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Yummy Adam
I am giving this movie 5 stars because of the scene where a shirtless Adam Ant kisses a shirtless Micheal Pare right before stabbing him in the head. You have to see it!

ADAM ADAM ADAM!

And the rest of the movie is ok too.

A Must See...
This movie has something for everyone (over 13)! There is humor, there is death, there is war and hate. The bad guy (Adam Ant)is just as much eye-candy as the good guy (Michael Pare). The best part of the movie is Bruce Dern. A very talented actor with a sharp wit. I personally own two copies of this movie...just in case one tape breaks ;-)

The Citizen Kane of B-Movies
If you are unable to get past the simple deterrent of the B-Movie label, then this film isn't for you. If you don't have a cheesy sense of humor, and find joy in what I consider alt. sci-fi (think Kilgore Trout or Phillip Jose Farmer) then this film is not for you. And if you are unable to remove the serious film buff that lies deep within you, then this film certainly is not for you.

However, if you do not fall into the above category, then count yourself amoungst the lucky. For World Gone Wild is nothing less then an addictive experience. You will be unable to resist the image of a cannibal standing on a heap of ancient crushed cars ressurected as a mettalic moat, drapped in a tattered american flag and singing along with a rock song using his machine gun as a guitar, or of Adam Ant leading a demonic cult of Charles Manson worshippers on a raid of pillage and rape from the one of the last surviving rural communities, or of a futuristic pot-smoking messiah self crucifying himself on a homemade pyre; from the explosion of humans to decapitation via deadly hubcaps, this film is defentiely a lost treasure.

And it is treasure at the films heart. The treasure of water in a post-nuclear war society ravaged by decades of drought and famine. In order to protect itself and its precious secret of an unending underground well from Ant's murderous cult, the community of Lost Wells hires a crew of rag-tag defenders in a final attempt to save man-kind. The resulting adventures and battle are both disgusting and hilarious, making this Seven Sumarai rip-off the best B film made to date. And defenitely worthy of a viewing, for nothing else than to witness the finest performances that Bruce Dern, Michael Pare, and Adam Ant ever delivered.

I laughed, I cried...
It started out that I was only watching the movie to see Adam Ant...well, and Michael Pare. I found out that it was an incredible movie with an awesome cast of actors. I personally own two copies of this movie (worried that one might break eventually and I'd be stuck without this great movie). Bruce Dern is an incredible actor and pulls out all the stops. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who likes sci-fi, futuristic type movies...and even to thoughs who don't, but can appreciate a good bad guy.

Catch this! World Gone Wild
i was suprisingly captivated by the intriguant that conceived this ironic and imaginative action thriller. the depth of characters, and dark humor places this film a cut above the rest. de facto, the father-less love child of tombstone meets mad max! if you can find it, watch it. high points: the unflappable performance of bruce dern as the consumate wise man, and the adroit dialog skills of writer jorge zamacona. typically violent as any film of this ilk and era, but clever,clever, clever. ... Read more

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Steals the Show
The Cooler is a movie similar to "Casino", it shows the gritty side of the business that the public is not aware of. Taking place in old Las Vegas, you'll get to see the professional cheaters that try to steal from the casinos and the mob ties to the business. Shelly (Alec Baldwin) is the manager of the Shangri-La casino, and he opposes the changes being made to the business. He hates the fact that he is being forced to sell out to the new corperate powers and Shelly will do anything to prevent changes from happening. Bernie (William Macy) is a looser, who has the unusual ability to spread bad luck to winning players (cooling the winners), he has a loyalty to Shelly, but changes when he meets and falls in love with a cocktail waitress.
The movie is slow paced but is very well written and keeps you engrossed with their characters. It has excellent camera work, editiing and lighting. The lighting in particular is made in a film noir fashion, adding to the grittyness of the atmosphere. There are some violent scenes in the movie and done realistically. The violence is very sparse yet disturbing. Most of the movie is convulted with hoplessness emphasized by the Bernie character who always looks sad and pathetic, you can almost imagine a dark cloud hanging over his head. His only happiness is the love relationship developing with the waitress. And when he's feeling happy in love, Bernie doesn't do a good job as a cooler. This enrages, Shelly.
Shelly is old fashioned and doesn't like change. He would do anything to keep things the way they are; even if it means hurting those he loves. Alec Baldwin steals the show in this movie! Even though he is a supporting character his presence on screen is creepy and powerful at the same time. His character is so interesting that you'll wish he had more screen time. I just wished that the character, Bernie had more guts. And there are a few situations in the movie subplots which were not handled well. Overall, this is a very good movie, especially if you want to see a modern day film noir.

