Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Very clever, well executed and with a great star performance.
The cool premise is of a single event replayed multiple times with only slight differences in timing yet very different outcomes. The extra reward is the viewer gets to see the ripple effects of how that difference in timing affects all the future life events of everyone who comes into contact with Lola for the briefest of moments or who already has a past connection to her.I rented this DVD 8 or 9 years ago and enjoyed it so much that I immediately watched it again, then without a brake I watched it a third with the director/star commentary on. Each time I picked up more engaging details and and it progressively increased my enjoyment even more. For a lower budget film I thought it was very clever, extremely well executed and Franka P. gave an amazing performance - her first to be shown widely to an American audience and with a star-quality performance that set her up for a future role in the 2 Bourne movies.