Review of The Borrower (1991) by Jason J — 11 Aug 2011
A dark comedy. A criminal alien is genetically devolved and vanquished to Earth in human form. There he discovers that his head has a habit of exploding, forcing him to find another replacement and eventually another one.
This is an odd, bizarre little movie... the whole thing is as anticlimactic as it gets and there's no excitement or suspense at all. It suffers from a languishing last quarter, muddled writing with a redundant sub-plot.
The gore aspect might interest some people and there are a couple of funny moments such as the bonkers scene in which the creature, wearing the head of a dog, attacks and kills a metal-head, but this level of craziness isn't maintained for longâ"a shame, because this is exactly the kind of lunacy the movie needed more of.
Overall it ain't that good and I can't really recommend it.
This review of The Borrower (1991) was written by Jason J on 11 Aug 2011.
The Borrower has generally received mixed reviews.
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