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Summary: Whipped Zed
Review: Film is a pulp fiction type. Very dull and slow in plot development. Bank robbery scene is compelling but also a tired retread. Bottom line is boredom. Not worth the time to watch. save yourself and skip this one. . .
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Summary: SLOW AND DULL
Review: Film is a pulp fiction type. Very dull and slow in plot development. Bank robbery scene is compelling but also a tired retread. Bottom line is boredom. Not worth the time to watch. save yourself and skip this one. . .
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Summary: Good direction, bad plot.
Review: Flashy camera work does not make a good movie. This was never more evident than in Avary's "Killing Zoe." The director is obviously a talented director. As a writer, however, he ignores key elements such as character developement, plot twists, and the most important element in any hiest film: the element of surprise. Despite one scene involving an explosion, "Killing Zoe" is frequently predictable and plain dull. If you want to see a good caper movie check out Tarantino's "Resevoir Dogs" or Kubrick's "The Killing."
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Summary: A Botched Film about a Botched Bank Heist.
Review: Having had Quentin Tarantino on board as Executive Producer, I and Many Others naturally expected "Killing Zoë" to have Tarantino's flare for making the Bad Guys Likeable, the Violence Hard Hitting and the Laughs Jet Black. If you Expected these things, as I did, you Expected Too Much.The Characters are Not Very Likeable, The Violence is Appropriately Hard Hitting and the Laughs are Few and Far Between, this is not to say I didn't Enjoy it, I just Expected more. Eric Stoltz stars a Zed, a Safe Cracker who has Fallen for one of his Hostages. Julie Delpy plays Zoë, the Hostage in Question. Stoltz and Delpy are both Art house Film Favourites, and they Do get audience Sympathy on their side, but they don't really give very Memorable performances. They both lack Expression and Range in these roles, roles that they should have Perfected after playing so many Similar roles in Better Movies. Jean-Hughes Anglade, playing the Drug-fuelled Mastermind of the robbery, gives the Best performance in the film. He plays a Classic Villain who immediately reminded me of Michael Madson's "Mr Blonde" character in the Far Superior Heist film "Reservoir Dogs". Roger Avery's Script and Directing are Far from Great, but they are Adequate. Fans of the genre should at least find Something they like in the film, as it is Full of Ideas that are not fully Realised. One Great Performance, some Tough Gunplay and two Attractive leads do not a Great film make, but I'll still recommend it to Genre fans.
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Summary: Leonard Maltin hit the nail on the head.
Review: I agree with Maltin's review completely, it was disapointing and completly average. Considering films such as "Albino Alligator," "Reservoir Dogs," and "In Harm's Way," "Killing Zoe" is nothing special or worth checking out.
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Summary: WASTE OF TIME
Review: I am no fan of Julie Delpy, but she was the best thing about this movie. The film was plotless and a BIG waste of time. Half of the movie is wasted with a bunch of French characters getting drugged up... and all this wasted time really irritated me and actually angered me. I could not believe I was sitting there watching such stupidity. (I had to sit through it because a friend agreed to watch a movie I recommended if I would do the same). Eric Stoltz could do better than this, but for some reason, here he is in this film about a prostitute (Delpy) who saves the day (at least for Stoltz) after a bank robbery gone bad. If I could give this film ZERO stars, I would. Don't waste a moment of your precious time on this garbage.
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Summary: Absolutely brilliant!
Review: I don`t have the words to describe this movie.I am only 14 years,old.Now is 1999. I have seen the movie a few days ago,and I am still under its spell. I think it was the best thing ever made.EVER. I live in Bosnia,Sarajevo. Unfortunately,I can`t even buy this movie,and I am going to regret it for LIFE.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I felt like I was in the movie. It gave me insight in to the world of drugs and crime and it is a bad bad place. *Spellbinding*
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Summary: Really Great!
Review: I like this way better than "Resevoir Dogs". Eric Stoltz is quite good as an American who travels to Paris for a Bastille Day bank heist. Jean Hughes Anglade is phenomenal as his drug-addled friend. The first half works best but still terrific as a whole. Excellent anamorphic widescreen DVD transfer.
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Summary: Whipped Zed
Review: I really loved this movie but I can't quite figure out why the men in these films are always so whipped and so weak. I mean if you eliminate Julie Delpy's character from this movie then you might have a much more interesting outcome.
How about Eric Stoltz's character gets really into drugs and doesn't fall for stupid Julie cuz she is not even in the movie. Then he and the french guy make a run for it at the end after they have robbed the bank. They kill everyone and get away and then move to some country where they do drugs all the time.
You see, then they would be real criminals.
These movies always give someone who is essentially a criminal a cheap way out. I mean if he's gonna rob the bank he should not be saved just because of some lousy blonde mousy chick who works at the bank. Another killer with a conscience...it just doesn't play well with me
In real life everyone probably would have been killed. I just hate yucky love scenes between icky sweet characters who have just killed like ten people and they are covered in gore and it's all, "Oh darling, I just love you so much!!'
Ugh it's enough to make a man hurl.
Other than that I think this movie is great.
TRUE ROMANCE is much more realistic for a good criminal ROMANCE picture. This movie works completely because the french guys performance is so over the top and crazy.
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