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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Uninteresting plagiarism of 'Jaws'
I watched this movie when it was released, knowing very little of it but appalled by the names of Michael DOUGLAS and Val KILMER, and by the flavor of XIXth century adventure in mysterious Africa.
At first you may think you will have a real good time with nice shooting, good music (Jerry Goldsmith), good actors, but then I was very quickly disappointed by the fact that the movie only focuses on the struggle with the lions. OK this is was the real subject of the film (clear - I went to watch it but had not read any review about it).
But the script is mere copy/paste of 'Jaws' script!!
> Identical narrative progression, with Val Kilmer in the part of Roy Schreider and Michael Douglas as the hard-boiled adventurer who has seen everything (the fisherman in Jaws).
> The lions lurking in the bush are shot the same way the shark was in 'Jaws': subjective camera with the music score recalling 'Jaws'
This movie is absolute plagiarism!!
Lunarcop (1995)
Not a masterpiece but not a piece of crap either with nice shots
Well, well, well - I have been reading IMDb reviews more than once to check whether some movies were worth watching - both in theatre or in DVD. I especially checked low-cost DVDs, which confirmed that most of cheap DVDs definitely are not worth the pain to watch 'em (even if it is low-cost it still takes some time watching). Well I bought Lunar Cop the other day, well aware that it was likely to be a waste of time watching. To my surprise it was not that bad; not a masterpiece, but entertaining for people who likes movies like Mad Max 2. OK it is not as good as Mad Max 2 but for a low budget film it does the job. The photography is quite nice, and I liked the design work on the clothes. The movie was released in 1994, but right from the beginning it has a seventies flavour from the actors loathings and hair-cut. As for the plot, well it won't give you a headache - an other user mentioned some holes. Well I'd say those are inherent to this kind of low-budget action-oriented movies - and the flaws of this movie also apply to Mad Max 2 (yes I like this movie)