Orphans of the Storm (1921)

So this is kind of random for horror month. It is still the very end of September and I wanted to dive into something other than horror before October started. A film I found online, so I was able to watch it in quicktime at one and a half speed... something that is a necessity for getting though D.W. Griffith films without several breaks and a nap.

The film stars Lillian Gish, Griffith's muse, an actress that I've seen WAY too much of over the last two years. I just don't find her attractive, so the damsel in distress and pretty star character doesn't fit for me.

Griffith does his best to piss off and make fun of just about everyone, Blacks in Birth of a Nation, and the French here. The film takes place at the start of the French revolution and shows the aristocratic luxurious lifestyle in contrast with the beggers and laborers. Gish winds up with a blind sister through very complicated means, and when taking her to town to try and find a suitor she is kidnapped.

Using the French revolution as a means of her escape and lovers exile, the plot is overly complicated and cheesy, no surprise really. This is a typical Griffith film with a two and a half hour run time. You might just forget you ever heard of it.

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012532/

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Legion (2010)

Not really a horror movie, but filled with some sort of zombie possessed demons, this was more of a scary action film. There is actually a pretty decent cast with Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code, Dogville ,The Young Victoria), Lucas Black (Jarhead, Cold Mountain, Friday Night Lights), and Dennis Quaid (Far from Heaven, The Rookie).

The premise is that God is unhappy with the world so he brings on the Apocalypse. Somehow this group in the diner are the only people that God has no control over and are fighting to save mankind.

From a horror month standpoint the movie was pretty cool. The old lady and kid going nuts and crawling on the ceiling were awesome. The special effects were kind of fun and I liked the first 20-30 minutes. I actually thought this was going to be a "worth watching" film at this point.

Problem is that none of it really makes any sense. It was far fetched at first, but when someone can survive falling off a cliff it is beyond logical. I gave it a Just average because of the cool scenes early on, but this could very easily just be a 3 or 4 if I wasn't in a good mood that day. Probably better to just skip this one.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038686/

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Splice (2009)

Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley star in a film that has been mislabeled as a horror film. This is actually a science fiction film about gene splicing.

Brody and Polley work in a lab splicing genes and creating some pretty interesting looking creatures in attempts to create vaccines for humans. When they start talking about using human genes their project gets canned. They start working in the lab basement and at home, probably all incredibly illegal to begin with... when they actually create a creature from human genes things start to get really messy.

I hate to say more than this, because the best part of the film is seeing what happens in their development. Polley does a great job of acting like a crazy mother and the film starts to take some strange turns. Just not one of my favorite sci-fi films. Rated just after The Box, it is hard to explain why I would watch that one again before this one. Maybe because the story was more original. This one just seemed too cookie cutter and the plot was basic and predictable.

Left open for a sequel, which frustrates me even more, because it tells me money was always a goal, not quality.

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/

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The Box (2009)

This years big box office flop starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box on their door step in the middle of the night. The next day Frank Langella, missing a portion of his face, shows up and explains that if the button is pushed they would receive a million dollars but that someone would die.

Crossing the border into Science Fiction, with Marsden working for NASA we start to see some really strange events take place. Others at NASA are involved, and we discover that Langella's character might be either a government worker or something we can't explain.

The movie really had me drawn in for the first 45 minutes or so. I couldn't understand why this was such a flop. The movie just gets really slow, bizarre, and boring at the end. I was battling falling asleep and completely lost interest at the end. Honestly I'm not sure exactly how it ended, but I was so bored and sleepy I just didn't care. Maybe a 6 is a little generous...

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/

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Man Bites Dog: C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992)

A very interest mix of genres here. This is a horror comedy documentary. What? Ok, so the film is about a serial killer, who has a camera crew following him around making a documentary. You would really call this a mockumentary, since it is a comedy about making documentaries.

The crew asks few questions of the serial killer, who runs the show. He discusses how he picks his victims, he screws up and yet has little to no trouble fixing them, usually comedic-ally getting the crew involved in the murders.

There are some funny scenes, like discussing how much he needs to weigh different types of bodies when throwing them into a ravine. They encounter another serial killer with his camera crew and fight it out. Crew members get accidentally shot.

It is a very dark comedy, and I'm not sure all jokes translated from French to English well. It was just ok to me, maybe because I've already seen a couple serial killer movies this year. It was a little boring. Not bad overall though, especially for horror month.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103905/

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Peeping Tom (1960)

Compared on several levels to Psycho, another 1960 release, this creepy film was a breakthrough in the genre. To this point many horror films were shot in black and white to give the illusion that what you are watching is JUST a story, including Psycho.

