Don Movie Reviews

Okay film. [...]Anyway, back to the movie...I was harsh on George Clooney when he had an ill performance in Batman and Robin. Since He made Out of Sight, Perfect Storm, From Dawn to Dusk, and Ocean's Eleven, George Clooney did what Will Smith could never do, the transformation of a tv star into a movie star. I hope he will choose more roles to help him to reach his potential, since I believe he will hit it big with the right roles. Other than that, Jennifer Lopez, as usual, is resplendent but wears off quickly since she only has the beauty of a face and body. If the audience was more than be fascinated about the chemistry between the two couple, the movie is basically flat. A gap here and there comes up. For example, [...] involve Michael Keaton in the movie since his role had absolutely nothing to do with the story, somewhat yeah contributes to the story but basically in a pointless way. Almost an all star cast here. Soderbergh's reason why he won the best picture for Traffic is because his style improved every film he did. From Sex, Lies, and Videotapes to Out of Sight to The Limey to Traffic, you can see how he experimented the style, what works and what doesn't work. This is an absolutely remarkable observation, granting the fact that he is a perfectionist. I absolutely love Soderberg's style in the film, but it seemed very young of maturity. [...]That is why I have this film a 6 because it looked great with a flat story. Samuel Jackson's cameo elevated the movie. Without that, there is no good ending for this one.

If you

-like an original movie (taken from an Elmore Leonard novel),

-aren't bothered to follow a storyline slightly more complicated than a roadrunner chase,

-enjoyed Ocean's Eleven, its story and cool music,

-aren't paralyzed by ridiculous stereotypes (like "tv actors are bad" or "latin singers can't act"),

-like a romantic comedy that isn't sappy, but intriguing, funny, and has an unusual ending,

this might be the movie for you.

One of the top ten movies of all time, Out Of Sight starts out with George Clooney coming out a his job interview that went bad which you don't find out actually until the middle of the film because of flash backs. Anyway on we go Jack Foley (George Clooney) then walks across the street and with no plan, no gun, no nothing but his quick mouth and mind robs a bank or at least almost does until he gets to his car and it won't start. So once busted by the cops only seems right that he is thrown in jail but not not for long because Foley again is a quick talker and thinker and finds two people who are breaking out and sets up his own plan to get out which is seperate from there's. This plan of his now is actually quite genius. So he tells a security guard that he knows who's busting out and to meet him in the chapel before lock down which is when he busts out and meets Jennifer Lopez who deliveres the best performance of her whole acting career and should of been nominated for a golden globe or something. Now J.Lo is known as Karen Sisco a Federal Marshal in this film and is known to like the cowboy cop type who cheats on his wife as her dad (Dennis Leary) likes to say who is also a cop. Now this is just where all the fun begins, Jack is breaking out and he fools all of the security guards but not Karen who is there checking out a case concerning one of the prisoners. So not being fooled doesn't make a difference for Jack already thought of this before because he has a car waiting for him with Ving Rhames playing his best friend Buddy and throws her in the back of trunk with Jack who starts trying to pull pick up line after pick up line on her while in the trunk with her which doesn't work out at first but slowly and surely after a while Karen breaks down and starts laughing with him. Although still planning on busting him by the time she gets out of the trunk that doesn't work out.
Well that's a summary of the beginning and it would be way to complex to explain being almost exactly like Pulp Fiction in the way the story weaves in and out. So I am just going to say that I love this film and it also had great performances by Don Cheadle (Swordfish), Steve Zahn (National Security) and Albert Brooks (The In Laws) later in the movie. Also may I add 'Out of Sight' was critically acclaimed by every critics everywhere from New York to L.A.!

Okay film. [...]Anyway, back to the movie...I was harsh on George Clooney when he had an ill performance in Batman and Robin. Since He made Out of Sight, Perfect Storm, From Dawn to Dusk, and Ocean's Eleven, George Clooney did what Will Smith could never do, the transformation of a tv star into a movie star. I hope he will choose more roles to help him to reach his potential, since I believe he will hit it big with the right roles. Other than that, Jennifer Lopez, as usual, is resplendent but wears off quickly since she only has the beauty of a face and body. If the audience was more than be fascinated about the chemistry between the two couple, the movie is basically flat. A gap here and there comes up. For example, [...] involve Michael Keaton in the movie since his role had absolutely nothing to do with the story, somewhat yeah contributes to the story but basically in a pointless way. Almost an all star cast here. Soderbergh's reason why he won the best picture for Traffic is because his style improved every film he did. From Sex, Lies, and Videotapes to Out of Sight to The Limey to Traffic, you can see how he experimented the style, what works and what doesn't work. This is an absolutely remarkable observation, granting the fact that he is a perfectionist. I absolutely love Soderberg's style in the film, but it seemed very young of maturity. [...]That is why I have this film a 6 because it looked great with a flat story. Samuel Jackson's cameo elevated the movie. Without that, there is no good ending for this one.

