Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
A Brilliant, Ecclectic Thriller
Run Lola Run is alot like "Sliding Doors" only extremely better.It features three different scenarios all following the same girl Lola, who must get 100,000 marks for her boyfriend Manni in 20 minutes, or else he will be killed. As Lola runs through the streets of Berlin to an amazing techno soundtrack (which I highly recommend) she passes by people in brief moments,which show a short series of shots describing the rest of their lifes with no words. In the first two scenarios, in which the outcome is tragic, both Lola and Manni seemingly freeze time, then it starts all over again. The film explains how things could happen differently, depending on what a person does, this proven by how the outcome of each scenario is different, and how the people Lola ecounters' lifes are different in each scenario. Some of the best parts are when Lola screams, shattering glass, and silencing everyone around her. The last scenario, which has the best outcome, is obviously the one people would choose to end the movie, however a question remains. Which scenario really did happen and which two are simply theory? The film also gives a good example of the multiple worlds theory, which suggests that everytime a person makes a choice, a new world is created where everything is the same, except the choice the made and its consequences. This proposes that all the scenarios did happen, except in different places with different outcomes, judging Lola's and those around her's choices. The film has a very interesting beginning, with shadowy figures walking around in a crowd, while a mysterious voice asks philisophical questions along with appearences by the people Lola runs by in the movie At first it does not make sense, but after the movie is over, one gains a better understanding of how the beginning fits into the rest of the movie. The greatest German movie I've ever seen, any fan of good films should see it, and if they like it as much as I did, buy it.