Interesting Premise. Flat Story and Characters.
Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is one unlucky guy. He is so unlucky that he is employed as a "cooler" at the Shangri La Casino in Las Vegas. His mere presence at the table of a gambler on a winning streak will break the streak and save the casino a fortune. But when Bernie becomes romantically involved with Natalie (Maria Bello), a waitress at the casino, his luck begins to change. Shelly (Alec Baldwin), the Shangri La's stubbornly old-fashioned manager, is frustrated by Bernie's change of luck at the same time he is adamantly resisting modernization that the casino's owner envisions will usher the business into the future.

The Las Vegas of "The Cooler" isn't family friendly or a fashionable destination for the rich and famous. This is a hardened, sleazy Vegas that isn't much removed from its mobster roots. And Shelly is an old school casino manager who resists the new glossy and respectable face of Las Vegas with all of his power. He tenaciously clings to the traditions and superstitions that served him well in years past, including the employment of coolers to combat gamblers on a hot streak. I wish the film had revolved more around the concept of coolers and shown more of the inner workings of old Vegas casinos. That might have been interesting. But "The Cooler" is a messy love story about an unlucky guy who turns out to be lucky in love. The trouble is that the love story is clichéd, and the characters are two-dimensional. Shelly seems like more of a stereotype than a character. This is the first time that William H. Macy has ever bored me. He always brings something interesting to his roles -until now. Bernie Lootz is a profoundly uninteresting person. All of the characters seem to lack a certain facet that would make them interesting, or realistic, or sympathetic, or anything that would endear them to the audience. And their behavior in the film's final act is completely nonsensical. That might not matter if there were something in the story to capture the audience's interest. But the story also lacks anything that would distinguish it. One thing I do like about "The Cooler" is that it presents Luck as a real thing, a commodity that can be quantified and traded. That's interesting. And a cooler is a virtual embodiment of bad luck. There's a good and original story there somewhere. But it isn't this film. "The Cooler" sports a talented cast in a story that fails to engage. Paul Sorvino, model Estella Warren, and In Sync crooner Joey Fatone have small supporting roles. I love gambling films, so I wish "The Cooler" had been better. But I can only recommend it to connoisseurs of Vegas movies.

MUDDLED, BUT WORTHWHILE
The Cooler is a dark tale of luck and free will. It is loaded with brilliant performances. Yet it falls well short of its potential.

The best thing about The Cooler is Maria Bello. She is among a handful of the most beautiful women on the screen these days. As Natalie she exudes an emotional depth and an aching honesty that almost makes this movie something great.

Almost.

Despite similarly wonderful performances from Baldwin and Macy, this dark comedy drowns in its "dark" (dank to be more precise). The Cooler can't figure out if it wants to be a gangster flick, a romantic comedy, a dark comedy, or an elegy for the old ways of Vegas. That the movie almost pulls this off is a credit to the actors involved.

The Cooler misses its mark though. I found it enjoyable, but I have the feeling that most of my friends would either have their patience tested or balk at the heavy violence and sexual content. People watching a slightly more humorous version of Leaving Las Vegas still have to deal with the existential goo of Leaving Las Vegas--no matter the outcome or humor along the way.

That said, if you feel you're up to the challenge, The Cooler, for all its scattershot befuddlement, does sing a strain of the greatest song of all: the song of Love and its power to save and transform--a song well worth listening to--in any form.

"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it."

Fantastic Las Vegas flick
The actors did such a great job in this movie. I've always been a William H. Macy fan, but the job he did in The Cooler blew me away. He totally encompassed the role of Bernie Lootz. Alec Baldwin was also very impressive. He managed to create sympathy for an unsympathetic character. I think this rates among his best work.