If you

-like an original movie (taken from an Elmore Leonard novel),

-aren't bothered to follow a storyline slightly more complicated than a roadrunner chase,

-enjoyed Ocean's Eleven, its story and cool music,

-aren't paralyzed by ridiculous stereotypes (like "tv actors are bad" or "latin singers can't act"),

-like a romantic comedy that isn't sappy, but intriguing, funny, and has an unusual ending,

this might be the movie for you.

One of the top ten movies of all time, Out Of Sight starts out with George Clooney coming out a his job interview that went bad which you don't find out actually until the middle of the film because of flash backs. Anyway on we go Jack Foley (George Clooney) then walks across the street and with no plan, no gun, no nothing but his quick mouth and mind robs a bank or at least almost does until he gets to his car and it won't start. So once busted by the cops only seems right that he is thrown in jail but not not for long because Foley again is a quick talker and thinker and finds two people who are breaking out and sets up his own plan to get out which is seperate from there's. This plan of his now is actually quite genius. So he tells a security guard that he knows who's busting out and to meet him in the chapel before lock down which is when he busts out and meets Jennifer Lopez who deliveres the best performance of her whole acting career and should of been nominated for a golden globe or something. Now J.Lo is known as Karen Sisco a Federal Marshal in this film and is known to like the cowboy cop type who cheats on his wife as her dad (Dennis Leary) likes to say who is also a cop. Now this is just where all the fun begins, Jack is breaking out and he fools all of the security guards but not Karen who is there checking out a case concerning one of the prisoners. So not being fooled doesn't make a difference for Jack already thought of this before because he has a car waiting for him with Ving Rhames playing his best friend Buddy and throws her in the back of trunk with Jack who starts trying to pull pick up line after pick up line on her while in the trunk with her which doesn't work out at first but slowly and surely after a while Karen breaks down and starts laughing with him. Although still planning on busting him by the time she gets out of the trunk that doesn't work out.
Well that's a summary of the beginning and it would be way to complex to explain being almost exactly like Pulp Fiction in the way the story weaves in and out. So I am just going to say that I love this film and it also had great performances by Don Cheadle (Swordfish), Steve Zahn (National Security) and Albert Brooks (The In Laws) later in the movie. Also may I add 'Out of Sight' was critically acclaimed by every critics everywhere from New York to L.A.!

I watched this movie when I was 17 - young enough for this poignantly bittersweet (or should I say sweetbitter) story to stamp its unforgettable mark in my mind.

Hilary's acting was stellar in this - yet in real life she's not at all like that butch lesbian girl she plays in this movie, and so I found it hard to re-adjust my impression of her after seeing her in other movies and in magazines with long hair and being feminine and all... The acting was so good that I honestly detested every single guy that appeared in this movie for being the horrible ba****ds that they were, even though (I know, I know) they are just actors and the real ones are out there and I don't even know how they look. But still... ironically if I'd met my husband back then I'd probably not even give him a second look.

This is one of those movies you either want to watch or can't be bothered to. If you're a guy who really can't be interested in spending some of your time watching a film about 1)a really butch Hilary Swank and 2)a tearjerking movie, then save yourself the trouble. This is a chick-flick in many respects - its theme is about lesbianism, and the fact that this was based on a real life story of Brandon Teena in a stuffy-minded town in Nebraska made it all the more depressing. I walked away hoping in my heart that she's happy now wherever she is. But then this didn't have to happen to her. So all the more it affirms the fact that life's not fair.

This movie is also studded with surrealistic blurry images which actually made the budding love story between Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny even more compelling... The soundtrack was excellent and suited this movie's scenes so well. Watch it if you like a semi-romantic and tragic drama... you'll never forget this. I never did.

