Deadly Drifter

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Summary: Out? The audience never gets in!
Review: "Out" is part of the Hollywood genre where the audience is bombarded with chaos, leaving the majority of the audience confused and the snooty artistic types smugly thinking "The common folk just don't get it." In this case, however, there is nothing to get. The hero wanders aimlessly through the movie, unhampered by even the barest elements of a cohesive plot. Strange things happen without explanation. For example, in one scene the hero puts a lit stick of dynamite in his mouth. After it goes off his personality changes, okay. Strangeness can be a great asset to a movie (i.e. Brazil) but the audience needs to be able to relate to what is happening on the screen to some degree. "Out" does not even allow that. Overall the film plays like the producer's own practical joke rather than a movie, and as such it has nothing to recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: Out? The audience never gets in!
Review: "Out" is part of the Hollywood genre where the audience is bombarded with chaos, leaving the majority of the audience confused and the snooty artistic types smugly thinking "The common folk just don't get it." In this case, however, there is nothing to get. The hero wanders aimlessly through the movie, unhampered by even the barest elements of a cohesive plot. Strange things happen without explanation. For example, in one scene the hero puts a lit stick of dynamite in his mouth. After it goes off his personality changes, okay. Strangeness can be a great asset to a movie (i.e. Brazil) but the audience needs to be able to relate to what is happening on the screen to some degree. "Out" does not even allow that. Overall the film plays like the producer's own practical joke rather than a movie, and as such it has nothing to recommend it.

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Summary: What deadly drifter?
Review: A movie about a plot that never happens. Cheacters that develop through each other... and do not find a plot. Each seaking but do not find. The director could have found other ways to develop the story... yet the viewer is left waiting for a conclusion.

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Summary: The title bespeaks the plot...
Review: Danny has a very small role in this 1982 independent film, so I suspect his inclusion on the jacket is because of his recent popularity - in other words - just to sell the DVD. The best performance comes from O- Lan Shepard (O-Lan Jones), who is not listed on the CD. Her role provides the only semblance of a plot in this othwise pointless film. She is also a viable addition for the reasons Peter points out in in the course of the film. The drifter (Peter Coyote) is seen in each of 10 scenes which count down from 10 to 1. They seem to point out in absurdist terms the pointlessness of life as a man with early stages of ESP drifts from venue to venue encountering slimly related mini-plots. Some of the transitions would have required a Star Trek-like transporter to work. Characters reappear like themes in a cyclic symphony, feeding on the main characters paranoia and lack of direction. If you just love absurdist theatre, you might actually like this one a little. If not, stay home.

Rating:
Summary: Total wasted time
Review: If you liked the Blair Witch Project, you'll LOVE this inane waste of atoms! The other reviewer who cited the inclusion of Danny Glover on the DVD cover as a hoped-for celebrity draw is right. He must have been hard-up at the time, & ditto for all participants!!One star really overrates this abomination.

Rating:
Summary: Total wasted time
Review: If you liked the Blair Witch Project, you'll LOVE this inane waste of atoms! The other reviewer who cited the inclusion of Danny Glover on the DVD cover as a hoped-for celebrity draw is right. He must have been hard-up at the time, & ditto for all participants!!One star really overrates this abomination.