The movie does two things really well. First, it has a realness to it that make you think this could actually happen in your own town. The main character is almost robotic with no remorse, making his victims look in a mirror as he kills them on camera. Second, it makes you actually show compassion for the bad guy. Showing his awful childhood and almost justifying his actions.

A British movie that didn't do all that well in the US, if you want a good creepy older horror movie this is a good choice.

Vote: 8/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054167/

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Killers (2010)

Killers, not a horror movie, even though I watched it in horror month. I needed a change, and this was a good lighthearted get away. Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl star in a film that has been referred to a play on Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Kutcher is a hitman who wants out of the business, Heigl is insecure after a recent breakup. They meet on vacation in Europe and start a normal life. When Kutcher's old boss tries to contact him everyone they know starts coming after trying to kill them.

A lot about this movie doesn't make any sense. Heigl isn't the best actress, yet Kutcher proves that even if he is a jackass in real life he can act. Catherine O'Hara has really let herself go and Tom Selleck is just average in a minor role.

Overall it is a typical romantic [dark] comedy. For this genre 6/10 really isn't that bad, and if you are in the movie for a movie you want to put little to no thought into this is a good choice.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103153/

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Saw VI (2009)

This series has gotten so incredibly bad. It is a joke now to talk about this series, which is actually really sad because the original, and only the first, was really really good. Much like the Friday the 13th and original Halloween series it takes several detours before they bring it back to the original killer.

The problem is that the quality of acting, reliance on previous films to understand the storyline [who on earth remembers what happened in Saw IV or Saw V?], and the lack of progression and repetitive storyline make this a good candidate for a tv series.

Seriously, this could easily be converted into 40 minute episodes and the 2nd-6th film (7th later this month) would make 10 episodes. Why they made Costas Mandylor a star is beyond me. If you haven't watched since the first movie in this series you aren't missing anything.

Vote: 4/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233227/

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Blacula (1972)

What better time to watch the cheesiest film on the 101 Horror Film list than right after watching the original Dracula. I'm not familiar with any other blaxploitation film, and this one is held in pretty high esteem, so it looked interesting.

The plot is that an African prince goes to Transylvania asking Dracula to help stop the slave trade. He retaliates and turns him into a vampire. Centuries later several homosexual interior decorators purchase a lot of furniture, one piece which happens to be Blacula in his coffin.

Loaded with funky music and big afros this movie is hard to take seriously with bad makeup and acting to boot. William Marshall was actually pretty decent in his leading role, but the rest of the cast make this a bad B movie. It is hard to say much good about this film, it made me laugh, but it more just made me wish it was over for the last 45 minutes of an hour and a half film.

Vote: 3/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068284/

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Dracula (1931)

I have to say that I really expected more from the original Dracula film. Truth is it doesn't hold a candle to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or Nosferatu. The lack of sound effects or any type of sound track made the suspense fall flat and started to put me to sleep several times.

The other two I just mentioned were older, and very suspenseful... and silent! Dwight Frye as Renfield was by far a shining star in this film. His performance probably wouldn't have shown as well if the rest of the cast were better. He was animated, entertaining, and the only reason I didn't sleep.

Overall I have to give the original Dracula at least an average rating, but I wasn't impressed at all.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

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The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Since I got a jump start on horror month, I decided to diverge for a different type of thriller movie. The war movie thriller. Starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and David Niven and in a special operations mission to disable some radio controlled guns on the Greek island of Navarone.

The film is laid out well, the mission is discussed, the team is assembled and there is a solid two hours devoted to the execution of the mission. The plot is long and complicated, but easy to follow, and exciting at times. There is stuff that could have been trimmed, but at the same time they could have made this an epic three hour film. So all in all it was a good job editing it down to two and a half.

The rock climbing was cheesy because it was clear that were just laying down on a horizontal set. The rigging of the bombs was realistic and exciting, and it was a good war movie all around. I didn't just love it, but if you like war movies this one is pretty good. Another decent AFI 100 Thrills film.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054953/

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The Girl Who Played with Fire: Flickan som lekte med elden (2009)

Part 2 of the Millennium Trilogy, Millennium being the name of the magazine one of the main characters runs. This one, to me, was even better than the first.

Sneaking around because one of the stars are wanted by the cops. Tying up loose ends from the first film. More action scenes and thrilling scenes. Less violent sex scenes, and more time with the real star of the series, Lisbeth.

A must watch foreign film that has a great storyline. Not thrilled about how the grave scene played out, leaving this vague to not ruin the film, just confuse those that haven't seen it. I was unrealistic in a well put together sequence of events.

