Ringu 0: Bâsudei

The origins of Sadako revealed!

After a mild result in the audiences with Ringu 2 and the original part two Rasen, Hideo Nakata didn't continue his work as the director of the Ringu saga. However, changing the director proved to be the right choice in order to give the saga a new fresh air fans would thank. Norio Tsurata a relatively unknown film maker was the go to director for releasing the next movie in the apparently finished Ringu saga. Tsurata took some elements from the previous films as well as some portions from the original novel written by Koji Suzuki (the Japanese Stephen King) He also added some elements from a short story written by Suzuki as well. Tsurata knew what fans have been looking forward to: an origin story of Sadako Yamamura, and so he made a movie fans would love for sure.

Released in the year 2000 the movie takes us back 30 years before the first film from the saga. Tsurata is determined to accomplish a big goal: to let us enter into the world of a teenage Sadako, victim of herself & her strange family. Opposed to what we know of Sadako Yamamura from the previous movies, in Ringu 0: Bâsudei We are to enter unknown territories in the life of the ultimate killing girl from J-Horror. Sadako used to be a very shy girl whith an almost ethereal personality. The plot of the movie wants ust to know that sometimes, evil can be manipulated up to the point of building killing machines that lack all sort of emotions. So, basically Norio Tsurata and his wonderful cast have one goal in mind, a goal that would seem impossible: to turn viewers Sadako's point of view upside down. The first two entries in the saga taught us to fear the unstoppable Sadako, a girl in the looks but a monster in the inside. Part III wants us to learn the human side this girl used to have. Soon we learn that Sadako Yamamura was born with psychic powers just like her mother. The problem was that Sadako couldn't control them and as soon as her state of mind was altered people would die in the most horrible ways you can think of. Unfortunately Sadako's mother also had those abilities and yeah, she went nuts and killed herself by jumping into an exploding volcano (this is discovered in part 1) So young Sadako is trying hard to avoid such a horrible future. 

Sadako Yamamura's sweet side.

Drama served her well.

"Sadako I'm the only one who believes you. Let me have you doggy style"

Sadako's popular dark side.

If comparisons were any good, I would say that Ringu 0 is the Asian equivalent story/movie of the American Carrie flick. Sadako suffers from being shy and different just like Carrie White did in her movie. Essentialy we are told a compassion story in 90 minutes because Sadako can't control her abilities, they just take over herself and turn her into pure evil. Sadako is constantly haunted by frightening visions of ghosts and bloody omens of the future. She has found some happiness in a small drama troupe, despite the fact that few of her fellow actors like her - Sadako is too quiet, a little creepy, and always seems to have something or someone standing behind her back - something that no one can quite see. The cast of an upcoming play all begin to have similar dreams in which an old house, a forest by the sea and a crumbling well all make an appearance. When the star of the play dies unexpectedly, and Sadako is given her role, suspicion mounts. Odd occurrences plague the set, a news reporter with a secret agenda begins to investigate poor Sadako Yamamura and Sadako herself falls in love with a handsome sound engineer named Toyama, the only one who believes that Sadako is innocent from all the mess around her. But if she is, then what is causing the poltergeist-like activity in the theater? What is the source of the strange, eerie sound that everyone can hear? And whose voice said "You will die" on a recording made at the time of a young woman's death? 

Sadako's real dad.

Sadako's wacko mum.

The well.

Sadako's only friend.

Grand Finale.

This is a strong entry in the Ringu series, more of a psychological drama than anything else. Sadako, is a girl with no self-esteem, wandering through the film in pale dumpy clothes with her long black hair covering her face. She is truly a good, sweet girl who is simply pushed too far. There are some creepy moments scattered through the film featuring grainy dream sequences, stricken corpses and a very creepy shot of Sadako's insane mother during a flashback. There's also a great climax featuring Sadako as we all remember her - hair in her face and clad in a long white dress - literally jumping into view and then creeping up on her two victims in a scene that was clearly shot backwards and then run forwards, giving her movements a hideous jerkiness. Yukie Nakama is very good as Sadako, giving us a tragic heroine who is good and pure and possesses the power to heal the sick. Your sympathy will lie with Sadako, even as her dark past is revealed. The good Sadako suffers unbearably and you will suffer with her, right up to the chilling, but inevitable, ending.

