Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Easy to see how this movie got its name!
Furiously fast-paced and set to a throbbing techno soundtrack, Run Lola Run is shot in the energetic style in which music videos are filmed. In that, it reminded me of MTV, except with far more substance and underlying themes of fate and destiny. A young woman, Lola, receives a call from her boyfriend who is working for a drug lord. He lost the 100,000 marks he was supposed to deliver to him, and has only 20 minutes to come up with the money. Lola sprints off into a manic attempt to save him, and the plot halts. Then it shows three different outcomes, based on slight changes in Lola's path. Run Lola Run is one of the most original films I've ever seen, and Franka Potente is incredibly sexy in it. Five stars don't even serve this masterpiece justice. Highly recommended!