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Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Lee Eisenberg Larry Cohen's "Q" makes no pretense about what kind of movie it is. The purpose is to be over-the-top. It looks like the sort of movie that they had a lot of fun making. What really caught me eye was the cast. While Michael Moriarty isn't known for anything in particular, we have Candy Clark (Debbie in "American Graffiti"), David Carradine (Bill in "Kill Bill"), Richard Roundtree (Shaft in "Shaft"), Mary Louise Weller (Mandy in "Animal House") and Malachy McCourt* (the brother of "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt). On top of that, the scene in the bar shows an Arlo Guthrie** poster in the background. What a collection for a movie about a winged Aztec serpent god terrorizing New York!*A few hours after watching this, I watched "The Brink's Job", which it turned out also featured Malachy McCourt in a supporting role. I never expected to see him in two movies the same day.**As it turns out, Arlo grew up in a property owned by Fred Trump. Woody Guthrie wrote a song about what a creep the elder Trump was.

C.H Newell I must say, I wasn't expecting much when I finally got the chance to watch Q- it looked like a Z-grade monster flick. Not to say it was an epic, grand drama; it certainly wasn't. However, I really enjoyed the movie, not to mention some great performances from Michael Moriarty, David Carridine, and even some hard-nosed cop action from Richard Roundtree.Larry Cohen is not particularly one of my favourite directors, though I'm always interested in what he's doing for one reason or another. I wish he did more stuff like Q- an odd mix of a story about a cult reviving an ancient, flying monster (from the Mesoamerican legend of Quetzalcoatl), and a criminal (played extremely well by Moriarty) who stumbles upon the creature's nest, as well as its little baby in a big ol' egg. The crook decides instead of telling the authorities straight up, he's going to cook himself a little deal. Of course nothing goes as planned, really. I think it's a great mix. Some people are turned off by the stark difference in the two converging plots. