this movie at your local video store, DON'T BOTHER! It's lame, it boring, with a ½ hour left in the movie, my wife turned to me and said this was the worst movie she'd ever scene, she even thought it was worse than Starship Troopers and Pitch Black, and you know what, I felt guilty because it was the truth and we'll never be able to get back that hour and half of hour life.