This movie was great. A true ove story. About hope. And being your self. Brandon was him self. He was happy. Sadly he was killed for not being what the world thought he should be. I love this film. I have seen it 8 times already. And I know I will watch it many many more.
The story was told with such amotion. You can see the love Brandon had, the feer he had, the hurt, the sadness. I love the begining best. With all of its comic reliefs. It gives you time to know Brandon, and to love him.
The end is very desturbing. The beating, the humilation, the rape. The murder.
All to sad.. but all true. NO ONE deserves to be beat, stiped of your pride, raped, and murdered. Boy or girl. Gay or strate. Young or old.
Tom and John messed up there own lifes, there familys lifes, and the life of those 3 people they killed, and there family and friends.
This story is truly sad. But this film is wonderful. I Love hilary and colie preformances! They deserve more awards then they got. and so does the film!

Perk your ears; widen your eyes; and enliven your brain. A new filmmaker has emerged. Kimberly Peirce is an intuitive, risky artist whose heart and brain are on the same level. With Boys Don't Cry, she intricately weaves together compassion for her characters with an austere critical look at their environments. The immediacy and heightened empathy with which Peirce identifies the audience with Brandon Teena is startlingly personal and touching. But the movie's statement about lower-class America and the interconnectedness of ignorance (not evil) and prejudice achieves an incisive objective clarity about our society. It's great evidence to Peirce's phenomenal talent that this movie works on both broad levels and deeply personal ones.

It goes almost without saying that the movie never coasts on the story's controversial exterior (transvestitism, rape, violence). Peirce is the anti-Larry Clark. And her craft with actors is flawless.

Hilary Swank gives a vital performance as Brandon, our highly jaded hero. Swank helps us immediately like Brandon without sugarcoating his immense moral and social flaws. Brandon is a liar, almost compulsively. But we see the necessity of his lies in the grand scheme of the very real pursuit of identity. Swank is convincing at convincing, so to speak, the surrounding characters that he is a man, but we are always subtly aware of Brandon's physical femininity due to Swank's nuanced acting and appropriate looks. She won a deserved Best Actress Oscar.

Chloe Sevigny as Lana, Brandon's lover, gives a wonderful performance also. Chloe Sevigny captures her lower-class midwest mannerisms but her deeper humanity. If her sad accent and stilted posture subtly evoke her rural economic despair, string of loser boyfriends, and overall malaise, then her lizard eyes and engaging smile expose the inner poise and compassion that Brandon helps awaken. The character of Lana becomes the movie's secret weapon.

Sevigny and Swank work together brilliantly. Brandon and Lana have lots of chemistry with each other, and their love evolves to become the emotional life force to the movie. The inevitable tragedy only feels truly menacing when Brandon and Lana's love becomes rapturous.

Boys Don't Cry succeeds on just about every filmmaking level. Peirce's use of pop music rivals that of contemporaries, Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson. She appropriately switches between music that comments directly and music that heightens naturalism. The Cure, Little Texas, and Nina Persson contribute to the movie's musical mileu. The cinematography is also top-notch and richly captures the visual and thematic motif of beauty amongst ugliness, hence dazzling images of power plants, the beauty of a sunset over a rural squalor.

Kimberly Peirce's storytelling skill, gift with actors, intelligence with social criticism, and personal involvement with her characters' struggles, allow these extra qualities to build layers of resonance on her already nuanced work. If Kimberly Peirce's career skyrockets (which I believe it will) Boys Don't Cry will thus be remembered as the stunning debut of a great American filmmaking talent.

Christopher Guest's "Best in Show" is a wildly hilarious satire that pokes fun at people who are overly obsessed with their pets. So obsessed that they would take their pets and put them in a type of "beauty pageant" in order to get awards and recognition. It's funny and unrelenting because you see it as an everyday occurrence in society. People like this really do exist, and that is why it's so humorous. The characters are all out of their minds and are a joy to watch in this very entertaining and unpredictable film.

I had no idea what I was going to experience when I popped this into the DVD player. At first, it didn't seem like anything that would interest me. However, almost every single person I know had seen it and encouraged me to watch it. I'm glad I did give it a chance, because I ended up really liking it. The satire is outrageous and subtle at the same time (something that's VERY difficult to accomplish unless the project is in the right hands). The actors are hilarious and very animated, but at the same time you know that these types of people really do exist! Eugene Levy was my favorite person in the film. He's so subtle and clever when it comes to humor. Overall, everybody was fantastic in their roles.

The DVD has some really cool extras. It has very good picture and sound quality. Extras included are deleted scenes, feature length audio commentary by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, theatrical trailer and more. The deleted scenes are pretty interesting to watch. Tons of special features for those who love the extra "bells and whistles."

