Reviews by johanlefourbe

Oh dear God… How did I ever ended up watching this flick?!? If I remember correctly, I bought a bundle of movies on dvd and since this movie was included, I thought I might as well give it a try. It is definitely something I should avoid doing the future. I mean, just watch the movie you are interested in and leave the garbage they gave with it from free. Anyway, why was it so bad? Well, where should I start ? The title was just lame to start with , Bridgette Wilson was completely worthless as a so-called ruthless psychopath, the directing was average at best, the story was rather ridiculous and I seriously didn’t care about the whole thing at any point whatsoever. Basically, it really looked like a very bad and very cheap made-for-TV feature. I'm trying to find something positive to say about it but no, I won't find anything. At least, Bridgette Wilson eventually married Pete Sampras a few years later which means that she wouldn’t act anymore to earn a living so that’s something positive, right? Anyway, basically, this movie is pretty bad and you should just avoid it, even if you get it for free like me, go watch something else instead.

I remember perfectly, a really really long time ago, one of my best friends made me watch 'Bean' in the theater. I completely hated it and it became instantly one of the worst movie I have ever seen. So, you could imagine that I wasn't really thrilled when I found out that they were making 10 years later another movie with this character but, somehow, I still ended up watching it. I guess it was some kind of morbid curiosity to find out if it was again as bad as the first installment. The good news is that, I have to admit, it was a little bit better than 'Bean'. The bad news was that it was still pretty bad... Honestly, I have actually nothing against this legendary character, Mr Bean, and I'm sure they could make a decent movie with him but until now, they only made 2 worthless flicks. This time, the beginning was actually bareable but then Bean got stuck with that kid and then the movie got seriously just truly awfull. I mean, you see the joke when the kid get stuck on the train and you think 'That was mean but actually quite funny! Ok, and next?' Next? When the movie should leave the kid in the train, he actually becames the center of the plot...I really couldn't believe it. Anyway, in my opinion, it is a really bad mix of lame comedy and pityfull drama and it is not worth a look whatsoever. Basically, just avoid this.

Obviously, I wasn’t expecting much but since I always had a weak spot for Michelle Pfeiffer , I thought I might as well check it out anyway. To be honest, even though my wife always loved this movie, I wasn't really a huge fan of ‘Grease’ to start with but this sequel was just completely useless. Basically, it is one of those sequels which doesn’t bring any of the characters back and you wonder then what’s in fact the point of the whole thing. Anyway , it was seriously boring and just plain bad. You seriously wonder how Michelle Pfeiffer did manage to recover from this mess and still have one very satisfying career afterwards (the fact that she showed up a year later in ‘Scarface’, one of the most acclaimed movies of the 80’s, might have helped a bit though). At least, Michelle Pfeiffer did try very hard and she was definitely the only redeeming feature in this movie. In fact, I have to admit it, she even had one song which was actually pretty nice. But that's it! Eventually, this was maybe not one of the worst movies I have ever seen but it wasn’t far from it and it is definitely not worth a look, only maybe if you want to check how bad it actually is.

Obviously, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick and I just wanted to check if it was really that bad. In fact, I also wanted to see this because Will Ferrell had a (very) small part in it. Anyway, the whole thing was indeed quite terrible. Basically, it is supposed to be a comedy about gay people but it was so misguided and of course offending, it didn’t really work at all. First of all, can you believe that once upon a time, Cuba Gooding Jr. starred in 'Boyz n hood' and, in the process, became one of the most promising actors of his generation even leading to an Academy Award for his performance in 'Jerry Maguirre'?!? It was, indeed, a very long time ago and now, he shows up only in such terrible and dreadful flics. Such a shame... Considering Roselyn Sanchez and Vivica A. Fox, those were 2 charming ladies and maybe they hoped this comedy would further help their career but it seems that they would remain some B stars forever. To conclude, this movie really lived up to its reputation and it was just really bad, completely worthless and you shouldn't waste your time with this piece of turd.

Out of sheer curiosity, I wanted to watch this flick, since I have seen almost all the movies starring Brad Pitt. Before becoming a huge super-star, Brad Pitt did appear in a few very bad movies and this is definitely one of them. Basically, it is an awkward mix of horror and comedy but it never gets funny or scary at any time. Maybe if you like some very cheesy 80's stuff, you may end up enjoying it more than I did but I doubt it... When watching this, it is really hard to believe that eventually Brad Pitt would become such a deservedly acclaimed actor. Anyway, I thought it was really lame and boring, it is not worth a look whatsoever and you should watch it only if you are a die hard Brad Pitt fan and you absolutely want to see everything he did, even his garbage. Otherwise, you should probably pass on this one.

Obviously, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it was broadcasted on TV, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, to be honest, I think that the first movie is actually one of the most overrated movies ever made so how could I enjoy this prequel which has been labelled as one of the worst movies ever made? Eventually, it was indeed quite terrible. The main issue was that the whole project was so misguided. Indeed, even though I didn’t like the first installment, it was obvious that the biggest assets were Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels and to make another movie about those characters without those guys seemed rather pointless. To be honest, there was actually one scene that me and my step-son really found hilarious. It was that scene when that one guy thinks his bathroom is covered up with shit and starts to shout like crazy. It lasted about 30 seconds and, somehow, we ended up watching this scene 20 times which was rather weird. Anyway, before and after that scene, the whole thing was completely worthless. To conclude, it is pretty much deserves its lousy reputation and it is definitely not worth a look whatsoever and you should pretty much avoid it.

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick so, maybe, I should give it a 2nd chance. On the other hand, since I really didn’t like it at all the first around, I don’t think I’m going to waste even more time with this flick. Indeed, it seems that this movie has quite a solid reputation but, personally, I thought it was actually seriously lame. I don’t know, I guess I'm not a huge fan of all those parodies and I thought it maybe was funny once or twice but I thought that most of it was actually rather boring. I have to admit that I was actually surprised by the amount of nudity displayed, not that I really minded, but it’s not something I would expect from a US production. At least, this movie would be the breakthrough for John Landis would then direct ‘Animal House’ afterwards and, of course, it would also launch the career of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams who would be forever linked to this genre. Anyway, to conclude, I really didn’t like this flick but if you are a fan of this genre, you may end up enjoying it more than I did.

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, eventually, the damned thing  wasn’t as bad as I remembered but it was still seriously weak though. Basically, I have to admit that Cobra himself, some kind of 80’s version of Dirty Harry on steroids, was actually pretty badass but, unfortunately, nothing else in this movie did work though. In fact, Stallone did write the screenplay and, basically, even directed the damned thing himself (Cosmatos was credited as the director but he didn’t have much input after all) so I guess we should blame Stallone for the end-result. On the other hand, they apparently did cut off many scenes to make the damned thing shorter but I doubt that a longer version would have been such an improvement. Anyway, as a result, the plot was fairly idiotic. It was above all quite ridiculous how the main character was blamed by his colleagues when, each time, he did get some of the bad guys which should be proof enough that something major was going on. There was also not a single moment during which they took a breath to explain what was the deal with this army of psychopaths. I probably shouldn't take it too seriously but it's just that it was so damned boring, it was just hard to care about the damned thing. Back in those days, they still believed that Brigitte Nielsen could become a major movie-star and she was still married with Stallone at that time but they didn’t have much chemistry, I’m afraid. Anyway, to conclude, even though the main character was quite charismatic and had some potential, I thought it was a rather lame movie and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except if you really like the genre.