Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 3.0
Run From Lola Run...
I have not rented the dvd version of Run Lola Run (only VHS). All I can say is God help us if there are more alternate twists and endings ! The one scene I cannot get out of my head is the one where Lola walks her father out of the bank at gunpoint; The scene was very reminiscent of Point of No Return with Bridgette Fonda where Fonda's character is "escorting" Gabriel Byrne at gunpoint out of the training compound.Actress Franka Potente's character Lola has an uncanny resemblance to Fonda's character as well.I, too, enjoy looking at foreign films for their originality and freshness. Yet, sometimes they lack a certain finesse or refined technical quality that most North American or U.S. films possess. I don't know if it's the lack of technology or filming budget. It may be intentional to give it that European artistic and gritty nuance.The performance by Franka Potente was believable ( young and desperate). The actor who plays Manni (Lola's boyfriend) is also credible ( incompetent and uneasy). Yet, I have no idea why there's animation thrown in with cetain scenes. The only quality I like about the movie was it's simple story (or stories) and characters. Otherwise, this is one independent foreign film I can do without--No matter what any professional film critic or European Cannes Film festival connoisseur says !