"Best in Show" is great satirical comedy in top form. Not a wasted second is present in the movie. If you're looking for something a little less ordinary, this may be the choice for you. Christopher Guest has done an excellent job of orchestrating this very entertaining and clever film that gives us 90 minutes of fun and laughs.

I must say I am a huge fan of the mockumentarys starring Christoper Guest and Co. And Best in Show is my absolute favorite. The ENTIRE cast is so great at spontaneous improvised humor (well a lot of the cast began their careers doing improv) and I have no clue how they all just don't explode with laughter at what everyone else is saying. The ladies in particular; Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jane Lynch and Jennifer Coolidge...were the reasons for some of the biggest belly laughs for me. But the guys more than held their own. And sometimes the humor is so quiet and subtle, that it wasn't until the 3rd or 4th viewing, that I realized just how genius everyone involved is...and then keeled over with laughter. Must see, not only for Guest or Spinal Tap fans, but people who like to laugh.

This movie is by far one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Easily one of my top 3 movies of all time! The characters make the movie. There's no way to adequately describe just how funny this movie is.

This has to be my favorite Bond movie, good plot, good gadgets, GREAT female leads (kudos to Mss. Yeoh and Hatcher!) and Pierce Brosnan make for an excellent movie!

I still think Sean Connery is the quintessential Bond, but Mr. Brosnan ably walks in his shoes. If I were a Bond novice, I would still start with the earlier movies, but this is a wonderful addition to the series.

This bond film is full of great gadgets, action parts, and everything that the James Bond collection is known for. I can watch this film over and over without getting bored of the wicked villian incharge of destroying the world. GREAT FILM!

In some ways this superb Brosnan Bond is the opposite of the entertaining yet disappointing Die Another Day (DAD). Superbly filmed, imaginative action sequences mix with two great examples of different "Bond Girl types", high production values, and Brosnan at his best.

The stunts here in Tomorrow Never Dies (TND) are the best of modern stuntwork with nonintrusive CG enhancement, while in DAD they just completely overdid it with the CG. What's more, Brosnan obviously enjoys the action in this one (the joy exhibited in piloting the remote control BMW is priceless), and Michele Yeoh gets a chance to exhibit her capacity for martial arts.

Yeoh completely eclipses the erroneously suggested "Equal" of Bond in DAD, Halle Berry. Whereas Berry tiptoes gingerly, confused about how to hold a gun, Yeoh simply gets in the action and dominates. Yeoh also mixes better with Brosnan, with better chemistry. For what is essentially the same character--another country's spy working alongside Bond--Yeoh defined the standard, while Berry doesn't even qualify.

Teri Hatcher also does a great job as an old flame of Bond's, allowing both her character Paris and Brosnan's Bond to evidence previous and current emotional ties. She is a source of information, not an action element, the opposite of Yeoh's character by design. Hatcher does a great job with this type of Bond girl, and is frankly under-rated by some Bond fans.

Finally, the story is absurd yet entertaining, and Pryce does a great job as the main villian. For someone familiar with Pryce from Brazil, his later Infiniti ads did not unfairly taint my perception of his acting fitness as it apparently did for some other reviewers.

All considered--discounting the nostalgia that sometimes grants older Bond movies favor--this is my second favorite Bond, after Goldeneye (you still can't beat the combo of 006, Izabella Scorupco, Tank-lunacy, the vice grip of Onatopp, "I am Invincible!", etc).

This has to be my favorite Bond movie, good plot, good gadgets, GREAT female leads (kudos to Mss. Yeoh and Hatcher!) and Pierce Brosnan make for an excellent movie!

I still think Sean Connery is the quintessential Bond, but Mr. Brosnan ably walks in his shoes. If I were a Bond novice, I would still start with the earlier movies, but this is a wonderful addition to the series.

This bond film is full of great gadgets, action parts, and everything that the James Bond collection is known for. I can watch this film over and over without getting bored of the wicked villian incharge of destroying the world. GREAT FILM!

In some ways this superb Brosnan Bond is the opposite of the entertaining yet disappointing Die Another Day (DAD). Superbly filmed, imaginative action sequences mix with two great examples of different "Bond Girl types", high production values, and Brosnan at his best.

The stunts here in Tomorrow Never Dies (TND) are the best of modern stuntwork with nonintrusive CG enhancement, while in DAD they just completely overdid it with the CG. What's more, Brosnan obviously enjoys the action in this one (the joy exhibited in piloting the remote control BMW is priceless), and Michele Yeoh gets a chance to exhibit her capacity for martial arts.

