soncoman
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This was a very unpleasant film.
Despite its pretentions of being a female empowerment flick, what it really is a big budget, 21st-century version of a low budget, 1970s filmed-in-the-Philippines "Women in Prison/Peril" grind house movie with a bit of "The Stepford Wives" thrown in for good measure.
An interesting cast - Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment (a looooong way from "The Sixth Sense") and Geena Davis - are slumming in this bit of cinematic trash that exists only to give a female director (Zoë Kravitz) the opportunity to produce the same kind of torture/revenge crud men have been grinding out for years.
The film began with this trigger warning: "Blink Twice" is a psychological thriller about the abuse of power. While this is a fictionalized movie, it contains mature themes and depictions of violence - including sexual violence. This may be upsetting or triggering for some viewers. For resources that offer support..."
That doesn't excuse this film.
Despite its pretentions of being a female empowerment flick, what it really is a big budget, 21st-century version of a low budget, 1970s filmed-in-the-Philippines "Women in Prison/Peril" grind house movie with a bit of "The Stepford Wives" thrown in for good measure.
An interesting cast - Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment (a looooong way from "The Sixth Sense") and Geena Davis - are slumming in this bit of cinematic trash that exists only to give a female director (Zoë Kravitz) the opportunity to produce the same kind of torture/revenge crud men have been grinding out for years.
The film began with this trigger warning: "Blink Twice" is a psychological thriller about the abuse of power. While this is a fictionalized movie, it contains mature themes and depictions of violence - including sexual violence. This may be upsetting or triggering for some viewers. For resources that offer support..."
That doesn't excuse this film.
FINALLY! At long last, someone's gotten around to bring some focus to the untold stories of wealthy, narcissistic gay men and the difficulty they have in processing grief and betrayal. Thank goodness all it takes is a weekend jaunt to Paris, a FABULOUS apartment with a view of the Eiffel Tower, some karaoke, and a ride on a ferris wheel to bring closure to a year of emotional agony.
God only knows how the other 99% deal with such emotional baggage. I mean, ferris wheels are few and far between outside of summer carnival season.
Well, if you can't find a ferris wheel, just sell your house, buy a seaside abode and paint!
God, I loathed this film.
God only knows how the other 99% deal with such emotional baggage. I mean, ferris wheels are few and far between outside of summer carnival season.
Well, if you can't find a ferris wheel, just sell your house, buy a seaside abode and paint!
God, I loathed this film.
Almost unwatchable.
One can imagine Forrie Ackerman saying "I must appear in a movie worse than 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' before I die." and he did.
A true lover of B-movie monsters would never have subjected the surviving "stars" of those films to such dreck. That Ken Tobey manages to maintain some sort of professionalism and dignity is a tribute to him and not the creators of this "film".
It has all the look, charm and technical skill of a 1980's eighth-grade Super 8 film project. It's said you can't set out to make an intentionally bad movie in the hopes it can gain a cult following. These guys prove it.
Larry Buchanan was Orson Welles compared to Mssrs. Berwick and Newsom.
It's a damn shame that so many of the actors from the films that we love have this as their last credit.
A damn shame.
One can imagine Forrie Ackerman saying "I must appear in a movie worse than 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' before I die." and he did.
A true lover of B-movie monsters would never have subjected the surviving "stars" of those films to such dreck. That Ken Tobey manages to maintain some sort of professionalism and dignity is a tribute to him and not the creators of this "film".
It has all the look, charm and technical skill of a 1980's eighth-grade Super 8 film project. It's said you can't set out to make an intentionally bad movie in the hopes it can gain a cult following. These guys prove it.
Larry Buchanan was Orson Welles compared to Mssrs. Berwick and Newsom.
It's a damn shame that so many of the actors from the films that we love have this as their last credit.
A damn shame.