Anatomy (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Anatomy (Special Edition)
Movie Review: heidelberg horror
Summary: 3 Stars
After living in Heidelberg Germany for ten years, I was pleased to see a horror movie come out of such a beautiful city. Franke Potente does a good job as the main character who discovers the secrets that exist in the medical college where she's been given acceptance to. Although the story is standard medical horror; it is nonetheless entertaining... certainly what types of medical research is going on. Watch this without dubbing. As with most foreign movies, it's best watched in its native tongue. Check out Franka Potente is "The Princess and the Warrior" as well... an even better movie. Viel Vergnuegnen!Movie Review: Horror with Brains
Summary: 3 Stars
Very good German Horror Flick. I thought the idea was good and orginal. After watching this movie I am scared to get an operation now. Guess thats not a good thing. It could have been 10 minutes shorter, but I disagree with a previous reviewer that this movie is too slow. It stops the action beacuse they are trying to tell a story. You learn a lot of about the evil people as well as the heroine. Worth watching.Movie Review: A Fine German Film
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a breath of fresh air. Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) is outstanding as the lead actress and the rest of the cast are not bad. The special effects must be seen to be believed, I mean flawless, if you like very real looking gore then this the movie for you. They even have an English audio track for those who are feeling lazy
or just to stoned to read the subtitles.
See it friends its a good one.
Movie Review: Memories...NOT
Summary: 3 Stars
We pulled some stunts in Anatomy Lab in college, but none went this far. This first time I seen this movie was the "Anatomie" version. I like both. Content-wise...a little sluggish, but not always predictable. There were enough surprises to keep you from turning off the movie. The second half is much better than the first half.Movie Review: Anatomized
Summary: 2 Stars
"Anatomy" is a limp variation on the slasher flick, giving a medical twist. But most of the horrific moments are based more on body parts than on any genuine suspense, and the only really good performance is Benno Fuhrmann. Americans have seen this sort of movie a thousand times before, and it's no better in German.
Paula Henning (Franka Potente) is a promising medical student, who has won a place at the Heidelberg Medical School. But things start to go awry instantly -- after saving the life of a rocker on the train, she finds him dead at the school, awaiting dissection. She finds that his blood was artificially thickened -- meaning murder.
Soon Henning finds that it's not just one murder: The Anti-Hippocratic Society is at work at the school, an underground bunch who cold-bloodedly dissect living people -- all in the name of science. What is even worse, someone in the Society is killing not for research, but for personal hatred. Now Henning must find out the truth, or face being the next victim.
If you're a buff of shrieky horror movies, then you've probably seen the core of this movie -- contrived chills, screams, and a mysterious psycho killer. The sole new element is the close-ups of doctors dissecting living, conscious victims, and that seems to be just for the shock value. After a few minutes, the shock wears off, and we're back to the formula.
A lot of the chills are deeply contrived -- sure, medical labs and dark corridors are scary, but how many dark hospital clinics do you see? It ends up coming across as "Scream" with scalpels. There's even a scene where Potente is chased through a darkened basement by a knife-wielding baddie -- pure cliche. When it isn't formulaic, it's just silly. Dropping organs on the floor?
Franka Potente, despite being the lead, doesn't do much more than walk around looking befuddled, or scream. The deeply talented Benno Fuhrmann gives a layered, nuanced performance, and Anna Loos has a bit of fun as a sex-crazed student. The rest of the cast act more like college students on summer vacation. Not to mention do some very hammy death scenes.
It's somehow reassuring to know that Hollywood isn't the only source of really bad horror movies. At least we got "Sixth Sense." However, the flaccid, forced "Anatomy" is nothing but a collage of various American slasher flicks, and the fact that it's from Germany doesn't make it any better. A sloppy, bloody mess.