Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
RUN!...to the store and rent this. Get it? Its a pun.
If you are a fan of sappy, uninspiring Hollywood crap like Titanic or The Wedding Planner or anything starring Freddie Prinze Jr., you shouldn't see Run Lola Run. Or maybe you should see it. Maybe it will straighten some of you morons out. Look, I am not a big fan of indie movies or European films. I don't even really like Europeans. But Lola is a movie that everyone should see. I was hesitant to see it myself at first, but don't worry. It isn't a girl power movie and it's not some sick German sex fetish movie. The film is essentially simple in plot and in message, yet it is nonetheless riviting and thought provoking. It is a pleasant change of pace from the run-of-the-mill American film. By straying from convention, the film is able to explore many different elements of life, most notably time. Time is the real protaganist in the film and is always in the forefront. Time is made more evident by the ostinato German techno-house soundtrack. This is one of the few drawbacks to the movie. I may start liking that techno crap if I watch the movie enough. Then I'll start going to techno clubs and raves and develop an addiction to ecstasy. But back to the movie. I can't say much for the acting since I watched the English dubbed version. But the voice over actors were quite good. Just do yourself a favor. Next time you feel compelled to see the latest Travolta disaster, stop yourself, think of my review, and go watch Run Lola Run.