Review of Mindhunters (2004) by Steven N — 19 Nov 2009

Has Renny Harlin ever made a good movie? Has he ever even made a movie that could be considered anything other than a total disaster? The answer to both questions is no. Honestly, I didn't even know that "Mind Hunters" was directed by the good scrub Harlin until the end credits began to roll, but once I saw his name, it all began to make sense.

In fact, it wrapped things up a whole heck of a lot more nicely than the ending of the storyline in the movie did. "Mind Hunters" is a complete and total mess. It's one of those movies where the killers plan is SOOOO overly complicated, and idiotic that it'll make you shake your head in disbelief, then kick your television in anger.

You'll end up in the hospital getting stitches in your right foot and the killer will appear from behind a curtain, chuckling to himself like a mad man and then tell you that you kicking your television was "all part of his master plan.

" The movie stars the likes of LL Cool J, Christian Slater, the man who ate Val Kilmer, and a cast of other fleshy bags of mostly water, all playing characters that have nothing worth saying, (which they still happen to be saying badly) in situations so over the top, that they are hardly worth watching or even mentioning in a review that no one will ever read.

This film is just a waste of time. It stinks. It stinks like old socks with cat puke in them, rubbed in olive oil and left out in the hot Texas sun to bake to crispy brown. It's not even so bad that it's occasionally funny, in which case I might recommend it on, at the very least, a "campy" sort of level.

Nope, this is just plain bad.