Review of Run Lola Run (1998) by Stuart K — 05 Sep 2012
Written and directed by Tom Tykwer, who before this had made Super 8 films since a kid, worked as a cinema projectionist and got into film with Deadly Maria (1993) and Winter Sleepers (1997). For his next film, it was done on a shoestring budget, and the set up was inspired by Krzysztof KieÅ>lowski's films.
It clicked with audiences, and it's well filmed as well, and it has moments that you certainly wouldn't see in any other action-thriller. In Berlin, it has Lola (Franka Potente) receiving a phone call from her distraught boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu).
He's a small time crook, who has managed to lose a bag containing 100,000 Deutschmarks (£40,000), Manni owes it to a crime boss. Manni is desperate, and he needs Lola to help get 100,000 Deutschmarks to him in 20 minutes or he's dead, if Lola doesn't get to Manni by 12 noon, he's going to rob a nearby supermarket.
The film has 3 different runs all with a different outcome. It has Lola asking her father (Herbert Knaup), who is a bank manager, but Lola has very little time and she has to get to Manni in time before he carries out his planned supermarket raid.
It's well done, mixing animation into the proceedings as well, with some offbeat characters and some clever camerawork. Who knew a woman running could be so thrilling and suspenseful?? Tykwer manages to keep it tight and to the point, and he has some great fun with the concept.
This review of Run Lola Run (1998) was written by Stuart K on 05 Sep 2012.
Run Lola Run has generally received very positive reviews.
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