FREEJACK
A film review by Craig-Richard Schock
Copyright 1992 Craig-Richard Schock
This has got to be one of the worst movies ever made. I went with a friend and he knew the manager of the theatre; we both got in free but I still feel like I didn't get my money's worth.
The screenplay was awful. I saw in the opening credits that the movie is based on a novel. Although I have not read the novel, I can't imagine that it could possibly as bad as the movie. Watching the movie, I got the impression that there was more to the story and that it could be found in the book.
All of the characters in this movie can be described with one word: plastic. I have never before seen a movie where the depthlessness of the characters has been so annoying that it completely disrupted my enjoyment of the story. Mick Jagger didn't get one line "right." His character was some macho-moron straight out of the seventies.
What's left? Hopefully there were some excellent special effects or great cinematography. Well, sorry to disappoint you. The special effects are from the early '80s (a little later than Jagger's character :-). My friend said it the best when he said that the special effects were "cheesy."
I have never before felt so uncomfortable sitting through a movie. With it's bad acting, poor dialogue, awful screenplay, horrible characters I find it really hard to say anything good about this movie. If you really want to see it, wait for the video. There's nothing in this movie you will miss by not seeing it on the big screen.
Craig
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