Dario, Dario, wherefore art thou Dario? As I eagerly await Argento’s next film, I thought I’d take a gander at the film that was supposed to put him over the top in North America, and instead sat unseen on this side of the pond until it was dumped on video in 1985. Of course, I’m talking about Inferno (1980), the sequel to his surprise hit Suspiria (1977), which took the world by the color form collar. Inferno did not have the same impact upon its release, but it is a very effective exercise in style trumping substance.
Twentieth Century Fox co-ponied up $3,000,000 dollars in the hopes of another smash (they also distributed Suspiria), but a changing of the guard stateside is a likely reason for the five year shelving. A pity then; while it can’t match Suspiria’s sustained delirium, Inferno does offer up beautiful nightmares like only Dario can.
Twentieth Century Fox co-ponied up $3,000,000 dollars in the hopes of another smash (they also distributed Suspiria), but a changing of the guard stateside is a likely reason for the five year shelving. A pity then; while it can’t match Suspiria’s sustained delirium, Inferno does offer up beautiful nightmares like only Dario can.
- 7/18/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Titles don't get much more to the point than Young Violent Dangerous, and it's about two thirds accurate to boot. The protagonists are relatively young, and the things that they do are violent, but anything at all dangerous is buried underneath a sludge of hyper-real dramatics and hopelessly dated soundtrack cues. Any modern entertainment value that the film has will probably derive from that, but it never sharpens its teeth enough to get any real bite.
Mario (Stefano Patrizi), Giovanni (Benjamin Lev), and Luigi (Max Delys) wave guns around and rob gas stations for the only reason they could really understand: it's fun, they look good enough doing it, and it might get them girls, even if one of their girls, Lea (Eleonora Giorgi), is ready to hand them over to the cops for their own good. They are a perfect embodiment of everything the elderly always feared about the youthful,...
Mario (Stefano Patrizi), Giovanni (Benjamin Lev), and Luigi (Max Delys) wave guns around and rob gas stations for the only reason they could really understand: it's fun, they look good enough doing it, and it might get them girls, even if one of their girls, Lea (Eleonora Giorgi), is ready to hand them over to the cops for their own good. They are a perfect embodiment of everything the elderly always feared about the youthful,...
- 3/15/2012
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Hop – Russell Brand, James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins
Insidious – Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Source Code – Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
Movie of the Week
Source Code
The Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
The Plot: A soldier (Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.
The Buzz: Source Code looks to be a Quantum Leap meets Groundhog Day sci-fi action romp. 35 seconds into the film’s trailer, I half expected Jake Gyllenhaal to utter, “oh boy.” He instead exclaims, “no, no, no, no,” as if to echo my thoughts exactly — I don’t want to see Gyllenhaal act the same “stop the terrorist on the train” scene, over and over and over again.
I have a strong feeling that this...
Hop – Russell Brand, James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins
Insidious – Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Source Code – Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
Movie of the Week
Source Code
The Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
The Plot: A soldier (Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.
The Buzz: Source Code looks to be a Quantum Leap meets Groundhog Day sci-fi action romp. 35 seconds into the film’s trailer, I half expected Jake Gyllenhaal to utter, “oh boy.” He instead exclaims, “no, no, no, no,” as if to echo my thoughts exactly — I don’t want to see Gyllenhaal act the same “stop the terrorist on the train” scene, over and over and over again.
I have a strong feeling that this...
- 3/30/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
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