Maria Bello was also great. I loved how real the love scenes were. No airbrushing, this was obviously real people with real flaws. That's good. I hate to watch a movie while castigating myself for not hitting the gym!

A very moving story.

William Macy gives another great performance
William H. Macy plays Bernie Lootz and as you'll read in other reviews here, Bernie is a guy who is so unlucky that a Casino has hired him to let his bad luck rub off on the other players in the Casino.

What impressed me about Macy's portrayal of Bernie is that he is so completely used to his position as one of life's doormats that he exudes a kind of confidence in this role. In the brilliant opening of the film we see Bernie strolling through the Casino with a kind of casual self-assurance that you might expect to see from an actor playing James Bond as they say "shaken, not stirred". Bernie walks casually by a table where a player is beginning to get hot. Without even looking down Bernie reaches out and glides his fingers along the edge of the table as he walks by. Off-camera we can hear that his bad-luck imparting has worked. As unlucky as Bernie is, he at least recognizes that he is good at his job and that he performs a valuable service to the Casino.

Unlucky in life and unlucky in love, Bernie secretly pines after Casino waitress Natalie, played by Maria Bello. When Natalie begins to take an interest in Bernie things get exponentially more complicated for Bernie.

Alec Baldwin is Shelly Kaplow, the manager of the Casino, and he remembers the good old days before Vegas became like Disney World: back when gamblers gambled and drank, showgirls strutted around naked, and the Mob would rough you up when you owed them money. Shelly is the Casino equivalent of Baldwin's real-estate mogul in Glen Garry Glen Ross.

How far will Shelly go to keep things the "old way"? How much pressure will he put on Bernie when "The Cooler" starts getting luckier - and ineffective as a cooler?

This movie is fun and inventive and has great acting and dialogue. There are sex scenes that are steamy and nude so keep in mind who you watch this with. It's just barely a cut below the best casino-mobster movies. I recommend it. ... Read more

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I thought this was a great sequel.
I liked this one alot better than the others, the ending was great when I saw all the nerds from the first and second film grown up. What happened to Pointdexter, I didn't see him in this sequel. Oh, well this is still a good movie if you like Revenge of the Nerds.

Revenge
The Revenge of the Nerds was laugh out loud funny the most fun ive had in years i recomend it to all veiwers

A decent film, but did we really need a third installment?
INTRODUCTION:
The first two Revenge Of The Nerds films were comedy masterpieces. And in 1992, FOX tried to bring the series into the nineties - with extremely mixed results. Read on for my review of Revenge Of The Nerds III: The Next Generation.

BASIC PLOT:
Ten years have passed since the first Revenge Of The Nerds film. Lewis (Robert Carradine) is now head of the Adams College computer department, and is married to Betty (Julia Montgomery), the cheerleader he met in the first film. Lewis' nephew and his friend have begun attending Adams college, which has changed quite a bit from its days in the eighties. The nerds now pretty much run the place, and the Alpha Betas even suck up to them for help when they need it. However, an Adams alumni sees this, and thinks it's disgraceful. Soon enough, Stan Gable (Ted McGinley) joins forces with this guy, and decides once again to make life a living hell for the nerds (he just became dean of the school). And when the new nerds need to hire an attorney, guess who they call? Everyone's favorite loser - Booger (Curtis Armstrong.) The film provides many laughs from start to finish.

FILM OPINIONS:
Bringing the series into the nineties was a questionable move. First of all, I was hoping to see more of the classic characters, not just Lewis, Betty, and Booger. A few of them make cameos at the end, but that just isn't enough. The new characters (Toyota in particular) are quite funny, but I still like the classic characters more. What really makes me mad is the writers can't seem to get their timeline straight. Stan says he was from the Adams College class of 1980, but he was still attending in 1984 (the year the first film came out, and according to the second film, the year it took place.) If this is a 1992 film and ten years have passed since the first film, that would mean the first film happened in 1982, which doesn't work out. Sure, it's a comedy, but plotholes are a problem in ALL genres of films and TV shows. This was a subpar attempt to bring the series into the nineties, but it's still pretty funny. But rather than buying this, hold off and see if it gets the DVD treatment the first two films did.

