Incannerax
What a waste of my time!!!
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Tayloriona
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Brendon Jones
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
zee
Or at least I was not engaged. A 13-year-old boy, at which this is aimed, might be more engaged.You know you're in trouble when a film starts with four paragraphs of text on the screen, being read aloud in VO to you by an actor (just in case you're having a bit of trouble in the reading department yourself, young viewer). The first ten minutes need to be cut; it establishes almost nothing about character of relevance and is missing any sort of likability hook for the hero. ("Not quite as douchy as buddies but lots whinier" really doesn't cut it.) When the action starts, with the most awful brand of fistfights, you're not surprised at the overly loud meat-hammer Foley treatment. When you think it can't get any worse, the dialog references Star Wars. Rule of B film-making: never remind viewers there are better movies than the one they are currently watching! The idea isn't half-bad. There is more than one dimension, and the Reluctant Hero must join the more experienced fighters, an old guy and a hot chick (dressed for inter-dimensional fighting from a Yonge Street hooker's wardrobe, for some reason. I myself, whenever I want to be prepared for action or am headed to the boxing gym, always put on boots, a micro mini, a tube top, and a leather jacket over all, for that final je ne sais quoi.) There's a scepter (aka didgeridoo) and a necklace involved in opening the gateway between dimensions. All of this might have worked with a competent screenwriter.But the dialog is awful. The rules of inter-dimensional travel keep changing in ways that undercut tension. The actors do their best, truly they do, but it's all nonsense and I think I saw them each wince at least once.Still, mostly it was lit, and I could hear the dialog (a mixed blessing, I suppose), and the score was appropriate (though one always had the sense of it trying to uplift the unliftupable) so not one star. But not any good, either.
Gizmo
I watched the show and was somewhat amused by it. I read the info on it, saying it was a cross of Matrix and Minority report. But in truth, that is a half truth. It had the feel of Matrix but also a older movie/book called Fahrenheit 451. Between these 2 shows I see the similarities moreso. Minority Report I think is way off in comparison.But overall I enjoyed the action sequences in Crossworlds. But the plot and storyline could have had more fleshing out. As it is, it was to short in my opinion for what it was worth. It is a good rent movie. And I could see it being expanded upon. Hopefully they can give more to it as a part 2 or even flesh it out with a small TV series.
Philip Simon
i recently saw the movie on cable and I was wondering what similarities were there between this movie and the MatrixYou have got Jo or Joseph like NeoYou have got A. T. like Morpheausand you have got the girl like Trinity.Even the villains move around in suits like those in Matrixand all that talk in the elevator where A.T. says that the floor is still there and what they are seeing was all deja vu like in the MatrixWould not be surprised if the Wachowski Brothers had seen this and been 'inspired'
Michael A. Martinez
Basically an extended episode of the Fox series "Sliders", Crossworlds offers about zero in the way of anything. The entire cast consists of nobodies, with the exception of Rutger Hauer, who quite simply looks terrible and depressed. Little in the way of anything new; a few standard-fare CGI effects, a lot of "Brazil" or "Time Bandits"-esque scene changes, and some of the most poorly done action sequences yet. The film never clearly states what the heck is going on. We're left just as confused as the whiny protagonist. A drawn-out 90 minute time killer, all too typical of low-budget 90's sci-fi.