Black Moon Rising
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Movie Reviews of Black Moon Rising
Movie Review: This Film Is Noteworthy.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Because it features a character portrayed by Bubba Smith, who is probably the only onscreen persona in all of Hollywood who can appear to intimidate Tommy Lee Jones.Movie Review: Black Moon Rising
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the classic John Carpenter action movie. It's one of his original film efforts circa 1986, it features a Tommy Lee Jones, as a thief under contract by the US District Attorney's office. He is charged with retrieving vital records kept at a company and things go sideways upon his escape.
While he is retreating from the theft he is seen by a man from his past. He hides the records in a special prototype car called the Black Moon as he tries to evade his pursuers. And in traditional John Carpenter style the car he hides it in gets stolen by carjacking specialist Linda Hamilton. Jones follows her to a warehouse filled with stolen high priced autos which happens to be owned by suave criminal Robert Vaughn.
If you are a Carpenter fan you'll find a pleasurable film experience in Black Moon Rising. The snappy dialog, the old 80's clothing and the really cool chases made even more spectacular by Carpenter's attention to detail make this a definite must see film.
Movie Review: This DVD has a bad skip
Summary: 4 Stars
I grew up and love this movie. Black Moon Rising will always hold a special place in my heart. I wore out my tape version so I perchased the rather expensive DVD .... First of all this is not a duel layer disk, so a skip should not happen. Actually the skip (close to halfway through the movie) is much worse on duel layer discs. This made me mad. If I pay close to 30 bucks for a dvd, I expect it to be in tip top shape. I returned it for an exchange and guess what! Same skip but only much, much worse than on my first version. I even have a top-of-the-line DVD player; a sony. I give up. The movie is good, but be causious, most versions of this disc (my family and friends have the same bad skip on their dvd's) contain that terrible skip. I hope [the manufacturer/publisher] fixes it, because I have the same problem on the documentary on my Evil Dead II dvd.Movie Review: TOMMY LEE MAKES IT WORTH IT 4 Stars
Tommy Lee makes the movie worth watching except for the one objectionable scene with Hamilton.She does not do her role justice but I assume this is about the beginning of her career. At times her delivery of speech was much too soft.
Her acting was ok. As for pulling a car heist? Ah, well!
What a way to lose his evidence. Hey, the police hired Quint! What do they expect?
Great action - darn good actors - fast enough pace for the story - Tommy Lee just keeps getting better.
Might recommend but Review: Good beginning, good ending, boring middle
Summary: 3 Stars I had the opportunity to see this at a movie matinee back in 1986. The audience's reaction to the film was pretty much the same as mine:
* Tommy Lee Jones' performance was the best thing about the whole movie. After years of being typecast as anti-social, sociopathic, and sometimes even psychopathic characters in movies like "The Executioner's Song," "Eyes of Laura Mars," and "Rolling Thunder," Jones was finally given a chance to display his lighter side here. And boy did he deliver. If you loved his performances in later films like "MIB" or "The Fugitive," then you know what to expect from him here. Oddly enough, despite this film's many shortcomings, it was ""Black Moon Rising" that made me a Tommy Lee Jones fan.
* The first twenty to thirty minutes of the film were surprisingly good. The story opened briskly, there was some very sharp dialogue (some of it written by John Carpenter, who had originally been hired to direct), and one solid (and underrated) car chase between Jones and Linda Hamilton.
* The last twenty minutes, where Jones breaks into the high security building to steal back the supercar, were also quite good. There was some great stunt and special FX work, including one action scene that had the audience cheering, as well as a solid, good ol' fashioned, bare-knuckled brawl between Jones and villain Lee Ving.
So what's wrong with "Black Moon Rising"?
Sad to say, pretty much everything in between. After a promising start, this movie goes straight down the tubes and becomes downright BORING. Talk, talk, talk, and very little action. The plot at this point seems to be just spinning its wheels. I still remember the sounds of audience members around me literally stretching and yawning during those long, dry stretches, Jones' presence notwithstanding.
So what's the final verdict? Unlike most movies that are good all the way through or bad all the way through, this one is a mixed bag. At least on DVD you can instantly skip the boring scenes... and believe me, there are a lot of them. But otherwise I wouldn't buy "Black Moon Rising" unless I had money to burn.
One last thing. Some reviewers have mentioned Hamilton's love scene with Jones? Forget it. It's a complete yawner, like much of the film. To those viewers hankering to see Hamilton get hot and heavy, I'd recommend you check out her love scene with Michael Biehn in "The Terminator" instead.
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