OVERALL:
Though this is a funny film, it's downright weak compared to its predecessors from the eighties. Sure, it's not the comedy classic those two films were, but it's worth watching at least once through.

A must-have set! Even if you only watch the first one...
In a nutshell:

You MUST buy this collection!!!

Why, you ask? Because we all know that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th installments of this movie are widely regarded as a waste of film (be assured that I personally don't feel that way, however). If you don't pick 'em up now, you may never have a chance to. There's a DVD with 1 & 2 on it, grab that as well. You'll be archiving our beloved past and the inimitable franchise that is/was: Revenge of the Nerds!

Please stop!!!
I loved Revenge of the Nerds part1. Part 2 was OK, but could have been better. By Part 3 I am saying to myself "WHY?" The story line is so off the wall, if you can call that a story line. A Rapping Elvis wanabe named Toyota! Then at the end they try and push that guy off as Gilbert, PLEASE!!!! We all know were the guy who played Gilbert went, have you seen ER? Not even a good number of the original cast memembers making a small one minute showing at the end could save this one!! ... Read more

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Police Academy 7?
In all honesty I had no idea that another Police Academy movie had been made. I stopped watching the series once they lost the star power of Steve Gutenberg, but I'm pretty sure that this movie wasn't even released in theaters. Probably, rightly so. I gave the movie three stars to drag up the movie's average basing the three star rating on the movie poster up above, which I found hilarious but unsubstanative.

WORST FILM EVER
Jesus, it kills me to give it a star, but unfortunately there isn't a no star option. Worst film I've ever seen.

Funny
This is the best of the series, and is the only good one in the series.

HORRIBLE
This movie was awfully awful. It doesn't deserve all the good reviews it's getting. I hated this movie, and it should be avoided at all costs.

Not as good
Not as good as the others, but still ok. ... Read more

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Police Academy 7?
In all honesty I had no idea that another Police Academy movie had been made. I stopped watching the series once they lost the star power of Steve Gutenberg, but I'm pretty sure that this movie wasn't even released in theaters. Probably, rightly so. I gave the movie three stars to drag up the movie's average basing the three star rating on the movie poster up above, which I found hilarious but unsubstanative.

WORST FILM EVER
Jesus, it kills me to give it a star, but unfortunately there isn't a no star option. Worst film I've ever seen.

Funny
This is the best of the series, and is the only good one in the series.

HORRIBLE
This movie was awfully awful. It doesn't deserve all the good reviews it's getting. I hated this movie, and it should be avoided at all costs.

Not as good
Not as good as the others, but still ok. ... Read more

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Steals the Show
The Cooler is a movie similar to "Casino", it shows the gritty side of the business that the public is not aware of. Taking place in old Las Vegas, you'll get to see the professional cheaters that try to steal from the casinos and the mob ties to the business. Shelly (Alec Baldwin) is the manager of the Shangri-La casino, and he opposes the changes being made to the business. He hates the fact that he is being forced to sell out to the new corperate powers and Shelly will do anything to prevent changes from happening. Bernie (William Macy) is a looser, who has the unusual ability to spread bad luck to winning players (cooling the winners), he has a loyalty to Shelly, but changes when he meets and falls in love with a cocktail waitress.
The movie is slow paced but is very well written and keeps you engrossed with their characters. It has excellent camera work, editiing and lighting. The lighting in particular is made in a film noir fashion, adding to the grittyness of the atmosphere. There are some violent scenes in the movie and done realistically. The violence is very sparse yet disturbing. Most of the movie is convulted with hoplessness emphasized by the Bernie character who always looks sad and pathetic, you can almost imagine a dark cloud hanging over his head. His only happiness is the love relationship developing with the waitress. And when he's feeling happy in love, Bernie doesn't do a good job as a cooler. This enrages, Shelly.
Shelly is old fashioned and doesn't like change. He would do anything to keep things the way they are; even if it means hurting those he loves. Alec Baldwin steals the show in this movie! Even though he is a supporting character his presence on screen is creepy and powerful at the same time. His character is so interesting that you'll wish he had more screen time. I just wished that the character, Bernie had more guts. And there are a few situations in the movie subplots which were not handled well. Overall, this is a very good movie, especially if you want to see a modern day film noir.

