Wednesday, July 12, 2006
A Scanner Darkly
Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Rider, and Woody Harrelson star in this dismal look into the near future where the war on drugs appears to be lost. Follow the paranoid journey of a group of druggies as they are pursued by the narcs in their “scramble suits”. The gimmick of this movie is interpolating rotoscope. In layman’s terms, it’s a process which looks like paint-by-numbers has been applied to live action film. It’s interesting at first, but hard to watch for 100 minutes. Maybe being under the influence is necessary before you can truly appreciate this movie about Substance D. This film is rated “R” for language, drug use, and nudity. It is based on a book by Phillip K. Dick, whose other stories inspired other movies like “Blade Runner”, “Total Recall”, “Paycheck”, and “Minority Report”.
Alien gives it 1 ½ “desertion, despair, doom, and death” stars out of 4.
Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Rider, and Woody Harrelson star in this dismal look into the near future where the war on drugs appears to be lost. Follow the paranoid journey of a group of druggies as they are pursued by the narcs in their “scramble suits”. The gimmick of this movie is interpolating rotoscope. In layman’s terms, it’s a process which looks like paint-by-numbers has been applied to live action film. It’s interesting at first, but hard to watch for 100 minutes. Maybe being under the influence is necessary before you can truly appreciate this movie about Substance D. This film is rated “R” for language, drug use, and nudity. It is based on a book by Phillip K. Dick, whose other stories inspired other movies like “Blade Runner”, “Total Recall”, “Paycheck”, and “Minority Report”.
Alien gives it 1 ½ “desertion, despair, doom, and death” stars out of 4.
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