Runtime:
85 minutes
Directed
by: Greg Marcks
Starring:
Henry Thomas, Barbara Hershey, Hilary Swank, Rachael Leigh Cook
From:
Media 8 Entertainment
Yep,
another movie featuring Rachael; I figured today was the perfect time
to post this (I watched this the night before; I'll explain tomorrow
night why I wasn't able to watch this today and then post it
tonight.) You see, today Rachael turns 33. She definitely does not
look her age (something I can sympathize with) but it's true. As it's
her birthday, I figured it would be perfect to talk about one of her
films which I hadn't seen before.
It
was a movie I had seen some .gifs of, the sort of .gifs that would
appeal to me. I finally sat down and watched this film, and yep I did
enjoy it more than for the reasons you'd suspect me for enjoying
this. I mean, I just presumed this was mainly a drama but after
giving it a view it's a real dark comedy. Sure, there are dramatic
situations you see but there's a lot of pitch-black humor. That
caught me off-guard but that was a big part why I dug this so much;
not just it being a black comedy, but also that a lot of it is really
funny, at least to a sick SOB like me.
The
plot: A car crash happens at 11:14 PM and you look at five different
people to see that many events happened to come together to allow for
a lot more to happen than just one simple random accident. You see
all five people cross each other's paths throughout while things are
divided into five segments. What you see includes a convenience
store, a graveyard (more on that in a bit), Patrick Swayze with his
golden retriever pal, old donuts, and burning books. There's a lot
more but I don't really want to spoil a whole lot as a big part of
the film is watching it and figuring out how all the pieces fit
together. There are surprises, that is for sure. It's the type of
movie to see more than once, for sure.
I
will reveal one thing to give a hint as to what sort of film this is.
Pretty much all the characters you see aren't all that great as human
beings and don't always do the right thing. Even Rachael (as Cheri;
her parents are Swayze and Hershey; awesome) fits in that category.
For example, she has sex with a guy... in a cemetery! No kidding. How
that scene ends... it's a horrific thing but man did I laugh my ass
off. You see things like that throughout, including one guy who has
something really bad happen to his genitals, and in a rather
astounding way. Like I said, dark stuff, but I dug it all and even if
a different dame had played Cheri I'd rate this real highly. In
hindsight, I should have seen this earlier in the year, but at least
I got to write a little about a quality film that Ms. Cook appeared
in. And what a memorable role. She doesn't wear much in the way of
clothing, her boobs hanging out of her shirt. And during the sex
scene, those boobs bouncing up and down in a rhythmic fashion...
something I won't soon forget!
I'll
be back tomorrow night.
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