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Sorted (2000)
More camp than Glastonbury
*possible spoilers*
Forget Sorted as a serious analysis of club culture and you may find some entertainment. Admittedly I wasn't aware of this when I sat down to watch it, which is why I was left with that feeling of "have these people ever SEEN the inside of a nightclub?!!"
Quite obviously, they haven't.
Tim Curry - complete with cigarette holder, velvet smoking jacket etc - camps it up to another dimension, with classic gut-laughing lines like "administer the heroin - then return her to the citadel..". Oh sure, he's woeful but you can't help laughing. And some of the unlikely drug taking scenes too bear all the hallmarks of those who have no idea. "I love you, have you got any water" being a case in point.
Oh and what was the point of the dead brother being Tim Vincent? Using a photo was certainly an original way of getting a 'celebrity' into the movie without paying them a bean.
Hilarious! ...2/5
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Lost at sea
I've just had the unfortunate mispleasure of sitting through Speed II and it really is as bad as they say.
The biggest disappointment of all is Willem Dafoe: always been a huge fan and felt he's been understretched, but it's hard to imagine him doing this for anything other than money. A tightly-written character study it ain't.
The only good thing I can say about it is I thought the CGI was very well done - often it can look a bit plastic, but it was slick as oil here. (hah!) Still, with $100+ million dollars thrown at it there'd have been a public enquiry if it hadn't looked good.
'Speed' is far superior, and whilst essentially a silly movie at least that had charm. The performances here are faxed in and there are no surprises. If Jason Patric could be any more wooden he'd need varnishing.
True Story: I was supposed to go out and not see the film at all but my friend had an eye infection which meant he had to sit in an unlit room with his eyes closed. So I watched Speed II instead. And I actually envied his inability to see. 'Nuff said.