Interesting Premise. Flat Story and Characters.
Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is one unlucky guy. He is so unlucky that he is employed as a "cooler" at the Shangri La Casino in Las Vegas. His mere presence at the table of a gambler on a winning streak will break the streak and save the casino a fortune. But when Bernie becomes romantically involved with Natalie (Maria Bello), a waitress at the casino, his luck begins to change. Shelly (Alec Baldwin), the Shangri La's stubbornly old-fashioned manager, is frustrated by Bernie's change of luck at the same time he is adamantly resisting modernization that the casino's owner envisions will usher the business into the future.

The Las Vegas of "The Cooler" isn't family friendly or a fashionable destination for the rich and famous. This is a hardened, sleazy Vegas that isn't much removed from its mobster roots. And Shelly is an old school casino manager who resists the new glossy and respectable face of Las Vegas with all of his power. He tenaciously clings to the traditions and superstitions that served him well in years past, including the employment of coolers to combat gamblers on a hot streak. I wish the film had revolved more around the concept of coolers and shown more of the inner workings of old Vegas casinos. That might have been interesting. But "The Cooler" is a messy love story about an unlucky guy who turns out to be lucky in love. The trouble is that the love story is clichéd, and the characters are two-dimensional. Shelly seems like more of a stereotype than a character. This is the first time that William H. Macy has ever bored me. He always brings something interesting to his roles -until now. Bernie Lootz is a profoundly uninteresting person. All of the characters seem to lack a certain facet that would make them interesting, or realistic, or sympathetic, or anything that would endear them to the audience. And their behavior in the film's final act is completely nonsensical. That might not matter if there were something in the story to capture the audience's interest. But the story also lacks anything that would distinguish it. One thing I do like about "The Cooler" is that it presents Luck as a real thing, a commodity that can be quantified and traded. That's interesting. And a cooler is a virtual embodiment of bad luck. There's a good and original story there somewhere. But it isn't this film. "The Cooler" sports a talented cast in a story that fails to engage. Paul Sorvino, model Estella Warren, and In Sync crooner Joey Fatone have small supporting roles. I love gambling films, so I wish "The Cooler" had been better. But I can only recommend it to connoisseurs of Vegas movies.

MUDDLED, BUT WORTHWHILE
The Cooler is a dark tale of luck and free will. It is loaded with brilliant performances. Yet it falls well short of its potential.

The best thing about The Cooler is Maria Bello. She is among a handful of the most beautiful women on the screen these days. As Natalie she exudes an emotional depth and an aching honesty that almost makes this movie something great.

Almost.

Despite similarly wonderful performances from Baldwin and Macy, this dark comedy drowns in its "dark" (dank to be more precise). The Cooler can't figure out if it wants to be a gangster flick, a romantic comedy, a dark comedy, or an elegy for the old ways of Vegas. That the movie almost pulls this off is a credit to the actors involved.

The Cooler misses its mark though. I found it enjoyable, but I have the feeling that most of my friends would either have their patience tested or balk at the heavy violence and sexual content. People watching a slightly more humorous version of Leaving Las Vegas still have to deal with the existential goo of Leaving Las Vegas--no matter the outcome or humor along the way.

That said, if you feel you're up to the challenge, The Cooler, for all its scattershot befuddlement, does sing a strain of the greatest song of all: the song of Love and its power to save and transform--a song well worth listening to--in any form.

"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it."

Fantastic Las Vegas flick
The actors did such a great job in this movie. I've always been a William H. Macy fan, but the job he did in The Cooler blew me away. He totally encompassed the role of Bernie Lootz. Alec Baldwin was also very impressive. He managed to create sympathy for an unsympathetic character. I think this rates among his best work.

Maria Bello was also great. I loved how real the love scenes were. No airbrushing, this was obviously real people with real flaws. That's good. I hate to watch a movie while castigating myself for not hitting the gym!

A very moving story.

