Great idea poorly executed

Rating: 2/10 (22 March 1999)

This movie definitely works better as an idea than as a movie. It could have been a really, really good film but the execution just wasn't there. The acting was laughably bad, the dialogue was horrid and the characters were all stock and two-dimensional. It was almost as if the film makers felt that the idea was enough, that the actual movie could ride on the coat tails of the story. Well, no. You actually have to go forth and create something as good as the idea you originally came up with. Some of the metaphors are really beat over your head, too. By the end of the movie, I had given up all hope on being entertained and was just curious as to how they were going to end this mess and then a series of movie cliches broke out. Surprise, surprise. With a much better script and real actors, this movie would have been something cool. As is, it just steals 90 minutes of your life. It would have felt much more satisfying if they had just relayed the premise of the film and ended it at a running time of 5 minutes. Then you could at least go home and think about how the movie _should_ be done.