Yeoh completely eclipses the erroneously suggested "Equal" of Bond in DAD, Halle Berry. Whereas Berry tiptoes gingerly, confused about how to hold a gun, Yeoh simply gets in the action and dominates. Yeoh also mixes better with Brosnan, with better chemistry. For what is essentially the same character--another country's spy working alongside Bond--Yeoh defined the standard, while Berry doesn't even qualify.

Teri Hatcher also does a great job as an old flame of Bond's, allowing both her character Paris and Brosnan's Bond to evidence previous and current emotional ties. She is a source of information, not an action element, the opposite of Yeoh's character by design. Hatcher does a great job with this type of Bond girl, and is frankly under-rated by some Bond fans.

Finally, the story is absurd yet entertaining, and Pryce does a great job as the main villian. For someone familiar with Pryce from Brazil, his later Infiniti ads did not unfairly taint my perception of his acting fitness as it apparently did for some other reviewers.

All considered--discounting the nostalgia that sometimes grants older Bond movies favor--this is my second favorite Bond, after Goldeneye (you still can't beat the combo of 006, Izabella Scorupco, Tank-lunacy, the vice grip of Onatopp, "I am Invincible!", etc).

This has to be my favorite Bond movie, good plot, good gadgets, GREAT female leads (kudos to Mss. Yeoh and Hatcher!) and Pierce Brosnan make for an excellent movie!

I still think Sean Connery is the quintessential Bond, but Mr. Brosnan ably walks in his shoes. If I were a Bond novice, I would still start with the earlier movies, but this is a wonderful addition to the series.

This bond film is full of great gadgets, action parts, and everything that the James Bond collection is known for. I can watch this film over and over without getting bored of the wicked villian incharge of destroying the world. GREAT FILM!

In some ways this superb Brosnan Bond is the opposite of the entertaining yet disappointing Die Another Day (DAD). Superbly filmed, imaginative action sequences mix with two great examples of different "Bond Girl types", high production values, and Brosnan at his best.

The stunts here in Tomorrow Never Dies (TND) are the best of modern stuntwork with nonintrusive CG enhancement, while in DAD they just completely overdid it with the CG. What's more, Brosnan obviously enjoys the action in this one (the joy exhibited in piloting the remote control BMW is priceless), and Michele Yeoh gets a chance to exhibit her capacity for martial arts.

Yeoh completely eclipses the erroneously suggested "Equal" of Bond in DAD, Halle Berry. Whereas Berry tiptoes gingerly, confused about how to hold a gun, Yeoh simply gets in the action and dominates. Yeoh also mixes better with Brosnan, with better chemistry. For what is essentially the same character--another country's spy working alongside Bond--Yeoh defined the standard, while Berry doesn't even qualify.

Teri Hatcher also does a great job as an old flame of Bond's, allowing both her character Paris and Brosnan's Bond to evidence previous and current emotional ties. She is a source of information, not an action element, the opposite of Yeoh's character by design. Hatcher does a great job with this type of Bond girl, and is frankly under-rated by some Bond fans.

Finally, the story is absurd yet entertaining, and Pryce does a great job as the main villian. For someone familiar with Pryce from Brazil, his later Infiniti ads did not unfairly taint my perception of his acting fitness as it apparently did for some other reviewers.

All considered--discounting the nostalgia that sometimes grants older Bond movies favor--this is my second favorite Bond, after Goldeneye (you still can't beat the combo of 006, Izabella Scorupco, Tank-lunacy, the vice grip of Onatopp, "I am Invincible!", etc).

This is the world's worst movie. Bound to show up in the 10 for 99 cents pile at the dollar store. How can anyone think this is good? They probably have Ishtar on dvd. Mariah Carey can't act. This movie had no depth no plot. nothing. And the ending hun? I saw this for free and I still want my money back. Plese tell me what was the point? I'd rather watch Barney while listening to Billy ray cyrus than ever have to see this again

I dont even know why I **cking watched this movie. Because I liked movies and my career insists on movies but this one was a bomb within a bomb man. its one of those stinky, smelly, no good for nothing pieces of **it that comes along every now and again. for stupid fans of cant act, but I can surely strut my sluttyness Carey, I spit on this glittery crap

This film was wonderful!! A great work of modernizing Shakespeare for the Y2K generation!! This film adapts the classic Titus Andronicus, one of Bill Shakespeare's earliest works. Eric Benet is great as the evil Saturninus and Mariah Carey puts in a performance worthy of several Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and maybe a Nobel as Tamora. It grabs the viewer from the outset and doesn't let go, not even if you have to go to the bathroom so I ended up peeing on my couch. It's ok though because I had some febreeze. Watch the film but make sure you've got febreeze!!!

