I saw the Tom Tykwer directed "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" and thought, "I must see what else this guy has directed," which led me to "Run Lola Run." I'm not one to shy away from foreign films. Actually, quite the opposite is true. I like the change of pace and different look foreign films offer.
"Run Lola Run" is a German film; the third German film I believe I've watched ("Das Boot" and "Downfall" being the other two). The movie starts off in full throttle. Lola's boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) was on the phone with her in a panic about 100,000 franks he'd lost that belonged to a drug dealer. He had twenty minutes to come up with the money or he was a dead man.
The movie takes us through three different decision paths Lola (Franka Potente) takes and they all involve her running. She desperately tries to reach Manni with either the money or a plan by 12 noon. There's not much she can do in twenty minutes which makes the movie very high stakes.
For such a short movie this was pretty good. You don't get to know Lola really well, but you still commensurate with her. Maybe I'm taken back to her "Bourne Identity" role, hence I want her to succeed, or maybe seeing a woman just jump into action was enough motivation. Whichever it was I was rooting for Lola.
"Run Lola Run" is a German film; the third German film I believe I've watched ("Das Boot" and "Downfall" being the other two). The movie starts off in full throttle. Lola's boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) was on the phone with her in a panic about 100,000 franks he'd lost that belonged to a drug dealer. He had twenty minutes to come up with the money or he was a dead man.
The movie takes us through three different decision paths Lola (Franka Potente) takes and they all involve her running. She desperately tries to reach Manni with either the money or a plan by 12 noon. There's not much she can do in twenty minutes which makes the movie very high stakes.
For such a short movie this was pretty good. You don't get to know Lola really well, but you still commensurate with her. Maybe I'm taken back to her "Bourne Identity" role, hence I want her to succeed, or maybe seeing a woman just jump into action was enough motivation. Whichever it was I was rooting for Lola.