Immortality
by Po-Chih Leong
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Actor: Colin Salmon, Elina L?wensohn, Jack Davenport, Jude Law, Timothy SpallDirector: Po-Chih Leong
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of Immortality
Movie Review: immensely enjoyable - a break from the usual vampire/horror fare
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is very entertaining and thought provoking. I enjoyed it immensely.
This movie defies categorization. It's a horror movie but only in the smallest of ways. It's a suspense/drama/action movie without enough of any aspect to satisfy the fan of any of the 3 genres. Sometimes it seems like a chick flick version of a vampire movie but then again it's not.
So what is this movie? It's an exception to the normal run of the mill movie of any genre. It's a combination of all genres without too much of any. It's a movie in the classic style in the sense that plot, acting, dialogue and directing are paramount instead of CGI or constant action. The series of dialogues between the "vampire" and the police sergeant are captivating to those with a philosophical bent. Yet, these dialogues aren't over done so don't be scared away from the movie.
Best of all, the movie doesn't cop out. For some, this will provide an unsatisfactory ending to the movie. But for many, the ending will be quite satisfactory as the director/producer did not stoop to using one of the stereotypical cliche Hollywood endings. (I can't explain this further or better without giving away the ending.)
Whether you find it titled as "Immortality" or as "The Wisdom of Crocodiles", watch this movie!
Summary of Immortality
Jude Law (THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, EXISTENZ) brings a powerful presence to a dark, mysterious crime thriller in the tradition of THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY and DOUBLE JEOPARDY. Steven (Law) is handsome, successful, charming ... and a lethal master of seduction! By the time the body of his latest conquest is found at sea, Steven has already moved on to his next victim. But as this moody, intelligent beauty (Elina Lowensohn) proves frustratingly elusive, it merely intensifies Steven's impassioned pursuit of a love he literally cannot live without! Stylish, suspenseful, and filled with terrific performances, you'll find this boldly unique thriller to be thoroughly entertaining!Jude Law makes the term emotional vampire literal in this somber, restrained tale of a modern-day bloodsucker in London. As the improbably named medical researcher Steven Grlscz (pronounced "grilsh"), he's a cool charmer who woos lonely women and feeds off them at the height of their emotional intensity. He begins his seduction of Elina L?wensohn (who played a vampire herself in Nadja) just as relentless police detective Timothy Spall starts an investigation of him for the murder of his former lover Kerry Fox. It's the start of an unusual battle of wits.
Equal parts AIDS metaphor, ancient myth with a modern twist, and shrewd mind game, Immortality (originally released as The Wisdom of Crocodiles) is an art-movie interpretation of the vampire myth, too chic and bloodless to be compelling but curiously fascinating in its way. Leong Po-chih directs with clockwork precision and emotional restraint, elegantly creating a handsome but impersonal world where Grlscz's painful need for love is an extreme symptom of modern life. Law plays his part as a fascinating paradox, hiding his feelings and schemes behind a mask of impenetrable ennui that periodically bursts in a gush of sorrow and disappears just as fast, while L?wensohn is almost as hard to read with her angular face and unusual accent. The meticulous detail and cool images make this more a dispassionate mind game than a horror movie, where the ideas never quite come to life but become a curious enigma. --Sean Axmaker
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