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Reviews
Restraining Order (1999)
No efforts can transcend the preposterous plot
One has to wonder if Eric Roberts is appearing in dreck like this just to pay the rent -something anyone can be forgiven for- or whether he consciously chooses these vehicles. If it's the latter, he needs to let someone else make these decisions and stop his once-promising career from spiraling ever more downward. The plot is so preposterous as to turn this film into near-parody. Fortunately, the warning signs are manifest early on, and most viewers will mercifully change the channel before wasting much time on this. It's a truism that it's as much work to make a bad movie as a good movie, and there's not much that Hollywood turns out that doesn't have decent technical standards. But none of the crew's efforts can transcend a stinker of a story.
The Contract (1999)
Good action that can't quite overcome the script
This action pic is handled with surprising verve for a first-time director. You find yourself caught up in it and wishing it could be better.
Unfortunately, the script is burdened by some credibility-straining plot turns such as an artist boyfriend who's able to become a skilled killer at the drop of a hat, and the preposterous notion (not to mention cliché) of the elected official who has scads of thugs at his beck and call.
Aside from some gratuitous editing gimmickry (especially during the Senator's speech), the technical credits on this movie are above average for a low-budget film. The cinematography is especially good.