Check this one out!

Vote: 9/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216487/

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Michael Rooker stars in a film based on the real life serial killer Henry Lucas. Henry travels across country to visit a friend he made while in prison, Otis. Otis is living with his sister in a run down apartment in Chicago. Henry decides to go out and have some fun and takes Otis along.

Henry is chillingly cold about the numerous murders that take place in the film. Not only does he have no remorse, but there is really no reaction to what he is doing. We witness Otis slip from someone who shows remorse, to someone who gets a thrill from the killings.

A short film at just about 80 minutes, simple, and just chilling. I can't say scary, because there is nothing that will get your heart rate up, just events that make you shake your head.

Not bad, worthy of its inclusion on the 101 Horror Films list.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099763/

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

The thriller/horror category has a lot of sub-genres. So a list like the AFI 100 Thrills actually has some very mild, almost action films. Then it also has thrillers that branch into horror. This 1940's film is one of the latter.

The concept is simple and laid out for the audience in the opening scenes. Dorian is a handsome young man with loose morals, he says "I would sell my soul to have my painting age, and for me to stay the same." He gets his wish and we witness the effects.

Made under the Code in Hollywood we don't get the full explanation of what all he is involved in, so you have to use your imagination.

A cool effect is that the movie is in black and white, yet we get to see pictures of the painting in color. I'm not sure where they fit in with the firsts to use this effect, but it was pretty powerful.

Not my favorite on the Thrills list, and very hard to get my hands on, good but not great. I would suggest with reservations.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/

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Suspiria (1977)

I watched this one directly off a dvd I picked up at the library. If I hadn't then I would thought there was something wrong with the audio. The ENTIRE film is dubbed, and very poorly. It is incredibly ironic that they brag about DTS audio and a fancy remix at the start of the film. Bad audio, out of sync at times, and clearly voiced over in a sound room just ruins movies for me. Sure many movies nowadays are completely dubbed, but they sync up very well and have background effects that make them very realistic.

So onto the movie itself. The film is about an American girl who goes to special dance school in Europe to find that a girl died on the night of her arrival. It starts to become clear that witchcraft is involved and that she is in danger at this school.

It also had awful MIDI audio that reminded me of Phantasm. I never thought the sound could completely ruin a film for me... but it did.

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076786/

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Tremors (1990)

Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward star in a film with such cheesy acting I thought it was a comedy when I saw a portion on tv many years ago. Bacon is really amusing as a desert bum working job to job.

The movie actually has some good exciting moments where these creatures start pulling people underground. The movie poster was a huge mistake though. The film almost resembles Jaws in that you don't see just how big these things are until some carnage has taken place and you are a good 40 minutes into the movie. Showing the big monster to the audience when they are walking in the theater takes something away from how scary they could have been.

Reba McEntire turned in a B grade performance with the rest of the townspeople. The pole vaulting scene was just silly, but overall for a horror movie this wasn't that bad. Not one I would suggest, but not bad for a 20 year old horror flick.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/

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Iron Man 2 (2010)

Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow did so well with the first film that all of Hollywood wanted in. Samuel L. Jackson will take any minor role, Scarlett Johansson plays an obvious double agent (because she needs a complicated script to compensate for lack of acting ability), Don Cheadle plays another good guy cop. Mickey Rourke turned in a pretty darn good performance as Iron Man's nemesis Ivan Vanko.

I think the film took a lot of heat because the first one exceeded so many people's expectations. They then had false expectations for this film and gave it a hard time. Hard also when The Dark Knight shows what a sequel can really achieve. All in all it was a pretty good continuation of the storyline. Good action, more character development, and good acting from the stars.

I was entertained and think if you liked the first you should like this one also.

Vote: 8/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/

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Phantasm (1979)

With the release of Steven Jay Schneider's 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die I have a new goal for Horror Month. With so much to watch I gave Horror Month an extension, making it about 6 weeks.

Sadly, this one was not necessarily the best one to start with. Overall the 70's weren't exactly the best era of horror film. With easy access to color camera amateur filmmakers never looked more like amateurs.

Made on a budget of just $300k, this MIDI filled horror film teetered on fantasy. With flying spiked balls, undead midgets, black holes to another dimension, and "The Tall Man," I can see how this had nostalgic value to a generation. I'm sure those that remember this film and enjoyed it as a kid would re-watch it and wonder how the hell they thought it was good.

Look out, they made sequels...

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079714/

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Ball of Fire (1941)

Gary Cooper plays a historian with the job of creating a complete encyclopedia. With the help of 6 little old men they work day and night in the study/library of the mansion of the publisher. When Cooper can't communicate with the milkman because he doesn't know slang he begins the task of cataloging all dialects of English slang.