Overall, the origin story of Sadako Yamamura is nothing too far from our reality: an abused girl since her earliest upbringings, abused in the worst way: by her family. After we're done watching it, we leave the movie thinking "nobody told her she could make it someday" This part III fits quite good as the climax for the trilogy, although we're never told every single fact about Sadako's life and the people and facts around her. For instance we meet her twin sister, but that's it, no further explanations. Some other references to her mum and dad seem a bit incomplete and are only understood clearly by those who watched the previous films. I guess they didn't wanted to tell the whole story, so that we could fantasize and hope for a part IV in the near future.

Here's the movie trailer:

Ringu 2

Original japanese movie poster.

Before we set our minds to talk about Ringu 2, we have to remember a few key elements that were revealed in part I. First, we now know that Sadako is a victim of her parents. She developed the same psychic abilities her late mother had, so his dad wanted to use her for his science research. However as Sadako's powers went beyond imaginable his dad had no choice but kill her himself. The videotape was made with the abilities Sadako had, so once you saw it you had the chance to look at her miserable life: Her mother who predicted an eruption and kill herself jumping into the volcano; the well where his father took her to kill her and other minor elements. Why am I remembering all of these elements? because we are to review part II, which continues were part I left us...

Taking place immediately after the events of the original Ringu (1998), Ringu 2 features Mai Takano (Miki Nakatani) continuing the investigation into the events of part I. At the beginning of the film, Reiko and his little son Yoichi Asakawa are still on the run after their ordeals in Ringu. Both the police and Mai are hoping to find them. Meanwhile, Masami Kurahashi, one of the two girls from the beginning of Ringu, is now in a mental hospital, the police have the remains of Sadako Yamamura's  body, they're trying to recreate her living appearance through forensic modeling, and they've located a man who is supposedly Sadako's father, a guy known as Takashi.

In case you guys haven't noticed as should be apparent from the above description, it's imperative that you watch Ringu before seeing Ringu 2. You may also wish to watch Ringu 0: Basudei (2000) before the original part I, and for fun, the original Ringu 2, AKA Rasen/Spiral before or after this "replacement sequel" (believe it or not, this one was produced when audiences were dissatisfied with the very differently toned Rasen/Spiral).

Unlike Rasen/Spiral, Ringu 2 is so close in tone to Ringu that it seems more like a "deleted scenes extended edition" than a full time sequel. However, Rasen/Spiral had better results as a whole, probably as it continued the Koji Suzuki novel original idea while on the other hand, Ringu 2 is much more uneven. There are lots of unnecesary scenes, some make sense, some not.

"So this is the studio they used for amateur porn"

Many fans were dissatisfied with Rasen/Spiral heading off into sci-fi territory, on the way providing something of a scientific explanation for what turned out to be some sort of a "Ring virus". They thought it ruined the mystery setting from the first film. It's curious in that light that many of those same fans like Ringu 2 much better. There is also an attempt here at explaining the curse, and it also inevitably ends up in sci-fi land.

Admittedly, though, the explanation for the curse in Ringu 2 is much different than it was in Rasen/Spiral, and despite the sci-fi, the strong mystery genre "investigation" elements that many loved so much in Ringu are woven throughout the plot. The sci-fi here is more psychological than Rasen's medical sci-fi, so probably that is why Ringu 2 is a bit better than Rasen, you know, not a lot of people is interested in medical sci-fi, I for one don't five a shit about stuff like ER or Dr. House, but psychological sci-fi feels more like a classic way of revealing the true story of a horror film. There is a lot of talk of intentionality and theories of intentionality being physically manifested. The film's ontology has it so that "mental energy", emotions and thoughts can be suppressed and subsequently "accumulated" to such a high range that when released externally, they can be extremely dangerous to others. Sadako, the chairperson of the Ringu villains, is the principal, most focused example of this, primarily because she's had 30 years in a veritable isolation chamber to effectively bury her thoughts. Watching this made me think that this could probably be an attempt to provide a subtext about the suppression of one's "real feelings and desires" in our current disposable society.  Maybe, only the author can tell for sure.

