Evan Midhersand

Caruso near his peak. Spielberg funded and produced. The premise is a very prescient notion combining government overreach of “protecting the people“ and AI gone awry. Workingman’s mission impossible-type frantic mayhem with nonstop action sequences and a plot you can just barely grasp if you pay attention, as your focus is dragged violently from scene to scene. Last 20 minutes Gives you the chance to start Piecing together the simplicity of it. Very entertaining would watch it again if a year goes by. Actors did a fine job too.

Stands Alone among artful and symbolic attempts at story telling through film. Hypnotically unforgettable and bizarre masterpiece that haunted me for weeks, MONTHS afterwards. The critical take in this film is Club Silencio: one of the most stunning, thrilling and unforgettable scenes in all of recent film history; serves as a lynchpin undercurrent for the rest of the film. She discovers something horrifying in this scene. I was transfixed and nearly wept without understanding half of what I was viewing. No es Banda. This scene encapsulates other unsettling and surreal tracts peppered throughout the film in a subterranean way that perplexed me. If you enjoy non-linear themes, fragmented plotlines and the Borgesian concepts of "Contamination of Reality by the Dream", “The voyage through time” and “The Double” you will enjoy multiple viewings of this remarkable film. Much as you try, you will NOT piece together this puzzle, but it’s worth the effort nonetheless.

Immersive and moody this film captivated me 30 years ago, and still does today. The attentive viewer will notice the central story is not of murder, not of intrigue, but of BOOKS and knowledge. Different than the Ninth Gate however. How many steps are between the domes in St. Peter’s? How many roads in the original Constantinople? How many days beyond an earth year in an orbit of Mars? How many days between the founding of the basilica and the holy sepulcher? 18 November 326 to 12 September 335. How about John Paul II’s pontificate? 22 October 1978 to 2 April 2005. Joan of Ark’s entire life in days? From 6 January 1412 to 30 May 1431. The answer to each is 322 or a multiple thereof. And this also represents what the Franciscan Friar in the Name of the Rose counts as he ascends the secret steps to the library, which itself is surrounded by a labyrinth, whose deepest enclave is entered through the 1st and 7th of 4. The staircase is the journey and key to the hidden things of the world. Sean Connery’s Friar later risks his life (again) to save the books. Despite its potentially boring setting, the film is unforgettable.

Watch the extended version! Preserves cohesion. Excellent film in a few ways, stylized artistic approach with comedic undertones, plenty of well placed foreshadowing and great pace. The tension that wonder woman’s character brings to the film was very well done and her entrance in the last battle was probably the most legendary 10 seconds I’ve seen in a while. Loved the scenes between Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince and how they gradually learn to help each other. Eisenberg’s Lex Luther was brilliant, passionately played and endowed with intelligence. The genius and originality of Zack Snyder shown through everywhere here. Music = j-u-s-t phenomenal. Huge ensemble cast, they all did their jobs well.