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VHS : Brown's RequiemIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Michael Rooker, Big Daddy Wayne, Jack Wallace, Will Sasso, Selma Blair directed by: Jason Freeland  List Price: $104.98 Price: $0.95 You Save: $104.03 (99%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786305815129 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6305815127 Label: Studio / Sterling Manufacturer: Studio / Sterling Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Studio / Sterling Release Date: April 04, 2000 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Studio / Sterling Theatrical Release Date: 1999 Sales Rank: 23344 Related Items: Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Flawed but interestingI didn't like how the story resolved itself in the end, but the cast and production were great. The dialogue was terrific. Amateurish or self-consciously neo noir? Perhaps, but it did a better job as an homage to that genre than "Brick" or "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang." I didn't read the book so I am just judging the film on its own terms. I say it's worth two hours of your time and a few bucks. Rating: - An occurrenceA private detective is hired to free a duped young sister by a man that has ties to an illicit activity. The client also has ties to some illicit activity. A very good dramatic mystery. I had to watch it from start to finish. Rating:  - Pretty amateurish...Beats me how people can describe this adolescent exercise as film noir. True there's a gun & a bottle & a dame & the lead is a private eye, but that ain't what makes the genre, folks. This thing plays like reheated TV cop show stuff - lots of bloody beating & lousy continuity - with a dash of Chinatown memories thrown in. Pretty hard to watch beyond the first 10 minutes. You want contemporary feelm nwah, watch anything by John Dahl. Rating: - Much action, but...This film is a plain suspense story, though we know the bad ones from the very start. The suspense of the film comes from the slow discovery of the details of the crimes. An ex-cop, turned private investigator, gets into a case that leads him to a lot of money but also to a vengeance. The details are absolutely sordid, bleak, disgusting. Some kind of group of criminals work with an important LAPD cop, the one who fired Fritz Brown, the hero, to embezzle a lot of welfare money into their pockets with ... Read More Rating:  - Nice try, but...Uneven attempt to adapt James Ellroy's first novel. Features an excellent cast --- William Sasso's portrayal of Fat Dog Baker is worth the price of admission --- but Michael Rooker in the starring role seems badly miscast for an Ellroy-style "hero." Brown's relationships with Jane Baker and Walter are never developed; these characters appear only briefly so it's difficult to feel much emotional resonance (in the novel these relationships are crucial to Brown's motivations and why he acts as he does). ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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