William Macy gives another great performance
William H. Macy plays Bernie Lootz and as you'll read in other reviews here, Bernie is a guy who is so unlucky that a Casino has hired him to let his bad luck rub off on the other players in the Casino.

What impressed me about Macy's portrayal of Bernie is that he is so completely used to his position as one of life's doormats that he exudes a kind of confidence in this role. In the brilliant opening of the film we see Bernie strolling through the Casino with a kind of casual self-assurance that you might expect to see from an actor playing James Bond as they say "shaken, not stirred". Bernie walks casually by a table where a player is beginning to get hot. Without even looking down Bernie reaches out and glides his fingers along the edge of the table as he walks by. Off-camera we can hear that his bad-luck imparting has worked. As unlucky as Bernie is, he at least recognizes that he is good at his job and that he performs a valuable service to the Casino.

Unlucky in life and unlucky in love, Bernie secretly pines after Casino waitress Natalie, played by Maria Bello. When Natalie begins to take an interest in Bernie things get exponentially more complicated for Bernie.

Alec Baldwin is Shelly Kaplow, the manager of the Casino, and he remembers the good old days before Vegas became like Disney World: back when gamblers gambled and drank, showgirls strutted around naked, and the Mob would rough you up when you owed them money. Shelly is the Casino equivalent of Baldwin's real-estate mogul in Glen Garry Glen Ross.

How far will Shelly go to keep things the "old way"? How much pressure will he put on Bernie when "The Cooler" starts getting luckier - and ineffective as a cooler?

This movie is fun and inventive and has great acting and dialogue. There are sex scenes that are steamy and nude so keep in mind who you watch this with. It's just barely a cut below the best casino-mobster movies. I recommend it. ... Read more

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Police Academy 7?
In all honesty I had no idea that another Police Academy movie had been made. I stopped watching the series once they lost the star power of Steve Gutenberg, but I'm pretty sure that this movie wasn't even released in theaters. Probably, rightly so. I gave the movie three stars to drag up the movie's average basing the three star rating on the movie poster up above, which I found hilarious but unsubstanative.

WORST FILM EVER
Jesus, it kills me to give it a star, but unfortunately there isn't a no star option. Worst film I've ever seen.

Funny
This is the best of the series, and is the only good one in the series.

HORRIBLE
This movie was awfully awful. It doesn't deserve all the good reviews it's getting. I hated this movie, and it should be avoided at all costs.

Not as good
Not as good as the others, but still ok. ... Read more

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A Powerful Piece
"An endearing and sincere drama that chronicles the ten-year life of a gay relationship. Back in 1978, everything seemed possible for several young men. For Philip and Guy, there was the thrill and exhilaration of first love. For their friends Devon, Jerry and Todd, life was still an open book with so many pages yet to be filled. But ten years later, all are gone except for Philip who is left alone, wondering what the hell happened. He tries to make sense of the joys and the sorrows as well as to chart a new direction for the future. Writer/director Natale's feature film debut depicts the lives of five friends in conflict with themselves and each other yet ultimately, the insightful tale is about love and survival. The title is drawn from events around the sale of a shirt which brought each of them together. "A totally refreshing and romantic (even sexy) drama, true to the crises many have endured without being pedantic, mature without losing its vitality. A powerful piece about the force that tear people apart and ultimately keeps them together." Outfest

get a new shirt
I gave GREEN PLAID SHIRT three stars for the following reasons; the audio was very poor;( I purchased the DVD version ) turning the treble all the way up on the tone control on my television helped ( there is an apologia before the film begins, perhaps this is what they refer to ); and the film failed to move or inspire me. The acting was good, no problem there, it was one of those movies that goes on and on and on.
The story centers around two people Phillip (Gregory Phelan) and Guy (Kevin Spirtas) who meet at a garage sale in 1978 when Phillip buys a Green Plaid shirt lays it down on a table for a moment to pay for it and Guy picks it up to try it on; of course Phillip informs Guy He had just paid for it and wants it back. Later Phillip is with one of his best friends Jerry at a [same sex] bar and Guy happenes to run into philip there and stops over to say Hello; Phillip asks Guy to join them and next thing you Phillip have become lovers and have moved into together. Two other of Phillips friends Jerry and Deven play a supportive role of the bitchie-stuck up friends who are not impressed with Plillips new lover. Guy developes AIDS ( refered to in the film as the " Gay Disease"), along with Jerry then Devon. Phillip finds his world is collapsing around him. Guy has then "cheated" on Phillip and moved out of the new house they have bought together with his new lover ( Tony ). ...
The film flashes from present to past to present ect.
There are no hardcore [physical] scenes but some body nudity. In my opnion there are better [same sex] films to purchase; ...