"My mouth is ready for some cock daddy o'"

So we have to evaluate Ringu 2 more on its surface level rather than an in depth analysis that would reveal the truth: a poor film that barely makes it to a B movie level. A lot of the film is a fairly pedestrian drama. Early ostensibly horrific events--such as the perusal of Reiko's apartment, deaths of supporting characters, possible ghost appearances, and the supernatural events surrounding Masami in the mental hospital--too often come across as a bit flat, almost banal. Ringu 2 is nothing if not a slow cooker. It improves, but very gradually.

By the time we get to one particular, very significant death, the film is cooking with full gas, but that's nearly an hour into a 90-minute film. Before that point, Ringu 2 feels like a much ado about nothing film. I won't mention who dies in this pivotal scene, but it is beautifully realized. We never really see the body, but instead the director Hideo Nakata shows us bright red blood slowing flowing across pavement, trickling down cracks, filling up depressions.

"Gotta get rid of this homemade porn movie of myself before it's too late"

"My mom would kill me if she saw these guys cumming in my mouth"

"Please fuck me hard, please!"

"Show me your wet twat Sadako"

From here to the end, Ringu 2 is much more even. The bulk of the "atmospheric" or "creepy" material arrives in this last half hour to forty minutes, such as the videotape of another young girl suddenly changing, her head bizarrely, violently shaking. Another standout moment is at the Yamamura family "hotel", when both Sadako and her mother eerily appear.

By the time the climax is revealed, the film is quite exciting, and Nakata forgoes dramatic sci-fi for more focused, horrific surrealism. Like Ringu, there is a climactic scene in a well, this one much more enigmatic, possibly meant to be a symbolic journey to the core of the pent-up emotions associated with the character of Sadako, with the emergence from a light-filled "ring" perhaps, representing the physical manifestation and release of the emotions through a person's eye. In the finale, Nakata also more literally combines the ring symbolism with the series' ubiquitous water symbolism--water more than likely being used to represent a kind of unifying "spiritual" ether that permeates the world. Of course, he still leaves an opening for another sequel as well.

Overall, unlike many films, Ringu 2 is impossible to evaluate "properly" in isolation. It must be contextualized with part I to add more sense. It may be far from an excellent film on its own, but it's certainly above average when viewed in conjunction with the series.So, after this long talk I would say to understand Ringu 2 you must watch the entire trilogy plus Rasen to have a wider view of why this movie became the new Ringu part II.

Here's the movie trailer:

Next review will be the strongest movie from the trilogy: Ringu O Badousei (Birthday) stay tuned!

Ringu

"One curse, one cure, one week to find it"

Today we enter into the dark paths of Japanese horror movies. It is said that the asian cinema is very hard to swallow by our western minds. When they tell us about asian culture we think of martial arts, chop suey, sushi, geisha, technology and animé, so thinking of japanese horror movies is certainly not in our regular minds. The now cult japanese horror genre AKA J-Horror is something quite familiar not only to films enthusiasts but to average movie goers as well. The year 1998, the director Hideo Nakata and the film Ringu (The Ring) Probably before Hideo Nakata filmed Ringu he was somehow quite an unknown movie director in our side of the hemisphere. Nakata didn't create the Ringu story from scratch. In fact the movie is based  in the Koji Suzuki novel of the same name. The movie had such an impact in the asian world that soon there was a part 2 and part 3 known as Ringu 0 (my personal favorite) 

