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Valentine (DVD) |
| Date: |
23/04/01 (22 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Nice women, nice sexy bits.
Disadvantages: The end SUCKED.
I was really looking forward to this one. It has gotten quite a bit of publicity in terms of trailers, and bus posters, and it had Davic Boreanaz in it and Denise Richards. Cool!
The movie starts out showing a kid at a school dance asking girls to dance. The kid is ugly, and naturally is rejected. One girl however does accept his offer, and he even gets a snog for his trouble, but when they're spotted by some other kids, they ask the girl if she's been attacked. And she replies that yes, the pervert attacked her. The ugly kid is beaten up, and then we leap froward in time to when they're all grown up.
The film plot initially is OK, the murders all follow one after the other, we all know it is probably the kid who was rejected by these pretty women. The problem is that it is hard to believe that any of the men presented to us could be the killer, even WITH plastic surgery. You rapidly discount them and come up with the prime suspect.
The death scenes are OK, and suspense is also OK. One murder scene takes place in an art exhibition, in a maze of screens talking about love, and the use of a bow and arrow in a film called Halloween is amusing, and works well, but the others are mediocre affairs.
I was surprised this film only got a 15, quite a bit of swearing and some nice sex scenes (nothing hardcore, no nipples or anything, but still quite raunchy for a 15). Amusing in places, but lacks from any empathy with the characters.
The problem is the end sequence. The party is OK, and it works, but then suddenly the film just ends, the party empties, and our Survivor survives, and the last other victim's fall into the murderer's hands happen off screen.
It's annoying. The ending made me hate this film, which is a shame. There is no explanation as to how he managed to escape detection, and a previous statement and situation makes it seem improbable (for those of you who have seen the film, I'm
talking about the scene in the police station when one of our victims vouches for the murderer's credentials.)
The ending irritated me so much I moaned all the way home.
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- 23/04/01 You have to admit that after knowing someone for three years you would hone in on the fact that you had never met their parents in any capacity (not even spoke to them on the phone?). It's not really likely is it? Or is she just criminally negligent? You would want to meet the person's friends and family and learn EVERYTHING about them when you're in love.
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- 23/04/01 At the police station she doesnt really say anything that means he cant be the killer, she says he has parents, but she never says she has met them, as they live miles away. So he has a nice job and shes known him for a long time, doesnt stop him being a serial killer.
Nice review. |
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