Review of U Turn (1997) by Chris W — 24 Aug 2008
Lurid and Excessive. These two words perfectly describe this film. They also perfectly describe Stone's earlier film Natural Born Killers. Where they differ is that NBK is brilliant, and this is just messy.
The same problems that plague the film also plagued the source material. Obviously the fact that John Ridley wrote both the book and the script has something to do with this, and that's very unfortunate.
I wanted to like both of them, and became disappointed. Had the story not dragged, and had things been played straight (instead of experimental), then maybe things could have turned out much, much better.
However, the performances are really good, despite the fact that they, like everything else, are excessive and over the top. I did like that it was a genre film though, but I wish that the entertainment value outweighed the problems.
This review of U Turn (1997) was written by Chris W on 24 Aug 2008.
U Turn has generally received positive reviews.
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