A masterful film by a film making master

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2001)

I've seen this film more than a dozen times. Why, I ask myself.
It can't be the story. The first half isn't bad, but in the second half, it just rambles, not going anywhere in particular.
No, I think the key to FMJ may be the fact that we get to know the characters Joker and Cowboy in the first half, and find that they are pretty much just average guys. Them, in the second half, we see these ordinary guys placed into extraordinary--and impossible--circumstances, and get to watch the inevitable, and sad, result. Every time I see, it, I see something I hadn't noticed before.
The other key to this film is the music. From rock to weird, haunting sounds, it is a major force. Without it, the film wouldn't be nearly so powerful.
The reviewer mainstream is correct--FMJ is a masterful film by a master of film making.