Undeniably a lot of dazzle is on show here. They want to get straight on to the blowout special effects.) The approach might be called Ginzu Bar & Grill film making. Here, it's just "hey, look, we had a big budget". I thought of what a genius producer like Val Lewton could have done to get that kind of detail on the screen, further probing a conspicuous and memorable prop as a metaphorical or sub-textual comment on a character. (Example: The medieval tapestries in Doctor Doom's castle are glimpsed for about two seconds, briefly picked out of Stygian dark by a restless camera. Tons of good stuff is tossed off as a waste. Sure-fire, wowing 'em story conference vortices spin up every 90 seconds and nothing ever really slows down enough for the audience to savor pieces of time. ![]() But, unfortunately, it's also the films most damning liability. I think that's the best thing to be said about the film. This film has been called a 90 minute thrill ride by some of the cast members.
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