Havoc (Unrated Version)
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Movie Reviews of Havoc (Unrated Version)
Movie Review: Cry havoc, let loose....Anne!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips play two friends who are rich, spoiled brats who are bored with having virtually everything. Their sheltered upbringing leaves them thirsting for some sort of excitement. This, in-turn, leads the young ladies down a dark road of drugs & violence. Early on in the story they hang out with a white gang full of people who act like they're black gangstas. From there, our mis-guided friends believe they're moving up the food chain by hanging out with a Mexican gang in a sordid part of L.A. where even the L.A.P.D. is reluctant to go.
This movie seems to me to be an overt attempt by Hathaway to shed her The Princess Diaries (Full Screen Edition) persona. If her objective was to keep from being type-cast in the future as only capable of happy-go-lucky roles, then she succeeded! She is perfect for the present role precisely BECAUSE she doesn't look like a young woman who would be prone to hang out w/gangs; she would seem far too demure and innocent for that sort of thing.
Even though the movie is unrated, I still was not expecting Anne to shed her clothes. I will concede that I nearly fell off my couch when she first took her shirt off! Anne has the capacity to be the Denise Richards of her generation, and quite possibly become a far more accomplished actress than Richards. In time, she may even approach the calibre of our girl Jennifer Connelly!
The story itself is a dark one. The characters of Anne & Bijou must learn a basic lesson of growing up the hard way: when you play with fire long enough, eventually you are going to get burned. It's all fun & games, after all, until a psychopathic drug dealer is pointing a gun @ your head. Along the same path, the movie has a serious erotic element to it that quickly takes a left-turn and becomes disturbing. I'm guessing that's what usually happens when you combine gangs with sex. I'm guessing that's typically not a prudent nexus?
If you're into gang movies, this film is a must. If you're not into mob movies but you're very into seeing Anne Hathaway topless, then this DVD is a must. The fact that Anne's real-life boyfriend was sent to jail for being a white collar scam-artist may be an interesting footnote to your motivations for picking up this one.
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Summary: 4 Stars
The two main characters aren't realistic and they aren't stereotypes, they're unique works of imagination. I see it as a tragic romance about a couple drawn to each other because of the novelty value they see in each other's socio-economic class, and ultimately pulled apart because of their refusal to see their own class as a novelty. Allison wanted to hang out with Hector but still be treated as an adorable princess. Hector wanted to hang out with Allison but still be treated as an intimidating gangsta. They both compromised a bit, but Hector was already losing respect from his peers for letting her hang out in his neighborhood, and eventually she forced his hand by not taking his gang seriously in front of his peers, and he did what he had to to maintain their respect, treated her the way his culture says he's supposed to treat women.
There was a little bit of empty space in this movie, and extra details that served to detract as often as add, but the juxtaposition and interaction between Allison and Hector shows there's a lot more to them than the gangsta and the poser that most viewers seem to want to reduce them to. I saw both of them as defined by their desire to be more than their culture would allow.
The idea that this movie was trying to document gangsta culture or faux-gangsta culture as though it's a new idea never occured to me because it's so obviously not and nothing in the film hinted at ambitions in that direction. The one original idea in the movie was the way the cross-culture romance developed, so that's what stuck with me.
Whatever this film's shortcomings it's still better than 90% of what else has been released in cinemas in the past year or two.
Movie Review: Havoc Is Definately Worth Checking Out---It Needs To Be Checked Out!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
As most of you already know, this film does show Anne Hathaway topless. But so does a much more brilliant film Brokeback Mountain when she is having sex with Jack in the station wagon, asking his "Am I going too fast?" This movies plays like a sad violin. The storyline is simple: rich teenagers feel like they are unwanted so they act "black" and have sex a lot. Anne Hathaway is such a good actress, portraying Allison, a stressed out teen who wants to be someone else, or in her words she is "Sick of this phony life." Bijou Phillips plays Allison's best friend, Emily, who (SPOILER ALERT!!!---gets raped by two Mexican gansters.) The film is a dazzling display of affection for what many people want to do, pretend to be someone else. Allison wants to change her lifestyle, so she gets involved with a Mexican ganster, who deals drugs. Barbara Kopple makes this film a complete aray of brilliance. It is slow at parts, and the ending makes you think of what really happened.
The film progresses and makes a big band at the end---literally. The rest of the cast includes Spy Kid's Matt O'Leary, 10 Things I Hate About YOu's Goseph Gordon-Levitt, and TV's Drake and Josh's Josh Peck. The film was released straight to DVD because the studio did not know how to release it, and for obvious reasons, I agree with them. The reason I am only giving it four stars and not five is because it is slow at parts and the ending leaves you hanging.
Movie Review: good but a little boring
Summary: 4 Stars
i really liked this movie anne hatthaway was goood and so was bijou there rich white ghetto girls, there in a kinda sorta gang and date hott ghetto boyfiends who think there hard.soon anne's boyfiend takes them into the ghetto part of where they live and where there not suppose to go, a drug deal gone wrong leaves anne's boyfriend feelin weak. soon anne and bijou go back to the same spot and meet the same cholo's and go to a party with them liking the new attention they contune to go back time after time. soon they wanna join the cholos so they have to roll dice to be in there gang and whatever number it lands on they have to sleep with that many gang members anne gets one bijou gets 3. to be honest the girls are whores expecially anne she has a boyfriend but shes flanting her boobs to other guys and tryin to sleep with mexicans. anyway anne turns it down while there practiaclly half way there but biju goes with it sayin they raped her causing the end of the movie t end with death.. overall its good but kinda dumb story wise its dumb why would a rich girl wanna be trashMovie Review: Very Entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
When watching this movie, I knew there was going to be a need to suspend judgement, belief, etc., to some extent so I went into it with an open mind. What I got back was a pretty good experience.Surely most have seen films which depict such improbable combinations with predictable results. It was thus not necessary to be graphic about the outcome and the ambiguity was more of a selling point than a distraction.Anne Hathaway is an impressive character. Had never seen her before but can see that she is capable of carrying a film. Bijou Phillips I have seen many times watching "Bully" and it was interesting to see her in something different though not really all that different.I know she is McKenzie's half-sister and just happened to watch "American Graffitti" recently in which the latter was a juvenile and could really see the similarity in expressions maybe three times in this movie.The cinematography was good as well as the music and even the physicality. I will watch this one, from time to time and let it continue to speak for itself rather than judging it.