Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Pure Cinematic Energy
Without a doubt this is the best movie released in 1999. I am tempted to compare this movie to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon. Both retell the same story several times with variations, but there the comparison ends. Kurosawa uses Rashomon to explore how truth is in the eye of the beholder, while Run Lola Run, with its breathless pace, uses a video game conceit to illustrate a metaphysical debate along the lines of if a butterfly flaps its wings in China, will it rain in New York. In this case, when something goes wrong, the character has the chance to hit the "reset" button & get a another chance to make it right, bumping into people or narrowly missing them in her quest & causing different fates for them every time as well. Something that should be able to satisfy both art-house buffs & action fans. The extras on the DVD are fun. I have watched it subtitled mostly, but also dubbed, and, one night where I felt a little silly, both dubbed & subtitled. Good commentary & music video, too.