I'm sure today everyone knows about the movie because of the American remake The Ring, effectively directed by Gore Verbinski and masterfuly starred by Naomi Watts, but that's another story dudes. I'm not against the remake, in fact, it was through the remake that I had the chance to look for the original japanese film. Now both the original & the remake movie have quite a lot of elements in common, they're slightly different, mostly because of the western point of view and the asian point of view. In both movies, the story has it that there's a home made video tape that runs no longer than a minute, but that has enough power to kill you within seven days, and there's nothing you can do to escape from such a violent fate. The movie begins when a main character relative dies in a way that suggests she saw the video, journalist Reiko tracks down the tape and recklessly watches it. She finds she is under the curse and shows it to her ex-husband to get his help. When her son watches the tape Reiko and Ryuji race against time to discover the meaning behind the curse to be able to lift it.

The plot is good in it's one word description but there are a few holes in it and some elements aren't well explained. However it is a good story to follow as it is a form of a ghost hunt as they try to unravel the mystery. The whole thing has an air of uneasiness about it.

The film has some very scary moments – especially the ending which in case you still haven't had the chance of watching by yourself, I won't spoil it. However for the most part it is just plain creepy – which is even worse. There's no blood or gore – just a real sense of being uncomfortable. The director has seen teen horrors before so he teases us – he has shots of people with doors just over their shoulder, or the TV lingering in the rear of the shot – knowing that we are conditioned to expect something to jump out – but then nothing does. Instead the scares come slowly and blatantly really not being shocking but either making your skin crawl or falling asleep within seconds.

Enter Sadako.

Sadako's mum.

"I need to puke so badly"

Sadako's coming for you!

The acting is fair enough all round although Sanada is a little stony at times but he gets better. The real star is the director who uses music and sound effects to get the eerie effect but also uses images that are weird to just creep out the whole film. In fact to watch this movie, you do need to be paying attention to it at all times. The curse videotape gives us plenty of clues to find out about the mysterious girl only known as Sadako. The lady in the videotape happens to be Sadako's mother, a key to explain the important elements involved in the death of Sadako & her mother. 

Hideo Nakata took some liberties from the original novel and being a horror films connoisseur he didn't use a single cliché from the most influential genre movies. His movie spawned a whole new generation of films made in Japan that were about dead children ghosts, however his Ringu trilogy remains as probably the most internationaly influential J-horror saga. There are neither gore scenes nor blood scenes, we just see corpses, and that's a plus in the age of CGI.

School teens either end up fucking in a cabaign or being killed by psychopaths.

"I'm a bit scared"

"Do I look like I'm having fun?"

"I brought this bukkake movie I've been telling you about"

Overall, a great movie but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone around, as the asian horror cinema has a very different personality if compared with the standard American horror family of flicks, so if you're ok with that, you'll enjoy it. If not, you won't understand most of the elements depicted in the movie. I guess is a thing of being opposite cultures. 

I still remember this independent cinema we had in my hometown until some years ago. They made themselves with a copy of Ringu, and as plenty of people had already watched the American remake, there were lots of people looking for tickets when it premiered. I went with my wife and by the first half of the movie, many people had left the cinema. That is why I think there's a culture issue with this movie, although you liked the remake, you just didn't like the original movie. My wife, I and a few others remained until the movie was over and we all liked it because we're open minded people. 

Some time later they premiered Ringu 2 & Ringu 0, being Ringu 2 the one that dissapointed the most from the saga.

here's the movie trailer:

And here's the curse videotape:

 

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice

Stephen King's name became an exploitation element in the 80's.