He goes to a night club and meets Barbara Stanwyck's character. He invites her to a round table discussion at the mansion, which she initially refuses. After the mob tries to hide her she buddies up with Cooper and the 6 old men.

The slang is painfully annoying to me at times, and the general plot is slow and boring for the first 1/2. The end of the movie picks up and has a good ending. But it didn't recover from boring me to death to suggest it to anyone. Another dud on the AFI 100 Laughs, can't say I'm really surprised.

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033373/

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12 Rounds (2009)

Starring John Cena and produced by the WWE Wrestling Federation... hey what do you expect. I had no idea when I stumbled across this one that it was starring a professional wrestler, nor do I really see how he is a wrestler because he didn't look that big in the movie.

Cena plays a police officer that kills a criminals girlfriend while apprehending him. When the bad guy escapes from prison he kidnaps Cena's wife and puts him through a series of games. If he can survive all 12 rounds of the game then his wife will go free.

Full of non-stop action, and requiring little thought, this is the perfect popcorn movie. Many plot holes and average acting, a forgettable movie that was only worth watching because it is new. Nothing that will be remembered in 5 years. I'm sure you can see this on Spike, TBS, or TNT in the next year or two.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160368/

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Chungking Express: Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

I don't have a lot of followers on this blog, so when a reader wants to discuss a movie I do my best to watch it. This one is very Korean to me. What does that mean? Korean cinema seems to do their best to copycat Hollywood. If you watch a Russian film or a French film... you know it is French. Even today when a British movie comes out they just have different styling than American cinema, and I'm talking about more than the accent. But it always seems like they are just trying to redo our stuff.

This one is no different. With jumpy action scenes, that are worthless to the overall plot. And a Korean remix of an American pop song by the Cranberries. Think is I just wasn't that disappointed or happy about this film. It was just kinda... ok... that's it? Nothing special, but the story came across. I of course didn't realize this was two completely disjointed stories until there was about 10 minutes left... stupid me. I just kept wondering what happened to the characters from the first 30 minutes.

Average at best, didn't strike any emotion either way for me.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109424/

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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)

Betty Hutton plays Trudy, a naive girl who, against her dad's permission, decides to go to a party to send off the troops. She uses Norval (Eddie Bracken) as the fall guy when she tells her dad they are going to the movies. She borrows his car, gets drunk, gets married, impregnated, then drives drunk to pick up Norval. How is that for a racy plot?

Not something I expected from a 1940's movie on the AFI 100 laughs. Trudy makes poor Norval take the fall for all of her wrong doings and this slapstick comedy is far from worth watching. It also has several of those really obnoxious scenes from early cinema where dozens of people are crammed on a small set and that is supposed to be funny. Including one with people point guns with a crowd around.

Not good, don't see why anyone would think it was.

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037077/

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Youth in Revolt (2009)

I keep getting Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland and Adventureland) confused with the star of this film Michael Cera (Juno and Superbad). I'd have to say that they both annoy me, but Cera is much worse. Sadly Portia Doubleday is not a great co-star, and there is not enough Zach Galifianakis to enjoy. Actually he has so few lines it is almost a cameo.

Portia plays Sheeni and Michael Cera plays Nick, a dorky high school kid who has never kissed a girl. He meets Sheeni when the family goes on vacation, and she proceeds to use him in an attempt to get sent away to private school. She convinces Cera to revolt and be a bad kid to be with her and he learns her true motives.

A cheesy, bad teenager movie that I would not recommend to anyone. If you are a teenager you might like this one. It has a few redeeming qualities if you like M.Cera.

Vote: 5/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403702/

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Ballast (2008)

Ballast: an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings. Understanding the definition of the title of this film gives a lot of insight into the subject matter of this film.

The film starts with a 20-something shooting himself in an attempted suicide with his friend coming to the rescue. We learn what drove him to this decision slowly and the decisions he is now making, after his recovery, to change his life. He shows he is human and falters several times but we can see his life has changed for the better.

I found myself trying to understand this family story, very curious for the first 30 minutes. You gain information little by little and leave the film feeling like you know enough. Many times stories like this are left open ended to the point that you get nothing out of it.

Picked by Ebert as one of his top 20 movies of 2008, I was happy that I stumbled across this one at the local library and checked it out. Give it a chance and you might be surprised. Definitely an art-house film though, don't expect action or subject matter suitable for children.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1153690/

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The White Ribbon: Das weisse Band (2009)

By far the most overrated film of the year. Built up to be a glimpse of pre-WWI Germany, I thought this film was going to be deep and give me some insight into the generation of Germans that took us into two World Wars. Instead it was just a story about a small town village with strange mysteries.

