Rating: Summary: Great catharsis movie... Review: This is one of the few movies I've seen over the past 20 years that I have wanted to walk out of after ten minutes. The story, setting and characters all suck. A creaky script is dragged further through the mud by the clumsy attempts of Jude 'quite posh really" Law to portray a joyriding adolescent, and all action is pedestrian, predictable and cliché-ridden in its presentation. The phenomenon of teenage boys TWOC and driving Volvo estates through shop windows is potentially a great cinema story, but it's not one that is told here. This is a piece of tat which was an embarrassment to British film-making at the time and, next to a genuine criminal caper like "Lock, Stock..." looks like one of the Children's Film Foundation's poorer efforts. Really, don't waste your time on it. I wish I hadn't.
Rating: Summary: Embarrassing Review: This is one of the few movies I've seen over the past 20 years that I have wanted to walk out of after ten minutes. The story, setting and characters all suck. A creaky script is dragged further through the mud by the clumsy attempts of Jude 'quite posh really" Law to portray a joyriding adolescent, and all action is pedestrian, predictable and cliché-ridden in its presentation. The phenomenon of teenage boys TWOC and driving Volvo estates through shop windows is potentially a great cinema story, but it's not one that is told here. This is a piece of tat which was an embarrassment to British film-making at the time and, next to a genuine criminal caper like "Lock, Stock..." looks like one of the Children's Film Foundation's poorer efforts. Really, don't waste your time on it. I wish I hadn't.
Rating: Summary: Cult film in the making. Awesome soundtrack. Review: This is one of those films that you have to watch, if not have. The lo-budget rawness of the acting, nihilistic action and setting really make this one stand out more than anything than Paul Anderson has done (Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat and other big-budget busts).Immediately I was intrigued by the performances of Sadie Frost and Jude Law and by the gritty, post-industrial setting of the Bowery-equivalent of London. Paul Anderson defintely has a knack for picking the best techno soundtracks, remember Mortal Kombat? Go see it and then buy it. It's not even a cult film yet but it will be!
Rating: Summary: good movie - cheap price Review: This review is based on the movie not the DVD since I have not seen the DVD yet. I ordered the DVD based on the following: "Shopping" was directed and written by Paul Anderson (Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat, Soldier). In my opinion it is his best work to date. Jude Law and Sadie Frost are two well crafted actors, I have liked everything they have done. They are a real life couple and have also been in "Love, Honour and Obey" together. Another good movie worth buying, if you have a taste for that UK humour eg: "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch".
Rating: Summary: shopping Review: What can i say this movie is not for most people. It is in a class of its own. It takes guts to make a movie like this. Death,destruction, car chases, cheesey british rock. It almost reminds me of vanishing point meats darkcity its a classic in my book.
Rating: Summary: Great catharsis movie... Review: Wow, I love this flic. This movie has a different feel to it, being made in England probably explains it. The setting reminds me of the Crow, a nice dark world where the younger people dress like later 80's post New Wave people. The techno sound track plays nicely into the intensity of high speed car chases. I watch the character steal nice cars and crash them into nice stores to steal a couple simple items and run off off while being chased by cops. There is something in this movie that really addresses something the early 20's age group have to deal with, finding a reason to grow up. A Great flic...
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