Good intentions, but....
A friend recommended this film so I started to view it but had to stop after 30 minutes. I usually give films more of a chance but the sound quality of the DVD was so poor that I was either straining to hear what was being said or turning the volume down. (I tried it on a second DVD player with the same results.) The two main actors (Gregory Phelan and Victor Spirtas) were not too bad, but the script -- what I was able to make out of it -- left little to be desired. A bit too confusing and not conversational and realistic. The supporting characters were too clichéd and made the one scene of the introduction dinner difficult to sit through.

The film's creators seemed to have made this film with good intentions: showing the effects of AIDS on the gay community by focusing on one relationship in particular. But, the script and the sound problems make it difficult to watch.

A movie that grew on me
I have a new CD player and wanted to test it out with some of the gay flicks that I missed over the last couple of years. As noted by other reviewers, the sound stunk and their were numerous technical glitches.

On the other hand, for some reason I really connected with what was going on with the lead character. To be so in love with another man, and then see it fall apart. I was glad to see that things did not work out where they lived happily ever after like in most gay flicks.

I watched it again with the directors comments on and was quite amazed to hear how they had put this movie together on a shoe string budget. I am impressed how they put together such a great movie on such a small budget.

Toss the shirt
Long gone are the days when we should go see a gay film simply because it is gay. with the amount of different movies lately with gay plots or subplots I've come to expect a few things. The first being a script, the second being well....a script.

Seriously this film seemed to be under the impression that just putting somebody up there who has lost their lover is enough to keep us tearful and involved for the 17 hours this movie seemed to last. The fact that the sound quality was so bad I had to rewind several times to try and catch important passages was a minor annoyance compared to the complete lack of interest I was able to maintain. It is sad to say that a movie supposed to be sad and about a very serious subject had my friends and I laughing at our foolishness for renting this. ... Read more

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Tim Corrells Prianha Remake Review
As good as this made for TV remake was, I still think the original Piranha was a bit better even though I rate both this and the original 5 stars. I thought the prettiest female in this movie was Kehli O'Byrne (who did the part of the boss at the kids camp Gina Green). Too bad she was killed by the Piranha. Soleil Moon Frye (who did the part of the Gina's employee Laura) was also very pretty. Too bad she was killed by the Piranha, too. Oh well. If you liked the original Piranha, see this remake as well. Even if you don't like this movie it will be worth the time. Too bad it was never in the movie theater. Oh, well.

Some Classics Weren't Meant To Be Tampered With
The original "Piranha" was an entertaining cult classic but the decision by Roger Corman to remake it, nearly twenty years later, must have entirely been for finacial reasons because this straight-to-video retread is about as half-baked as it gets. Aside from a few changes of some character's ethnicities and gender, this is almost an exact copy of the first film.

As was the case in the original, two troublesome kids decide to go swimming at a government test site and end up "fish food". Enter Alexandra Paul as a very butch-looking P.I. who is hired by one of the kids' legal guardians who also happens to be the owner of a new resort that is opening up. With the help of overacting hillbilly hermit, William Katt, she ends up at the test site and drains the pool causing the piranha to run amok in the local river system. Of course, the greedy resort owner isn't going to let something like giant man-eating killer fish ruin his plans to open his resort.

This new "Piranha" offers very little added value aside from possibly a little bit more gore and nudity but not even enough to really make it worth your while. Of course, we get to see a grown-up "Punky Brewster" as Soleil Moon Frye shows up as a summer camp counselor with Mila Kunis (many years before she broke out on "That 70's Show") as Katt's hydrophobic daughter. Alex Simon's screenplay should barely qualify as a "studio rewrite" as it is practically a word-for-word duplicate of the original John Sayles script. Even worse, the severe overacting of the cast really kills the memorable dialouge. Only Roger Corman would save production costs by recycling the underwater photography from the original for a remake. Needless to say if the producers of this film wouldn't waste their money on it then you probably shouldn't either.