Continuing with our demanding mission of bringing you in depth reviews of all sorts of cult movies (the good ones, the bad ones, the worse ones, the blockbuster ones and the unbearable ones) I went to my local favorite megamart looking for a lettuce and a bag of burrito tortillas, evidently I didn't have any intentions of taking a look at the cheap movie racks they use to have there, cause I know most of the flicks are kids stuff and standard hollywood shit. anyways, while I was on my way to finding the exquisite burrito tortillas I found this rack with DVD movies on sale. After looking effortlessly at a big lot of DVDs that are not worth mentioning here I found the Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice DVD at the cheapest possible price a nation wide mart could afford.  Ages ago Children of the Corn was released in 1984 as one of the many horror flicks based in the exceptional writting of Stephen King. The movie neither became a blockbuster nor a classic but having the Based on Stephen King's Book tag   did give its producers plenty of money and caught the attention of thousands of Kings avid fans. Critics buried the movie for sure so it became some sort of B classic that did very well at local video stores as a friday night rent movie silently making its way to become a cult classic re-released in the DVD  format. 

An alternate movie poster.

These movie titles remind me of Korn.

"Say, How about I, fucking your shaved twat blondie?"

"I inspired Keanu Reeves look in the Matrix saga"

Does it look like a pedophile priest and his prey?

We know for sure that the movie iudustry wether mainstream or independet relies on one simple question to make its projects come true: How many Benjamins will we cash? so, depending on the answer thousands of films are either made or cancelled each year. I guess movie makers thought the answer was "No Benjamins" putting an end to any idea of a Children of the Corn sequel. The crazy 80's went by and everyone forgot about many of the horror films based on Stephen Kings book with only few exceptions that did become cult films in their own righteous way. The original 1984 Children of the Corn failed because it was not based on an entire book, it was just a small story Stephen King wrote, so the "based on" tag left the movie producers with a lot of room to add more sense to the story but, they couldn't make it, they just failed.

The real question here is "Why do you want to make a saga out a short story?" Unfortunately I have no certain answers but I can think of one "We're so stupid we just don't care for film quality anymore as long as it has some nudity, action and blood, so bring it on movie makers" The painful fact here is that Children of the Corn became a seven movie saga, a possible remake, and a made for TV movie.

"If you're an adult prepare to get your ass raped fucker"

A demon in the movie.

"We're not your average amish people"

Now, after the way too long introduction let's get down to business as Monica Lewinsky would put it. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice was released in 1992 and featured an unexperienced cast of B- movie actors that did a fair job in their B movie assignment. Part II really pushes hard to add a more consisten storyline but the only elements that I can call improvements in this movie are the special effects and the death scenes. The storyline is pretty much the same than the original. A small town where every adult is being killed just for the fact of being adult. The responsible killers are all kid; members of the He who walks behind the rows cult. Probably the movie tries to tell us adults tend to be so demanding with their kids, that eventually kids would hate us all.

Overall a movie that is only bearable by movie freaks and connoisseurs. By the way why is it called The Final Sacrifice? because that's what it takes to watch it.

Here's the movie trailer:

Bullit

Cool movie poster, ain't it?

 

Today, after some doing nothing time I decided it would be nice to post another review about a great movie. The problem was, I didn't really have lots of options to choose from, mostly because I haven't watched any classic movie lately. So, to find inspiration I thought about a friend who fell in love with a Dodge Charger R/T 1968 he saw in a certain movie when he was seventeen years old. Lucky bastard! later he got to buy the car for himself, and now in 2012 he's a proud Dodge Charger owner. Anyways, that movie was not only a source of inspiration for my friend, but also to a lot of film makers and movie freaks around the world, let's cut the talk and enter today's main course: Bullit, a film that seems to be remembered mostly for the central car chase, which was state-of-the-art for its time and still works extremely well. But this signature film of the late '60s was way more than screeching tires and muscle cars flying down the beatiful hills of San Francisco. Besides, this movie warped the muscle cars euphoria at light speed rate. It was 1968, the year of the wonderful Dodge Charger R/T and the amazing Ford Mustang GT.

