I agree with what some of the negative reviewers have said that this was obviously made so that Biehn could have sex on screen with his middle-aged wife who could show off her boobies. I didn't know they were an item until I read the reviews here after the film, but it was clear watching it that he chose her for reasons other than any ability to act and gave her so much screen time for no reason.
It was also obvious that this was an ego-stroking exercise for Biehn who was very careful to show himself off as nude as possible, which I felt was for him his last hurrah to show the world his bod as he teeters on the brink of proper old age when there's nothing that can be done to maintain any appearance of the body we had in our youth. So he made the most of this opportunity - and so did his wife, because saggy-bagginess hits ladies far sooner than gents; so she also made the most of the opportunity while they had completely unnecessary sex every which way (and it's not even sexy).
She kept telling him how great he looks for 54 - I actually thought he looked 64 in a lot of the scenes and that's me being honest rather than cruel.
The film is very disjointed, which isn't helped by the pointless flashbacks that added zero to the plot and were simply time fillers. All through watching it I was expecting what I was seeing/hearing to mean something somewhere along the line, but nothing did - the whole thing just tumbled along in a very flabby way.
But probably the fact that I was waiting for things to gel and/or mean something as the story flubbered along to its end was the only reason I stayed with it, because I thought that it was going to get better and come good... but it never did.
I'd watch it again actually, because it's one of those films when after a few days I think, "What the heck was that? Did I miss something important, or was it really that bad?" So I'll take another look at least halfway to check my judgement. I wouldn't tell anyone NOT to watch it, because it's a 'curiosity' - though I can't imagine anyone genuinely thinking this is anything more than a mediocre film; and I'm a big fan of Biehn!
It was also obvious that this was an ego-stroking exercise for Biehn who was very careful to show himself off as nude as possible, which I felt was for him his last hurrah to show the world his bod as he teeters on the brink of proper old age when there's nothing that can be done to maintain any appearance of the body we had in our youth. So he made the most of this opportunity - and so did his wife, because saggy-bagginess hits ladies far sooner than gents; so she also made the most of the opportunity while they had completely unnecessary sex every which way (and it's not even sexy).
She kept telling him how great he looks for 54 - I actually thought he looked 64 in a lot of the scenes and that's me being honest rather than cruel.
The film is very disjointed, which isn't helped by the pointless flashbacks that added zero to the plot and were simply time fillers. All through watching it I was expecting what I was seeing/hearing to mean something somewhere along the line, but nothing did - the whole thing just tumbled along in a very flabby way.
But probably the fact that I was waiting for things to gel and/or mean something as the story flubbered along to its end was the only reason I stayed with it, because I thought that it was going to get better and come good... but it never did.
I'd watch it again actually, because it's one of those films when after a few days I think, "What the heck was that? Did I miss something important, or was it really that bad?" So I'll take another look at least halfway to check my judgement. I wouldn't tell anyone NOT to watch it, because it's a 'curiosity' - though I can't imagine anyone genuinely thinking this is anything more than a mediocre film; and I'm a big fan of Biehn!