The problem with this film is that the director or author, I'm not sure which. Took all of this on hearsay from many many years ago. These events for the most part are exaggerated, assumed, and assumptions. Not the kind of resource I want for teaching me a little about history.

The film can off as dry, slow, and ready to break out at any moment. I felt myself saying, "Any minute now it is going to get good," but it doesn't. The black-and-white do nothing to help the movie because the director never uses the lighting for visual tricks, or anything to justify it other than, this is from a time long, long ago.

Very disappointed in this one. Very happy the Oscars did not give it the win, once again they got it right on the Foreign film winner with "A Secret In Their Eyes." And once again the Golden Globe winner in this category sucked.

Vote: 3/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)

I have to say I was a little leery of this series at first. Some of the book series lately haven't been something that interest me, e.g. The Twilight Series, Saga, whatever. I've heard good things about this series though, and wanted to see the original Swedish series before Hollywood gets its hands on it [and ruins it... did you know they want Scarlett Johansson for this!??! awful].

Plus, Stieg Larsson, the author, is very close to my last name... Larsen... so I had to give it a chance. Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist were very well cast for these parts. The film seemed to fit the cast and location well, and although I've been told there are a lot of elements from the book that have been left out, the script seemed very complete and the story was compelling.

The film is a murder mystery, Nygvist's character is hired to investigate a disappearance from 30 years ago, and Rapace [a hacker] helps in the investigation after nosing-around on Nygvist's computer.

You have to read, so that immediately turns some people away. It is a lot less reading than the book though, right? Don't wait for the Hollywood version, they are sure to screw it up. The themes are very very adult. There is a rape scene and some things that might make you uncomfortable. It is worth checking out though.

Vote: 9/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/

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The 39 Steps (1935)

It is always a treat to get to another Alfred Hitchcock film. This one, one of his earlier works, is probably one of his best from his first 15 years as a director. Starring Robert Donat the running question throughout the film is "What are the 39 Steps?"

The general plot of the film is that a spy is killed and Donat is on the run after being falsely accused. The action scenes were kind of ironic to me. In modern films we seem to focus on slow-motion, in this film... something I've seen in other films of this generation... they actually speed up the film to simulate action. Kinda funny, and pretty silly looking. Maybe we'll say that about slow-motion in 50 years.

I definitely felt duped in retrospect, a fantastic ability of Hitchcock, and one of the reasons I love his works. It isn't one of his top 5 films, but it is still very very good.

Vote: 8/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/

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It's a Gift (1934)

Giving this film a 6/10 is probably very generous. W.C. Fields stars in this slapstick comedy early in the talkie period. There is little theme music, yet loaded with awful sound effects. Such as, kids screaming, sprinklers making an angry wife yell, neighbors screaming up and down stairs.

The comedy bits are much like a silent film. Fields trying to shave for 10 minutes, trying to sleep on his patio for 15 minutes, trying to start his car. This is one of those annoying film where the father can't seem to do anything right. Not my favorite genre.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025318/

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Death Race (2008)

Another Jason Statham action film. He sure does have a good agent. Seems like he is in every action film lately. Joan Allen plays the jail warden, she was pretty good as the bad guy [gal].

Good action, and honestly very few cheesy lines. Which was good, because in a movie where people are constantly dieing when being driven off the road, the opportunities were endless.

Tyrese Gibson also was pretty good as the other star car driver. I just don't think the plot and premise of the film was that great. I can't find any really good points to bash the movie on, it was just ok for me.

I'm usually very opinionated about action films because it is like shooting fish in a barrel to make fun of them. But this action film really didn't have that much to make fun of. It was kinda fun, kinda stupid, kinda good.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452608/

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Children of Paradise: Les enfants du paradis (1945)

A black-and-white 3 hour French romance from 1945 centered around a mime. Still interested? You must be crazy like me about film...

This movie is on three of my lists. The IMDB Top 250 from 2004, where it squeaked in at #250. The 1001 Movies to See Before You Die... which sometimes feels like the 1001 Movies that Make You Want to Die. Then part of Ebert's "Great Movies".

The general plot of this film is that four men are in love with one girl. They all plot against each other and her [when they can't have her], in attempts to have her for themselves. Baptiste is in a love triangle of his own with the woman that loves him, and this other girl.

Entertaining at moments, and with merit for it's time and genre. I just have little interested in a film like this, and three hours can be difficult to get through for any foreign film.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037674/

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