First season: great cyberpunk thriller.
Second season: bad, boring plot that is all over the place. The only good thing left is the legendary barkeeper.
Season 1 was very good. If you liked Breaking Bad, Ocean's Eleven, Better Call Saul or Leverage, give it a try.
I'm gonna stop watching after first episode of season 2, though. Julia is annoying and incredibly stupid, Audrey and Otto started lying to each other again like season 1 never happened, and in general the story is too unbelievable to be interesting imho.
But thanks for that first season.
They could tone down the religions bullsht a tad, but still widely entertaining.
Show went full feminism in episode 2.
The female cop femalesplaining to her partner how she is a better cop than him and he should stfu. Then, telling him she's driving. In the 70s. Sure.
When they find the car they were following, the police chief (female, obviously) says "Woman driver" implying only a woman could have caught him.
They dont say "woman driver" when she loses him a few minutes later btw, obviously.
I quit after that episode.
Unbelievable characters (90% of them complete psychopaths)
Good effects
Unless your mind is clouded by nostalgia, this is not worth your time. There are worlds between this and Friday 13th or Halloween.
PROS
+ Great opening
+ Entertaining first half of the movie
+ Interesting MIB-style world and characters
+ Did you notice the cameo by the guy from Dark?
CONS
- Seth is unbelievably useless, gross and unfunny
- Why do people turn into Kung Fu masters after becoming a vampire?
- The villain starts off as most powerfull biatch in the universe and end as weakling that cant kill crap
- The second half and especially the end is pretty bad
- You probably have to be Murican and a Snoop fan to not find his final scene cringe
Underrated and unknown even in its country of origina Germany, this gem of a movie shows one of Germany's greatest actors of all time in what could be describes as Mindhunter or True Detective in a single room.
The movie tell the true story of a serial killer in early 20th century Germany, long before the word serial killer even became to be.
Unsettling and fascinating and sad and awesome. Watch it.
Are you kidding me? This crap has ~90% on Rotten Tomatoes?
Gould's Marlowe is an unfunny, mumbling, bumbling, obnoxious, cringy idiot. They replaced the signature crime noir protagonist speaking from the off with this guy speaking to himself no matter if there are people around or not. He's a clown in need of psychological help.
The plot is full of things that make no sense. Marlowe running after Eileen and getting hit by a car, ends up in hospital? What? Why? Waste of time. Verringer hitting Roger in the face and Roger not killing him in return? Ridiculous. Augustine never laying a hand on Marlowe after all the sht he says? Yeah, sure. Marlowe knowing somebody brought the money and who it was? GTFO!
The only top 10 seconds of the movie was the final scene with the hammock. And even that got ruined by the ridiculous harmonica dance nonsense that followed it.
In conclusion: I had hoped for a hard-boiler crime noir thriller for adults, and got some kind of clown fiesta for kids.
Delightful trash.
Trashy acting, trashy plot, trashy villain, trashy movie.
Watch this with friends, popcorn and alcohol and you might have a lot of fun!
Mysterious murders, religious fanatics, dark conspiracies, historical plots, intriguing characters, good acting, awesome camera work and audio - this movie has it all.
One of my favourite movies of all time, this is what a historical thriller should be like. Masterpiece.
A surprisingly watchable movie. Maybe not something to watch on the big screen with your family or friends, but on your computer with the option to fast forward it's pretty entertaining.
The scenes are also surprisingly well written and acted. Some seem to be improvised, with people misspeaking and it's still all in the movie. Add to the realism.
@miguelreina
No, the big porn stars are not male. They're female. You have to be brainwashed not not realize men are just replaceable object in this industry. The only man ppl even remember might be Rocco Sifredi. Women are the stars. It's all about them. And if you think they're mistreated in some genres, you havent been paying attention to the movie. Some ppl (m & f) do that because they love it, or because it pays well. Does the existence of femdom mean the industry is misandrist? Use your head.
Every good about the first movie they dropped in this one.
The helicopter scene at the end of part 1 was awesome, so they decided to put 50min of ridiculous, stupid racing-shooting-kungfu action in the second that doesnt fit the franchise at all.
This is not a spy thriller (part 1 was a very good one), but a Michael Bay action flick for the drunk.
An intriguing whodunit murder mystery set in World War II. You're presented with 3 suspects right from the start. The case and chase span several decades, and other events from the war play a role as well.
Basically every role is played by a famous actor, and they're all good.
You notice it's not a film from the 2000s the way the case develops and the way the thing is resolved.
