Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
A Great Video Game
Concocted with a particularly 90s gunpowder mix of comic books, electronica, video games, animation, and MTV, this film explodes onto the screen with color, fury, and, surprisingly, intelligence. In fact, it never stops going off.The basic plot here is simple. Lola must get money to her boyfriend immediately or else he's a corpse. The genius is having the plot twist back upon itself, stealing the video game convention starting the story over when Lola fails several times and giving her another chance to pull the task off. This should be a cute but shallow gimmick; instead, it is utilized with an unusual cleverness and purpose.I shan't give any of the twists or turns away; suffice to say that each "new life" actually reveals more about the characters and their motivations than I would ever had imagined.A exciting collage of media, Run Lola Run offers extreme entertainment with hints of unsuspected substance.