Bullit, is named after the main character's name Frank Bullit played by Steve McQueen. Frank is a tough cop who's more action and less talking. His character has a certain amount of coolness within, in fact that special something turned his character into a legend, and eventually turned McQueen himself into an actor that would live under the shadow of a character stronger than the real actor, and I don't blame him. Take Scharzwenneger's Terminator, Ford's Han Solo/Indiana Jones, Stallone's Rambo/Rocky as an example of characters larger than life.

I just love the vintage look of this poster.

The Mustang GT drawing looks weird.

Jacqueline Bisset. A shame she never made a nude scene.

The 1968 Dodge Charger R/T.

Frank Bullitt was meant to be impersonated by Steve McQueen because he was, for the first time, playing an actual authority figure, a respected police detective, but one still caught up in the intrigues of the establishment, personified by a politically ambitious district attorney known as Chalmers (played by Robert Vaughan). When our guy fails to protect the DA's mob witness and one of his own men is badly shot up, the detective sets out to find out the truth of the situation and ultimately discovers that the DA has been conned. It's interesting, in this pre-Watergate film, that there's no hint of criminality or corruption about Vaughan's character or any of Bullitt's San Francisco police superiors. Bullitt's ultimate contempt for Chalmers stems both from an innate distrust of politicians (who are willing to compromise standards of professionalism for political gain, yep reality bites once more) as well as the the DA's sheer incompetence in dealing with the Mob.

The now world famous 68' Ford Mustang GT.

Doesn't he look like James Bond?

I'm just doing my job y'know.

Jacqueline Bisset is here to add some beauty.

The plot requires close attention; so you don't want to go to your fridge for a tasty beer, unless you have paused the DVD/Blu-Ray player. But if you don't get the whole plot at first sight, Bullit rewards repeat viewings with new wrinkles and insights. The film also benefits from the great location photography and from a superb cast of character actors. Bullitt's fellow detectives (Don Gordon and Carl Reindel) are likewise dedicated professionals; his boss (Simon Oakland) is also a pro, sympathetic to Bullitt but wary of the political pressures on the police department. Norman Fell is downright scary as a police captain allied with the smooth, oily Chalmers; and Robert Duvall stands out in a rather small role. The locations and supporting actors lend a realism to Bullit that also make it satisfying after multiple viewings. Besides, when a film is classified as classic, you don't really need to go to the internet to check for reviews of the movie, so watch it and enjoy it even if you're not reading my unprofessional but, heartfelt review.

Overall, Bullitt is not about the car chase and shoot-outs, but about a person trying to maintain his humanity and self-respect while doing a violent, sordid job that society demands and in which he obviously believes. At one point, Bullitt's luscious girlfriend happens on a crime scene and realizes the true nature of her lover's work. "You're living in a sewer, Frank!" she cries. And it is a very expensive place to live. Bullitt shows humane instincts and flashes of warmth and humor, but his attitude toward life is one of suspicion and skepticism. He's constantly on his guard, on edge, seldom able to relax, even with his girl. The film ends ambiguously, as Bullitt quietly contemplates the emotional price he pays for his authority and for doing a soul-grinding job at which he has become quite adept. It's this deeper layer of character and emotion, not the car chase, that make this film a classic. Besides, if you want to find the original source for lots of movies like Dirty Harry and the many exploitation car chase/police action films, look no further, Bullit is the original source.


I so recommend it to fans of classic american muscle cars, car chases fans of all kinds, tough cops heroes fans, retro action lovers, Steve McQueen followers and to every single human being who likes good movies over the shit we're being sold since the late 90's.

 

Here's the movie trailer:

Basic Instinct

The cold looking movie poster.

Updating the blog with a 90's sexploitation classic doesn't seem like a bad idea, since every single social network is down, apparently caused by powerful hackers in response to the  FBI's action of shutting down world famous download server Megaupload. The SOPA is really getting bigger and bigger, and honestly I don't want my movies blog to be tagged as a pirate treat because it is not. Anyways, today's movie will take us back as far as 1992 to behold  Paul  Verhoven's number 2 tour de force. Basic Instinct. Number 2, because Robocop is definitely his ultimate masterpiece among the many good films he's done through his career, don't deny it, you know it to be true. You know what's funny? I'm writing this review while watching the live action Green Lantern movie. He's one of my favorite DC comics characters but the movie is so predictable that actually you don't need to pay attention to it. The special effects are standard good.

a Real actress.

