This movie is so bad, they wouldn't buy it back at my local used CD/DVD store. I only own it because it came in a box set which I bought for the masterpiece "Deadfall". The store bought back the other two movies I was selling from the four disc set, but they wouldn't buy back Underworld, and those other two movies redefined rank, so what does that say about this movie? So I tried to sell it back to another store, that even bought back budget DVDs that you could buy for a dollar at a local store, but they wouldn't buy back Underworld either. This movie is bad on every level, and is one of those that came out in the post-Tarantino-clone glut of the mid 90's. The only slightly redeemable element is Dennis Leary telling Joe Montegna, that he's a "stinky friend" and calls him "Mister Stinky Friend". That line is so delightfully horrible, that I can't help but quote it at least once a week when describing a stinky friend. But now that I've enlightened you with that quote, you don't have to go thru the pain of watching this movie.
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Affliction
(1997)
Affliction is right.
28 December 1999
If you like pleasure spiked with pain, by all means, rush out and see this film. This movie does present a successful formula to win the coveted gold statue. Make a piece of crap film, insert one shining character, get an under-appreciated genius of an actor. Viola! James Coburn and James Coburn alone makes this movie watchable. A friend and I had to reassure each other that if we suffered long enough then Coburn would show back up on screen. His performance is so good, that we realized we might forget how bad this movie is and somewhere down the road delude ourselves that it was good and watch it again. However, we must never forget that no matter how good Coburn is, this movie isn't worth the pain.
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