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An excellent version of Shakespeare's most violent play. I noticed that a lot of people don't seem to like Shakespeare, including myself at one time or another. But, after reading many of his plays and seeing the movie and stage versions, I would have to say that this is the best version by far. For those of you who do not know the story, it is about a young Scottish nobleman, who vies for the throne of Scotland and is driven on by his power hungry wife. He eventually kills the king and takes the throne but all of this is for naught, for three witches prophesy his death.The most violent play I've ever seen is shown here in all it's brutal and fantastic glory. Roman Polanski, a director of some masterpieces of his own including Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, helms the project here with brutal and magnificent direction. This is probably because his wife was killed by members of the Charles Manson clan two years before. It has all the ingredients of a great film including fantastic camera work, and great acting by Jon Finch as the title character and Francesca Annis as his conniving wife. You might be interested in this one because it's more like Polanski than Shakespeare.
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An extreme case of bad movie making shows up here in this gross and awfully stupid film. This film was notorious for being trashed in advance by Stephen King, the author of the first novel and film. The story revolves around a kid, played by Edward Furlong (Brainscan), who just lost his mother to a horrible accident and has moved to the same town where the first one took place. You really don't need to know much more than that because it's the same old story. The film makers try and find grisly ways for people (and animals) to die and bring them back to life to do what? To kill more people! Not much of a surprise there. Clancy Brown might have been the guy to save this sinking ship of a movie, as the local sheriff brought back from the dead, but even he can't stay afloat all the mean-spirited feeling of the entire movie.
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You'll have to look far and wide to find a movie this weird. The film stars Christian Slater in an excellent performance as a young man who worships Elvis and works in a comic book store and finds love in the oddest of places. Detroit. The love he finds is in the form of a young call-girl played by Patricia Arquette (Rosanna's younger sister) with a lot of charm and wit. This is a very violent movie but also a very funny one, so it's no surprise that the story was written by "Pulp Fiction" director Quentin Tarantino. Slater and Arquette go on a series of wild and crazy adventures before they find the home of there dreams.There are some excellent supporting characters including Gary Oldman of "JFK" as a pimp, Brad Pitt as a stoned-out doper, Dennis Hopper as Slater's father and Christopher Walken as an extremely evil mob boss. The only flaw is that it's a little too flashy for it's own good. It's definitely in the Tarantino vein.
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Quentin Tarantino's first film ever is great from start to finish. The story involves the members of a bank heist that goes wrong. After that, the surviving members make their way back to their hideout and start to wonder if there is a informer among the group. The film doesn't boast big stars except maybe for Harvey Keitel or big-budget sets. Most of it takes place at the gang's hideout. Still, the actors give it their personal best and there are enough Pulp Fiction type lines and characters to keep it going.P.S., Tarantino has a small part in the film as one of the gang.
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