Havoc (Unrated Version)
by Barbara Kopple
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Actor: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Joseph Gordon-levitt, Michael Biehn, Shiri ApplebyDirector: Barbara Kopple
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: N8432
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product features:
- A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the "gangsta" lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers.Running Time: 92 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 794043843228 UPC: 794043843228 Manufacturer No: N8432
Movie Reviews of Havoc (Unrated Version)
Movie Review: Completely Ridiculous: Not to be missed
Summary: 5 Stars
The test screenings for this movie went so badly that it was sent straight to DVD. Apparently the test audiences just couldn't see the fun in watching a really, really bad movie. What's up with that?
Its true absurdity is revealed about two scenes in: at a raucous, drugged-out high school party, Anne Hathaway silences the crowd by seductively beckoning her wigger boyfriend and crooning, "How do you want it? How do you feel? Growing up as a nigga in a cash game, living in the fast lane, I'm for real."
Your jaw will drop open and remain there for the entirety of the film. But meanwhile in the world of "Havoc", Hathaway's peers (including a cracked-out Joseph Gordon Leavitt) react with admiration and awe. Minutes later, the erstwhile Princess is taking off her shirt (unnecessarily) before going down on the aforementioned mack daddy. And even this nudity seems organic to the narrative when contrasted with a later scene where she masturbates while being videotaped - an episode that truly strains all credibility.
The script to this movie is so absurd, it makes you question whether Stephen Gaghan really "gets it" at all. Allison, ostensibly the rebellious but intelligent heroine, merely comes off as an anti-intellectual, spoiled slut. Not helping matters is a subplot involving a disaffected documentarian that adds absolutely nothing to the action, unless its intent is to make us hate the film's protagonist. Nevertheless, the odd bit of nudity and the outright hilarious pronouncements by members of the "PLC" (the Palisades High School gangbanger club) always keep the laughter coming.
The supporting players do a lot to lighten the mood. Bijou Phillips, as best friend Emily, turns in a priceless scene where she agrees to a sexual intiation that (big shock) goes too far! When Hathaway gets in trouble, all of a sudden the guy from the first Terminator and Laura San Giacomo show up as concerned parents. JGL has a scenery-chewing moment where he screams, "That is my queen! I would kill for that woman!" in reference to snaggletoothed Bijou. And Freddy Rodriguez, who really should have known better, is paired with Hathaway in what one assumes is supposed to be romance. All-around, this movie is so lame, it's a classic. You just have to see it.
Summary of Havoc (Unrated Version)
HAVOC - DVD MovieAfter making her name in The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway takes a radical detour with this edgy independent drama. As Allie, a wealthy gangsta wannabe, she makes no excuses for her delinquent behavior: "We're just teenagers and we're bored." When her Pacific Palisades posse, including pal Emily (Bully's Bijou Phillips), starts hanging out with a Latino gang (including Six Feet Under's Freddy Rodríguez), they learn what thug life is really about. Hathaway couldn't be more game: She swears, she fights--she disrobes (several times). Written and directed by Oscar winners Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) and Barbara Kopple (American Dream), Havoc plays like a B movie, in the vein of the superior crazy/beautiful, and was released straight to video. For Hathaway fans, it's a chance to see this young talent in a very different light, but for Gaghan and Kopple followers, this lurid morality tale is sure to come as a letdown. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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