X - The Man With The X-Ray Eyes
by Roger Corman
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Actor: Diana Van der Vlis, Don Rickles, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Ray MillandDirector: Roger Corman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of X - The Man With The X-Ray Eyes
Movie Review: Dr. Xavier -- The Original "X" Man!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ray Milland stars in one of my favorite Corman films of all time. Sci-Fi? Horror? A low budget Greek tragedy? Corman says whatever it is, he hopes you enjoyed it and I know I did.
Ray plays James Xavier, who is not satisfied with just being able to see, but wants to see everything across the light spectrum.
He experiments on a monkey. It dies. Well, he's just a monkey, I won't die. Gives himself the high potency eye drops and then all heck breaks loose.
The film has fun with a few things you can do with this special power, including seeing through women's clothing (we see a few naked backs and shoulders) and talk about that.
He even saves a little girl's life through a surgery that a different doctor gives a wrong diagnosis for. Despite saving the girl's life, the head surgeon wants him sued for malpractice.
Oops!
As he continues his experiments against the advice of others, the Board cuts off his money.
Well Xavier says the heck with that and as he argues with his friend, he accidentally knocks his friend through the weakest glass window you've ever seen and falls to his death.
Oops!
To avoid the cops and lay low while he gets some money, he makes like a mind reader at a carnival show. Don Rickles shows up and gets a racket going where James can see through people and tell them what's ailing them.
He escapes that and goes to Las Vegas and can't help but get a little greedy. He then stumbles into an Evangelical tent and, well -- quite the shocker ending!
What would you do if you could see through anything? Highly recommended.
DVD includes a feature that discusses Man's senses and how the sense of sight is the most prized. Trailer and a fun audio commentary by Roger Corman himself as to the low production values and what he had to go through to make this picture. He said American International gave him a lot of freedom as long as the pictures made money.
Ray Milland mentioned that of all the films Ray was proud of, they were his award winning "The Lost Weekend" and "X".
Other Films of Interest:
The Lost Weekend
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Presenting Roger Corman's ... Best of the B*s Collection 1: Hot Bikes, Cool Cars & Bad Babes
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