Formula 51
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Movie Reviews of Formula 51
Movie Review: Funny, energetic & crude enough. However, not very creative
Summary: 3 Stars
The director(s) could have tried making a movie, that is, *of their own devices*. A bit of a sham, if you ask me; but altogether worth a watch I suppose. I digress. It was on HBO, nothing else to do, so why not? These are my usual reasons for watching anything.
Sorry... back to reviewing here...
Pulp Fiction and Trainspotting being two "classics" in my opinion, this "Formula 51" (AKA "The 51st State") movie ripped off the basic premise of the two works of cinematic art, and smashed them untidily together in this POS 51 flick. POS representing whatever you want the 3 letters to stand for ;-)
Riddle me this - I still never got why "Elmo" wore a kilt! I'll just ponder that one for a moment...OH - to distract you from the fact that the movie is uncreative, and because I imagine Sam L Jackson rather fancied wearing a kilt throughout an entire film - wouldn't you? Still don't see the point of its mention however. I never should have reached for that popcorn at that moment they apparently told us. [shrugs] oh well.
Enjoy!
:-)
Movie Review: This is flaky humor!
Summary: 3 Stars
I didn't really laugh a whole lot through this film. I thought Samuel jackson could have been more raw in his performance. This is far from a return of "Odell or Jewels!" In my (opinion) this was more like a British comedy with Sam stuck in the middle. Basically he has a drug called "Formula 51". Which is like the new drug for Ravers and club goer's. Basically it is like extacsy but 51 times stronger supposidly. And he wants 20 million to sell the ingredents or formula. So you have all these (Quirky) drug Lords trying to catch & negotiate with him. And basically it isn't anything but a bunch of over the counter drugs mixed together. In the beginning he was arrested and that is why he is so bitter and trying to make up for the charade. Like I said this is just O.K nothing to run home and tell momma about! The best feature in this is the "Hit Woman" she was really attractive. Sam's part in "Attack of the Clones" was far more impressive than this. It had some funny moments but it wasn't Uproarious!Movie Review: This is flaky humor!
Summary: 3 Stars
I didn't really laugh a whole lot through this film. I thought Samuel jackson could have been more raw in his performance. This is far from a return of "Odell or Jewels!" In my open this was more like a British comedy with Sam stuck in the middle. Basically he has a drug called "Formula 51". Which is like the new drug for Ravers and club goer's. Basically it is like extascy but 51 time stronger supposidly. And he wants 20 million to give this formula to others. So you have all these (Quirky) drug Lords trying to negotiate with him. And basically it isn't anything but a bunch of over the counter drugs mixed together. In the beginning he was arrested and that is why he is so bitter and trying to make up for the charade. Like I said this is just O.K nothing to run home and tell momma about! The best feature in this is the "Hit Woman" she was really attractive. I wish the film was based on her.Movie Review: Formula 51
Summary: 3 Stars
A qiute good offbeat film that unfortunately misses the mark.For a start a large number of Americans will not get the irony of the film. Looking at the film in retrospect now, you have to be English to understand some of the humour . Also to our transatlantic cousins, there are other cities in The UK after London!
The superb Samuel L Jackson is playing a toned down caricuture of Samuel L Jackson for us tamer brits; ha ha.
However I do enjoy this film and seeing Jackson trading insults with assorted British tv actors who ( lets be honest )are not going to set Hollywood alight. With the exeption of Robert Carlyle plays a great comical/cynical sidekick who always delivers in his peformances.
It is also refreshing having a British action film, not wussy period dramas or crappy romantic comedies starring the antichrist Hugh Grant!
Movie Review: "Formula 51," or quality garbage
Summary: 3 Stars
"Formula 51," they say, is a film that falls into that "love it or hate it" variety. I can see some truth in this common notion, but I myself am neither thrilled nor irked by the movie. Like a drug, this film's highs don't come without grating lows. For instance, the cast is superb (putting Sam Jackson and Robert Carlyle together was ingenious), but the plot is incoherent. I suppose an incoherent plot can be ignored in a movie as shamelessly comical as this one, but the fact that the best stuff is sandwhiched between a laim first and final act is harder to overlook. On top of that, "Formula 51" evokes choppier editing, flashier glitz, and more distracting tunes than an MTV music video. In the end, I just found myself too enthralled by a second act which never lead to a satisfying conclusion.