Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Hectic and original... see it!
I can't wait to get the DVD so I can see this film again. I managed to catch it at the cinema in Seattle a couple of months back and I was blown away by its originality and general awesomeness. I'd say it's the best German film I've ever seen, but it doesn't have much competition since it's pretty much the *only* German film I've ever seen. The story revolves around Lola (Franka Potente), a spiky-haired teenage tearaway, who needs to scrape together 100,000 DM in twenty minutes in order to save her waster boyfriend's life. The structure the director uses to present Lola's hectic adventures is really original - we see her attempting the same task three different times, each time with a few events differing and resulting in hugely varying eventual outcomes. I won't spoil it by giving the plot(s) away, but the end result is an excellent film. The soundtrack is very cool too - lots of suitably high-speed techno, in the style of Underworld.