If you get the chance to watch this, do it!
CONS:
The murder mystery is not the most breathtaking by today's standards. The characters basically just aged by putting wigs on.
PROS:
Good actors. Weird, uncommon story line. Interesting WWII backdrop.
A dirty, decent crime thriller but nothing to write home about.
BUT: What was that ending about? After the plot is done and over, there's exactly 10 minutes of nonsense about some guy on a rooftop throwing fireworks and police trying to stop him. WTF? Is this something only Chinese get? Was that supposed to be funny or reflect on something that happened earlier? Confused.
Holy shit, American culture is the worst thing this universe has ever seen and will be the end of mankind.
Like toddlers giggling about poo poo jokes.
Please go extinct already.
In short:
Good neo-noir crime mystery somewhere between Monk, The Sixth Sense and Asian hard-boiled movies like The Chaser.
----- Random thoughts:
Mad Detective is not as violent as say "I Saw The Devil" except for one gory scene at the very start. It's a weird scene, and doesn't quite fit the tone of the rest of the movie.
There aren't many action sequences, but they're okay.
As a Westerner, telling the young male actors from each other was hard at times.
Even though they're very different movies, I'd like to compare Mad Detective to The Wailing. They both attempt to pull the same trick: keeping you guessing what's what until the very end, and make you change your guess multiple times on the way.
The Wailing, being the masterpiece that it is, succeeds way better at doing that. Plus it has mesmerizing performances by at least 2 of the protagonists.
----- Verdict:
Good (7/10)
Saw the first 15min. Twice, within a year. Stopped watching because I found it boring and messy and claustrophobic.
Might be a great movie - maybe I'll force myself to watch it some day. But the beginning is a huge turn off for me.
DO NOT WATCH if you like animals and dont want them killed on screen. Disgusting.
Apart from that one scene, the movie is a decent action flick. 3 months later I cant remember anything extraordinary about it so dunno about calling it a masterpiece in 2023.
Terrible WTF ending
The villain was well cast and acted
Are there really some alt-right idiots in these comments calling the plot paranoid or outlandish?
Look at this movie, then look out your window. This is another proof environmentalists and the left were right the entire time. They were right 60 years ago, and we're in this mess because you rightwingers were to ignorant / sociopathic to acknowledge that. Thanks.
Still very watchable and entertaining in 2023.
The big reveal is not presented well, but the rest is still very good and, of course, way ahead of its time story-wise.
Not as good as Bodies Bodies Bodies, and the end was too long and had too much talk.
But overall, entertaining little slasher comedy. Well done, folks.
Adéle is so hot and theres a whole bunch of steamy scenes with her in this movie. Worth it.
Mutilated, tortured, killed men are standard comedy fare in our Western world.
I would love to see what would happen if somebody would dare to put a woman in spot like that. Just once. Our feminist world would frigging burst into flames.
Not gonna happen. They'll keep on gender swapping the desireable roles, not the bad ones. Because feminism was never about equality.
As to the movie? Awesome artsy cinema considering it's some small, German production. Watch it for the atmosphere and images, even if the rnding will not make sense.
I have no recollection of what happened. Unremarkable.
Are the raving reviews bought? I cant imagine anyone giving this above 6/10 or calling for "an oscar". WTF is wrong with people?
Impressive visuals on the witch in the sky
The second half of the movie was booooring
The "message" was repeated like 20 times without adding anything to the cliché ridden plot
We are supposed to like the scumbag sociopaths that did horrible things throughout the movie just because the non-sociopath saved them in the end?
Out of 40 jokes only like 5 were actually funny instead of cringy
The villains reminded me a lot of 1986's classic Momo with Armin Müller-Stahl.
As to Dark City, I wish they would have stuck to the Cine Noir / murder detective plot, without the supernatural stuff.
The final battle and victory did not work at all for me.
And the murders were just a stupid MacGuffin in the end. Ugh. So much wasted potential.
First 80% were good, final 20% ruined it.
The protagonists breakdown in the end was terribly scripted / acted, too, and rather funny than dramatic.
I'm actually giving this only 6/10 because I expected more. I expected to feel with the characters. Or learn something from their actions. Or impressive camera work. Or a soundtrack to remember.
With 2 months passed since I saw it I can say: it didn't leave any impression.
Another funny, weird, entertaining, shocking little gem of German cinema.
This is about 3 fascinating people in a hotel room in Africa, fighting, screwing, laughing, dying, while the world around them closes in. Watch it.
