Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
A piece of Flawed Genius
This is one of the freshest films to appear in years.It hit the UK about the same time as Sixth Sense and Blair Witch so that was a great month and now it's out on DVD.Okay basic Story Lola has 20 minutes to get the money to save her slightly dim boyfriend Manni.Since 20 minutes doesn't sound a lot to fill in 90 minutes you'd be forgiven for thinking it might be a bit slow.Not a bit of it the pace it keeps up is breathless (not unlike Lola) and the film oozes class and style from every shot.Amongst the best touches are the snapshot life histories of people Lola bumps (sometimes literally) into. In 20 seconds you see the rest of that persons life elivating the extras into charactorsThe main problem I have with this is the English dubbing while fine for Lola and Manni it doesn't really work too well on some of the minor charactors, for preference watch it in German with English subtitles if you need them (I do need them as my German is lousy)Don't be fooled if you see the same adverts as I did by the way I saw a review claiming the film has three different endings this does not mean that you are getting anything new from the cinema release it mearly means some wideboy in marketing is chancing his arm.Also on the DVD is the video for the song I believe (not my favourite from the soundtrack but still worth a listen), cast profiles and a directors commentry (the commentrys a bit weak but what the hell he made a great movie we'll let him off)