Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Sunny Lewis Let's start with the voice-over. This can be an effective atmosphere- or plot- enhancing technique when done well. It is not done well. Antonio Banderas mumbles and whispers his way through the entire movie and this can really get on one's nerves, especially as he does it even more when he's on screen. I wonder if he thought to himself, Oh, this movie is so bad it doesn't matter what I do so I'll just assume this whispery persona and everyone will think I'm a great actor. Guess what. It doesn't work. It comes across as bad acting and did I mention how annoying it was? Now let's get to the plot. Must we? Can't we just forget about it? I wish we could but movies do have plots, especially action thrillers (yes, there is action, people do move around and drive cars and stuff, but whether to thrilling effect or not is debatable), so let's just say that the plot is almost as absurd as the acting. I can't for the life of me figure out why Banderas is put through so much grilling when the bad guys only need to know one thing. I guess they make him tell his life story as a way to move the plot along. And why, when he's driving his beautiful car near the end of the picture, why oh why doesn't he immediately swerve away from the danger? Sigh...OK, enough negativity. Let me say that Sam Elliott's appearance toward the end of the film almost makes sloughing through the dreck worthwhile. Where Antonio mumbles, Sam booms. You know his voice. It's inimitable and it's a mighty refreshing thing that it comes in when all seemed doomed. You know, I always check out reviews before I watch a movie to see if I'm going to like it. Skimming through, I noticed a lot of people did, and one professional reviewer, who shall remain nameless, thought Banderas was brilliant. This is because, as the old maxim goes, there is no accounting for taste. And this is a very hopeful thing. Maybe someday someone somewhere will find a use for my poor, lonely, neglected songs and put them in a movie. I wouldn't even say no to one as bad as this.

wolfgangbrandstetter Every few years there's a movie like Blues Brothers or Blade Runner that is ahead of it's time and overlooked upon release. This is one of them. In a graphic novel-esque world of neon lights and shadows the movie follows Antonio Banderas as a private investigator searching for a missing girl - finding life swallowing black holes created by a scientist looking for god. With a premise like that you know you're in for something special.This movie has an unique visual concept, an original story and a cast that helps create a new semi-genre which can only be described as neon-noir. While other movies shy away from their concepts this one goes all in.Worth the watch for cinematography and lighting alone.In 10 years from now this will be a cult movie.

MrGKB ...primarily on the strength of a surprisingly witty (though highly derivative--my jury is out on plagiarism) script and competent direction from the benighted team that brought us "Otis," along with a pretty good cast headed by Antonio "Desperado" Banderas, whose Spanish accent has shown much improved intelligibility over the years. Support from the likes of William "Drive Angry" Fichtner, Autumn "Valentine" Reeser, Thomas "King Kong" Kretschmann, Delroy "Malcolm X" Lindo, Robert "300" Maillet, Sam "Road House" Elliott, and Sienna "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" Guillory is of piece; there's really not a weak link in the bunch. Shelly "The Wolfman" Johnson's camera wrangling is appropriately stylish and well-lit, Johnny "The Smiths" Marrs' score fits nicely, and the production/artistic design and visual effects belie the relative low budget of the whole affair. Despite its direct-to-video fate, "The Big Bang" would have likely done well on the big screen, given proper promotion. I didn't really care, since I only venture out to the theater for films that absolutely demand my early attention anyway.The only genuine conceit of the show is its insinuation of concepts of quantum physics into the plot line, with various visual references to same scattered throughout the film. It's a reasonably clever gimmick that's mostly pulled off well, and at least ties in with the climactic denouement. The average spud may not understand or appreciate most of it, of course, but it still elevates "The Big Bang" at least a notch above standard Hollywood fare, and certainly well above typical direct-to-video offerings.Definitely worth a watch for genre fans.

Fried_Lightning Not the best film I've ever seen, but definitely worth watching(in my fav list of random weird original flicks). Good mix of themes...Acting is not top notch, although it doesn't feel like it was supposed to be perfect, almost comic-like...Sam Elliot (great!), and Antonio Banderas (typical role, but good). Great mix of quantum science with mystery/crime theme...Great cosmic visual effects,interesting use of FX. Especially intriguing if you have a basic knowledge of, or in my case, infatuation without a physics degree, in quantum physics/mechanics/etc. I see a representation of quantum entanglement and a bit of string theory in the plot, anyone else?