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Letting go of the expectation for a movie to be good is one of the most useful things to do when going to the theater. Back in time, there were a handful of movies that left a lot to be desired, but more recently than not, I can find some webhook that explores the remaining loopholes within the film. It could simply be jaw droppingly insane in terms of action. Or perhaps it’s so outrageous that it turns out to be mind-blowingly entertaining. Or even if the story is flawed, at least the imagination behind the direction possesses an undue amount of creativity
Suffice to say, the film suffers from a myriad of issues which subsequently drives the audience to boredom. What is surprising though is the lack of action within the film, which if anything gives a scientific approach to its unfolding. It really does make one question the circumstances that led to the final product. It clearly does not fit into the realm of a science fiction picture, neither does it touch the spheres of action or thriller.
I have to say, this VHS cover is a total misrepresentation. The cover is rather the sole reason why I tried so hard to look for this. It looks appealing, does it not? There’s the name of John Carradine above the title, Roger Corman producing, and with that cool cover art, I was assuming that at the very least, this would be badass low-grade cinema. No, not even close.
When I started with the cover, I thought it was Carradine’s name that stood out the most over the film name. Now that I think about it, I assumed he was the lead actor too. Wrong. In fact, it takes him 30 minutes to appear in the film for the first time. Initially, he appears to be a dark figure who eventually turns out to be someone else, but still only appears here and there. But that’s not him in the cover. What is worse, that’s not any of the people in the movie. A complete misunderstanding. May be the blame lies with Roger Corman as I saw recently that two years later he reused the same poster for one of his films with Don ‘ The Dragon’ Wilson called Future Kick. Yes, there were some differences made, but the truth is that there wasn’t much difference. In Crime Zone no one looks close to that artistic representation of the cover of the VHS and the city surely does not look that way. Instead, it looks more like a post apocalyptic dystopian future than the shiny bright lights and the beautiful tall buildings shown on this cover.
Indeed, no scene occurs during daylight. Instead, the filmmakers decided to conceal the absence of futuristic sets inside the science fiction film by utilizing night shots. The filmmakers, however, clearly have a definition of the term ‘futuristic’ that is different to ours, and it looks like they managed to come up with neons aplenty. Everything had neon lights: even pool cue sticks during the scene where the two main actors have a round of pool at a bar.
I really don’t want to waste my time explaining the plot or other details because in all likelihood, you are never going to watch this film, and for good reasons too. When I had first seen it was directed by Luis Llosa, who went on to make bigger films like Sniper, The Specialist, and Anaconda, I assumed it would at the very least have the visual appeal of a more competent and balanced movie. Once again, not the case here. It looks to be very amateurish and even on the spectrum of low-budget direct to video films, very unimaginative and so boring. Without a doubt, with a cover like this you are expecting to see a science fiction film with some action. Instead, it is much more like a drama, not even a thriller, just a drama and because of the averagely weak directing and unbelievably bad script running from beginning to end, I was so unbearably bored and did not even care about any of the characters or anything that was happening. A sex scene with Sherilyn Fenn cannot save this piece of trash. I am unable to remember the last time I was so bored watching a film.
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