Like
a lot of cult movies though, it has it's flaws; the settings are basic and it has the old flashing computers with an abundance of lightbulbs on show but it's testament to Carpenter's vision that his concept overrides these dated faults and the film still manages to remain suitably futuristic.
Not exact matches
Lee Valmassy has a
lot of fun letting loose as the gleefully farcical villain (a mohawked, golden - grilled gangster who only wears jumpsuits), and Art Hsu turns in a scene - stealing performance as the hero's duck - loving sidekick, but while fans
of bad
movies might appreciate what «The FP» has to offer, it's not exactly the ready - made
cult classic that it's so desperately trying to be.
Based on the true story
of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, who created and starred in The Room (the world's most notorious
cult classic bad film), this
movie is a heck
of a
lot of fun.
The
movie gained a
lot of word
of mouth publicity and became an underground instant
cult classic.
Though the message is muddled at times, the
movie really has a
lot to say about the sexual politics at the time, the
cult of celebrity, and, well, plain «ol cultism.
This is a
movie that a
lot of people seem to LOVE, and its
cult will now only continue to grow.
uncan Jones was probably bombarded with a number
of offers to direct a big studio
movie following the release and
cult success
of his directorial debut, «Moon,» but there's something about his decision to choose «Source Code» as his follow - up that tells you a
lot about the kind
of filmmaker he hopes to become.
1 But lately there's been a
lot of cult - ish
movies too.