Your pussy smells so fine Sharon.

You ain't Sharon but you're a gorgeous gal too.

I don't want to miss the point here, so let's get down to business and talk about one of the greatest and most popular sexploitation films since god know when. Most of the critics for this film see it one way round: a thriller movie with some sex in it. I see it the other way round: A sex movies with a little but convincing script that is of course, developed by qualified actors, unlike most of the early 90's sexploitation flicks. The good guy role is in charge of Michael Douglas a veteran in terms of acting, although he's been into few movies that could be considered as cult items, he's always doing his job. The bad girl role is in charge of the now world famous blonde femme fatale Sharon Stone, this is her ultimate movie, period! Back then in 1992 the film caused controversy with some of the gay crowd (who didn't like the negative press) and for the 90's erotic standards that considered the movie had graphic sex (with bedroom violence included). On the one hand it became a blockbuster, that made Sharon Stone a star, and yet on the other hand critics considered the film a piece of crap. The word is the film is better than your average B movie skin flick, only by the quality of the actors, and Verhoeven's ability. I feel the film is still not given the respect it's due.

Back then in the 90's I first rented the R-rated version, which was very good, but now you can get the even better Unrated Director's Cut DVD, which has even more graphic content (let's think of the word graphic according to 90's standards) If you don't like erotic-thrillers, I'm sure you're not fond of my blog, so if you're here by mistake, GTFOD now. Buuut anyone with taste will enjoy the thrill ride of events that take place in Basic Instinct. The script by Mr. Joe Eszterhas was highly thought of in Hollywood, and if not for the graphic nudity, a top star like Michelle Pfeiffer would have taken the role made famous by Sharon stone.

Deadly sex.

Perfect Ass.

Those are some fine sheets, aren't they?

Sharon Stone's lethal weapon: her body.

Does the script go too far at times? Yes, but that's part of the films charm, and after all, the now 'classic film moment' of Sharon Stone's leg spread interrogation, likely would have been dropped in a conventional film. Still though, I wouldn't have minded seeing a few less people getting killed off, to keep even more suspense and realism or sex haha! Her pussy didn't look so clear in the original VHS tape release of the movie but once it got released on DVD the remaster treatment was so pristine that you could actually see her shaved pussy lips. But if you want to check every little detail of her twat, the Blu-Ray edition is the way to go. In case you haven't noticed it, all pictures I post here are most of the times High Quality resolution, so if you want to open them full size detailes will light your darkest hours (a Green Lantern reference haha)

Awwww, The score? yeah the score is also beautiful, and fans of Hitchcock's classic Vertigo can most definitely appreciate the homage that Paul Verhoeven has included. The film has a lot of eye candy, but Jeanne Tripplehorn deserves special mention for her impressive supporting role (sadly she hasn't done much of note since). Michael Douglas does a solid job also, but I can't help wondering if a better actor like Clint Eastwood could have brought more to the table. The dialogue is not up to the level of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it's still interesting and fun in case you're interested in something else beside the great amount of Sharon Stone's nude scenes.

Full size zoom please!

Zoom to enjoy her twat.

a classic postcard from the movie.

This pic was rendered from the Blu-Ray edition, oh dear!

Overall, an entertaining erotic thriller movie. It is rated R and that's it, there are no X scenes on this flick, but a porn parody would certainly improve the sex scenes haha. Would Sharon want to do a porn movie? for the sake of humanity let's hope some hidden sex tape shows up some time soon noooooooope! that is if the SOPA wins this match alone. 

Here's the movie trailer, and if you still don't know what this movie is about you're definitely living on the mountains.

See you soon and SOPA now!