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Summary: Avid Stallone Fan, but...
Review: ...this movie really stunk. I'm keeping it, though, because I am a huge Stallone fan.
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Summary: Yo Adrian! Dere's a killer on da loose!
Review: Another thriller/ slash trash movie from the director of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and starring Hollywood's greatest method actor Sylvester "Wam ham slam!" Stallone.
After his wife is brutally slain by a psychotic driller killer, FBI agent Sly attends a Detox center for burnt out action heroes... uh, I mean cops; which just happens to be located in a remote mountain area. Predictably they get snowed in and after other patients start getting murdered, Sly comes to the brilliant conclusion that there is a maniac loose in the center. D-TOX is a lot better than DRIVEN but there's still awful dialogue. ie. Cop to Sly: "Whatsa matter Malloy?, ya used to be one of us before you became a Fed". There is also an impaling scene stolen directly from Stallone's CLIFFHANGER. But dat's jist some DAY-ZHA-VOO know what I'm sayin'? Still, things could be worse. At least he hasn't made ROCKY 6... yet.
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Summary: MYOPIC
Review: EYE SEE YOU starts out pretty good, offering us a weird serial killer after cops. Then it goes off its beam a little, including a puzzling scene where Stallone shoots a man hanging, with duct tape over his mouth. Did they think this was the serial killer? Got me. Anyway switch to a remote detox clinic in Wyoming (actually a beautifully filmed British Columbia) run by the lifeless Kris Kristofferson. Here Stallone is joined by a series of cops who are also suffering their personal demons: Robert Patrick is an obnoxious beefed up bore; Robert Prosky brings a little dignity to his role as an aging cop who supposedly deserted his partner who got killed; Sean Patrick Flannery in a brief but intense role as a cop who witnessed an explosion that killed 20+ children; Christopher Fulford as a British cop with a fear of the dark; Courtney B. Vance who spoke so soft I'm not sure what his role was, other than being the "religious one". Jeremy Wright and Ms. Alvarado were wasted in non-dimensional roles. Polly Walker was pretty as Jenny, although her range was limited. Charles S. Dutton played every cop you've ever seen including Dennis Franz. And why Tom Berenger as a handyman? Director Gillepsie did everything he could to point the murder finger at Berenger.
So what's good? Stallone, amazingly, does a pretty convincing job, a low-key but intense portrayal. The cinematography is gorgeous, giving the winter scenery both a breathtaking beauty and an ominous evil. And the finale is very well executed.
So overall, you could do worse....it's entertaining most of the time.
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Summary: MYOPIC
Review: EYE SEE YOU starts out pretty good, offering us a weird serial killer after cops. Then it goes off its beam a little, including a puzzling scene where Stallone shoots a man hanging, with duct tape over his mouth. Did they think this was the serial killer? Got me. Anyway switch to a remote detox clinic in Wyoming (actually a beautifully filmed British Columbia) run by the lifeless Kris Kristofferson. Here Stallone is joined by a series of cops who are also suffering their personal demons: Robert Patrick is an obnoxious beefed up bore; Robert Prosky brings a little dignity to his role as an aging cop who supposedly deserted his partner who got killed; Sean Patrick Flannery in a brief but intense role as a cop who witnessed an explosion that killed 20+ children; Christopher Fulford as a British cop with a fear of the dark; Courtney B. Vance who spoke so soft I'm not sure what his role was, other than being the "religious one". Jeremy Wright and Ms. Alvarado were wasted in non-dimensional roles. Polly Walker was pretty as Jenny, although her range was limited. Charles S. Dutton played every cop you've ever seen including Dennis Franz. And why Tom Berenger as a handyman? Director Gillepsie did everything he could to point the murder finger at Berenger.
So what's good? Stallone, amazingly, does a pretty convincing job, a low-key but intense portrayal. The cinematography is gorgeous, giving the winter scenery both a breathtaking beauty and an ominous evil. And the finale is very well executed.
So overall, you could do worse....it's entertaining most of the time.
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Summary: How the mighty have fallen!
Review: First of all, i want to say that i was a stallone fan for many years but sadly his decisions(apparently deciding to retire from action films and refusing a 20 million dollar paycheck)after the great 1996 film DAYLIGHT left somewhat to be desired.Stallone was a great action hero and i looked forward to his high profile movies(usually 2 each year)but now stallone is just a shadow of himself and his latest films have not been up to pass quality and standards.After viewing this EYE SEE YOU film,its not at all hard to understand why it was on the self for so long.Finished in 1999,it was only released outside the important usa/canada market in ....2002!This is simply a sad piece of violent filmmaking with very few bright spots which truely deserved to be unsuccessful and its another faux pas in stallone s career.
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Summary: Eye Know What You Did Last Winter
Review: First, the good points: Excellent performances by Stallone and Robert Patrick; able supporting cast; offbeat, interesting setting; good production values.Now, the bad points: Everything else. The story never quite gels; the sound level on much of the dialog is extremely low; the violence is overly gruesome yet at the same time unaffecting; the net result is basically unbelieveable and therefore lacking any real suspense. It seems like there should be a much better movie here somwhere, but it just never shows up. It's clear why this was never released theatrically in the United States.
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Summary: An underrated gem
Review: For some weird reason, this movie opened in theatres down here in Mexico some months ago , skipping tha opening in the USA for reasons that only the distributors know. Maybe they think that it is too mediocre or even bad to risk money promoting it. Well, the movie is not bad at all. It is actually pretty good; it doesn't try to reinvent the genre or to be the most original flick of the decade, but there are still great things about it. The biggest quality of it is that it stars Mr. Sylvester Stallone. He is a legend, he has a strong cinematographic persona, and it is obvious that he made an effort in this one. He plays a burnt out cop, a fed who hasn't been able to catch a serial killer, a cop killer. It is understood that he is not a superhero, he is a regular cop, someone who has problems doing his job (don't we all?), he hasn't been able to do what he was supposed to do, and when the killer focuses on him and the one he loves (Michael Corleone said: when they come for you, they come for what you love), he just breaks. He splits. He's then sent to rehab, in the mountains. What a surprise that, in the rehab center, there's a killer doing his own. It doesn't sound very original, I know, but check Sly out: he lost a lot of weight to play the part, his eyes tell you how really hurt he is, how much he has suffered, how desperate he is. Please, give him a chance. I do believe that it is us the fans who must support the guys who have given us so much fun all these years. Buy the DVD, recommend it, you will NOT regret it.
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Summary: More like 3 1/2 stars. Perfectly adequate.
Review: I didn't feel like this movie quite deservered 4 stars, but really, it was fine. It's just a typical "thriller" movie, with strong shades of "Ten Little Indians". Nothing new, nothing groundbreaking, but adequately entertaining. The film's direction and production values were fine, the pace was fine...basically, it was an OK film. Didn't set my world on fire, but it certainly kept me entertained well enough. Maybe this would not be the kind of movie I'd rush out to see in the theatre, but for home viewing? Fine. If you like this particular genre of film and/or are a fan of any of the stars, then you'll probably not be too disappointed with this movie. I'm no fan of Sylvester Stallone (I won't avoid a film he's in, but he's no particular draw) but he was fine. "Fine" is a word that I see myself repeating. Meaning, it was OK. Not fantastic, not horrible...just..."fine". I enjoyed the entire cast. Charles Dutton as Stallone's supportive friend -- I always like him. Kris Kristofferson as the head guy at the detox place -- yeah, he was good too. I'm a big fan of Tom Berenger and Robert Patrick, so I especially liked seeing them in this movie. Patrick's performance was excellent, playing a fellow "patient" at the detox center who is a rather callous macho jerk. He had a funny haircut, which somehow enhanced his peculiar character. Berenger, (appearing a little more slim than I've seen him looking in other recent films) was amusing as the down-to-earth caretaker who always seemed to be wearing of those furry caps with ear flaps, or a baseball cap. I started to think of his character as the "ear flap hat guy". Robert Prosky had a small part, but he did a good job playing another "patient" -- an aging cop with many skeletons in the closet. I must say, I was impressed with the quality of the actors they got for this movie. The production values on the DVD are fine as well. There are a few extra goodies on the DVD -- "deleted scenes" being one (I always like deleted scenes). I have a small crummy TV so I can't judge video quality on the DVD, but from what I could see, it seemed...well...once again, fine.
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Summary: Eye See You was the best
Review: I dont know whats goin on. I've heard bad reviews about this and i can't believe it. I'm a HUGE stallone fan, I have most of his movies on DVD and this one is one of his best. Don't just rent it go buy it. It has some of his best acting, some serious drama and quality action/thriller moments. get it when you see it.
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Summary: GOOD movie
Review: I love Stallone and I loved this movie. I don't know why it's getting such bad reviews...it deserves nothing less than four stars! Stalone does a stellar job in this movie and the whole story and whatever...it's all really well done. Take my word for it, this movie is really GOOD!!!
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