I thought the movie was funny also action packed towards the end of the show. I think all the actors did a great job and looking forward to seeing the next film. Reggie Stephens didn't produce the the song In the wrong hands in fact he didn't produce not one track on that sound track!!!! Raw Green produced the theme song and other tracks along with Tug Bout" rest in peace". So now you know Reggie Stephens is a liar and a theif with no talent climbing up on other people talent to try and make a name for himself, PATHETIC!!!!!
3 Reviews
Uneven film, but shows some good flashes...
CineMikey19 August 2002
Decent effort for a production that looked like it operated on a limited budget. My main problem was that for the first 2/3 of the flick, I was being sold a pretty decent character story, which ended up with a bunch of action sequences. Not that they were bad (though the gunfight at the end was confusing) but it was like they kind of jumped over some decent story just so they could shoot off guns and blow up stuff.
The movie is half in Farsi (Persian) and half in English, but it is subtitled where necessary, so it isn't that confusing. It gets slow at times, but overall, it is worth watching. It ain't Chinatown, but I have seen worse. There are a couple of the actors who should invest their checks in some lessons, but aside from that it does show some flashes, as I said.
I don't know if I would pay to see it again, but I have to admit there were things about the movie that stood out when I left, and I can't say that about a lot of movies I have seen that were made for a lot more money.
The movie is half in Farsi (Persian) and half in English, but it is subtitled where necessary, so it isn't that confusing. It gets slow at times, but overall, it is worth watching. It ain't Chinatown, but I have seen worse. There are a couple of the actors who should invest their checks in some lessons, but aside from that it does show some flashes, as I said.
I don't know if I would pay to see it again, but I have to admit there were things about the movie that stood out when I left, and I can't say that about a lot of movies I have seen that were made for a lot more money.
This is Just A Bad Movie...
IndieKing25 April 2003
Warning: Spoilers
No establishing shots, extremely bad acting (with a couple of notable exceptions), a lot of hokey dialogue and the direction was awful, which probably explains why the directorial credit is Alan Smithee
There are big jumps in story, weak events that set up major plot points, and I did i mention the acting? The two romantic leads are just stiff and lifeless.
That being said, there are a couple of cool scenes, one is a backroom gangster crib, a la the Sopranos, and the other is in the back parlor of a club with a different group of gangsters. if the story had been about them, it would have been far more interesting.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
The big finale in the movie is a car chase and a shootout. Too bad there is no sense of who is chasing whom or where they are going. In the shootout, people appear out of nowhere, and we have no idea who is on what side until the end.
I know this movie got a little play because it was post-9/11 with themes about the Afghan community in Los Angeles, but come on. Maybe the reason the Taliban banned art was junk like this... Sheesh.
There are big jumps in story, weak events that set up major plot points, and I did i mention the acting? The two romantic leads are just stiff and lifeless.
That being said, there are a couple of cool scenes, one is a backroom gangster crib, a la the Sopranos, and the other is in the back parlor of a club with a different group of gangsters. if the story had been about them, it would have been far more interesting.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
The big finale in the movie is a car chase and a shootout. Too bad there is no sense of who is chasing whom or where they are going. In the shootout, people appear out of nowhere, and we have no idea who is on what side until the end.
I know this movie got a little play because it was post-9/11 with themes about the Afghan community in Los Angeles, but come on. Maybe the reason the Taliban banned art was junk like this... Sheesh.
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