Bad Movie Logo
"A website to the detriment of good film"
Custom Search
HOMEB-MOVIE REVIEWSREADER REVIEWSFORUMINTERVIEWSUPDATESABOUT
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 29, 2024, 09:08:40 AM
713405 Posts in 53060 Topics by 7725 Members
Latest Member: wibwao
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Information Exchange  |  Movie Reviews  |  The Prodigy (2004) « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: The Prodigy (2004)  (Read 3201 times)
RapscallionJones
B-Movie Site Webmaster
Bad Movie Lover
****

Karma: 44
Posts: 379


Grim & Frostbitten


WWW
« on: August 20, 2007, 12:01:57 PM »

There was a lot of hype about this movie between Twitch Film and Film Threat.  Being a fan of the Twitch website, I figured they couldn't steer me wrong and the premise sounded very good:  From a young age, Truman Fisher has been tracked by a Keyser Soze style contract killer as a prospect for his own replacement.  Now as an adult and a mobster's henchman, Truman and the killer will cross paths while Truman looks for his boss' kidnapped nephew.

The early word was that it came out of nowhere and really worked like the surprise of Boondock Saints (which, incidentally, I don't really care for), but the idea was sound and I can sometimes rely on indie action movies to try something different.  Unfortunately, it doesn't always work and inconsistent is nearly an understatement.

http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/08/20/you-got-heart-kid-the-prodigy/
Logged

Visit the b-movie blog
http://www.cinema-suicide.com
The required Myspace profile
http://www.myspace.com/cinemasuicide
Jim H
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 314
Posts: 3669



« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2007, 03:42:10 PM »

I actually posted my thoughts on this in the "bad movies" section, which should suggest my overall thoughts a bit.

While on the whole I enjoyed the film (it sounds like a bit more than you did), I agree with just about everything in your entire review.  I even suggested the same amount of footage (about a half hour, especially that hopeless bit of Tarantino-riffing which comes out of no where) be cut from the middle.  I also thought the action scenes were very well handled, and I REALLY thought there should have been one more major set piece in the centre of the film.  Oh well.

So all in all, I guess great minds think alike huh?   Thumbup

Good review.
Logged
Pages: [1]
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Information Exchange  |  Movie Reviews  |  The Prodigy (2004) « previous next »
    Jump to:  


    RSS Feed Subscribe Subscribe by RSS
    Email Subscribe Subscribe by Email


    Popular Articles
    How To Find A Bad Movie

    The Champions of Justice

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    Manos, The Hands of Fate

    Podcast: Todd the Convenience Store Clerk

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Dragonball: The Magic Begins

    Cool As Ice

    The Educational Archives: Driver's Ed

    Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

    Do you have a zombie plan?

    FROM THE BADMOVIES.ORG ARCHIVES
    ImageThe Giant Claw - Slime drop

    Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.

    Lesson Learned:
    • Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.

    Subscribe to Badmovies.org and get updates by email:

    HOME B-Movie Reviews Reader Reviews Forum Interviews TV Shows Advertising Information Sideshows Links Contact

    Badmovies.org is owned and operated by Andrew Borntreger. All original content is © 1998 - 2014 by its respective author(s). Image, video, and audio files are used in accordance with the Fair Use Law, and are property of the film copyright holders. You may freely link to any page (.html or .php) on this website, but reproduction in any other form must be authorized by the copyright holder.