Little More Than a Bunch of Wild Camera Shots.

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2002)

Films like "The Fan" come a dime a dozen. The movie is made like a whacked music video with wild camera shots that annoy more than dazzle the audience. Robert DeNiro stars as a psychopath who is the biggest fan of new San Francisco Giant Wesley Snipes. When Snipes goes into a slump and gets replaced in the lineup by Benicio Del Toro, DeNiro strikes back so his "man" can reclaim the limelight. Now DeNiro wants something in return: he wants thanks and he wants to be in Snipes' life for good. DeNiro does his best "Cape Fear" imitation and it fails once again just as it did in that film. Snipes seems out-of-place here too and he usually does well in sports-themed films. Supporters like Ellen Barkin and John Leguizamo just seem to be present in the dizzying venture. The direction is unclear and the story just does not play well on the silver screen. 2 stars out of 5.