Product: Homicide [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
Disappointing
I saw this movie listed on a list of the greatest 1000 movies ever made. I saw it available at a video store and I rented it. I must confess, I was disappointed. I saw possibilities as I watched the movie unfold but, it seemed to me, every possiblity was missed.I felt the biggest missed opportunity was when the main character, Detective Bobby Gold, discovers that there's more to a murder/robbery than meets the eye. An elderly Jewish woman is found dead in her candy store in a poor part of town. As Detective Gold investigates further, he finds the elderly woman is well-connected here and abroad. I felt the beginnings of a great mystery. I could see the gradual revealing of some sort of international cabal that involved certain high-placed political figures. Unfortunately, the mystery evolves into something so complex and surreal that I lost my interest. From there to the end of the movie I kept waiting for something to make sense. the longer I waited the more I realized that it wasn't going to happen.I noticed that the acting in "Homicide" is a bit different. The actors seem to speak in a different manner coming across like something out of "Guys and Dolls" if you take away the accents and replace it with profanity. At times I appreciated the style but it gradually drifted in to the same surreal atmosphere as the plot.A major aspect of this movie, as I understood it, had to do with what it means to be a Jew. Frankly, I thought "The Jazz Singer" handled the matter a lot better (but, then, I am not a Jew). Some people probably followed this and other aspects of the movie and liked where it led them. I'm still trying to figure out where it all led me as well as how to avoid ending up there again.