Mini Jaws!!!
A community is terrorized when hundreds of spawning genetically-mutant piranhas are accidently released from an isolation pool and into a river used by the community for boating, fishing, and SWIMMING!!! These things are so violent and aggressive, they may as well be consitered "Mini-Jaws's". They attack anything that moves and chews it up until it's practically gone!

I'm a star!
I really love this movie for one reason: I was in it. I play one of the kids in the summer camp (I'm wearing green and blue shorts). I've even got pictures with Solie to prove it. The funniest part about making this movie was that in the trailer that I would get dressed in, they kept a bloody skeleton prop that looked like it was eaten by piranahs. Everyday as I would change into my wardrobe, that stupid thing would be staring right at me. I really hated that.

piranha
Some of you may think that it is a terrible film, but i think it is so funny!! It's such a good film.... ... Read more

Reviews (8)

Yummy Adam
I am giving this movie 5 stars because of the scene where a shirtless Adam Ant kisses a shirtless Micheal Pare right before stabbing him in the head. You have to see it!

ADAM ADAM ADAM!

And the rest of the movie is ok too.

A Must See...
This movie has something for everyone (over 13)! There is humor, there is death, there is war and hate. The bad guy (Adam Ant)is just as much eye-candy as the good guy (Michael Pare). The best part of the movie is Bruce Dern. A very talented actor with a sharp wit. I personally own two copies of this movie...just in case one tape breaks ;-)

The Citizen Kane of B-Movies
If you are unable to get past the simple deterrent of the B-Movie label, then this film isn't for you. If you don't have a cheesy sense of humor, and find joy in what I consider alt. sci-fi (think Kilgore Trout or Phillip Jose Farmer) then this film is not for you. And if you are unable to remove the serious film buff that lies deep within you, then this film certainly is not for you.

However, if you do not fall into the above category, then count yourself amoungst the lucky. For World Gone Wild is nothing less then an addictive experience. You will be unable to resist the image of a cannibal standing on a heap of ancient crushed cars ressurected as a mettalic moat, drapped in a tattered american flag and singing along with a rock song using his machine gun as a guitar, or of Adam Ant leading a demonic cult of Charles Manson worshippers on a raid of pillage and rape from the one of the last surviving rural communities, or of a futuristic pot-smoking messiah self crucifying himself on a homemade pyre; from the explosion of humans to decapitation via deadly hubcaps, this film is defentiely a lost treasure.

And it is treasure at the films heart. The treasure of water in a post-nuclear war society ravaged by decades of drought and famine. In order to protect itself and its precious secret of an unending underground well from Ant's murderous cult, the community of Lost Wells hires a crew of rag-tag defenders in a final attempt to save man-kind. The resulting adventures and battle are both disgusting and hilarious, making this Seven Sumarai rip-off the best B film made to date. And defenitely worthy of a viewing, for nothing else than to witness the finest performances that Bruce Dern, Michael Pare, and Adam Ant ever delivered.

I laughed, I cried...
It started out that I was only watching the movie to see Adam Ant...well, and Michael Pare. I found out that it was an incredible movie with an awesome cast of actors. I personally own two copies of this movie (worried that one might break eventually and I'd be stuck without this great movie). Bruce Dern is an incredible actor and pulls out all the stops. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who likes sci-fi, futuristic type movies...and even to thoughs who don't, but can appreciate a good bad guy.

Catch this! World Gone Wild
i was suprisingly captivated by the intriguant that conceived this ironic and imaginative action thriller. the depth of characters, and dark humor places this film a cut above the rest. de facto, the father-less love child of tombstone meets mad max! if you can find it, watch it. high points: the unflappable performance of bruce dern as the consumate wise man, and the adroit dialog skills of writer jorge zamacona. typically violent as any film of this ilk and era, but clever,clever, clever. ... Read more