Ok, so at age 24 I'm a bit out of the intended audience for this show, but I still found myself greatly enjoying it. The plot doesn't hold up very well, but it's simply a very fun and fast paced movie (which, if I'm thinking correctly, is what most films are supposed to be.)

The soundtrack is a bit grating, but overall, just enjoy this one. But don't think too hard about it.

i love this film & i hope they do more like these . i actually wanted to see this film in the theaters, but i never got around too it i wish i would've it really would've been fun since i'm a don bluth fan . the guy that created dragons lair , space ace , braid dead 13 , an american tail , secret of nimh,land before time gives you titan A/E what a cool concept for a film the casting is absoultely perfect matt damon , drew barrymore , nathan lane , bill pullman & few others, a delightful ride of pure excitement so strap yourself in for the ride of your life.

I do hope that fox makes more films like with don bluth at the healm what a genius he is . stay healthy don take care & to the team that helped in making of titan coming life, thanks you guys you did an awsome job what trip to watch & the sound is just wonderful . the dts audio track will blow you away & picture will too. if you like star wars & just all around sci-fi than this for you . i'd recommend this for safe fun family viewing .

Highly Recommended , What a Winner!

It calmly came and went in theaters a couple years ago, and maybe that's why Titan A.E. is so appealing: it doesn't try to outdo itself or copy others work, and is both eye candy and classic characters in one simply wonderful package.

Titan A.E. follows the tale of an ambitious young space rogue named Cale Tucker, and is set in the 31st century. After the earth is destroyed by alien Drej, Cale is embedded by his father as the savior of all earthlings in the universe, a savior to construct a second earth for all the earthlings; earthlings now living on drifter colonies space ships scattered through the galaxy. However, this is not an easy task: the Drej scum want Cale killed before he can establish a new humanoid planet, and this turns Cale into a human McGuffin. This movie basically follows Cale on his adrenaline rush search through the Galaxy to find the means to rebuild this Titan 'After Earth,' and the plot is rather structurally simple: get from point A to point B before the badguys do first.

This does not, however, diminish from the fun. It never appears to be simplistic on the surface; indeed, it would just be annoying to analyze every plot twist to fit to the basic plot structure. This movie is designed to distract you away from that increasingly annoying display of average movie range.

One of the ways these distractions may happen is the simply beautiful background design, based off of photos courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope. I couldn't help but utter "cool..." at some scenes, especially the ending sequences. I'm telling you, this movie is sheer eye candy.

The character interaction between the key players in the movie is well done, and there is also a little touch of a love story in the movie as well. The crew on board the ship, the one Cale uses to travel about in, ranges from sour to creepy to just plain cool in the characteristic aspect, and layers of medium-toned character development are present from beginning to end. A definite strong point of Titan A.E.'s storytelling is the ability to have more than adequate storytelling right off the bat. For example, in the movie Cale has an old alien friend that watches after him. All it takes is 30 seconds for you to begin liking that rather 'incidental' character. This is one of the things that have levitated this movie to it's popularity: when this friend of Cale's is put in potential danger five minutes into the movie, you fear that certain friend is going to be hurt.

This movie could be said to be based off 'Treasure Island,' because of definite same plot twist proportions. For instance, Cale has a map that everybody's vying for, resembling Jim Hawkins won map, and another character called Korso could be said to based off of Long John Silver. Completely coincidental or not, it works without a doubt and provides clever fun comparing the movie with the famous book.

This movie isn't really violent. There was a scene at the beginning were our hero Cale is clipped by wild blaster fire, and there is a gash in his arm, but the whole movie isn't like this. Mostly the heroic characters are blasting Drej, and Drej are blue and shiny and break similarly to the way a crystal would if dropped. So this movie isn't really violent or offensive. There is a scene of brief, coy nudity, but besides that not much is not suitable for the whole given family.

All these reasons add up to a great movie that shouldn't be passed up if you find it. It isn't worth renting, because even in the unlikely event you find yourself consistently hating the plot, characters and animation, the special effects and sound effects, mixed with the catchy music and background modeling make this movie a piece of animation worth having.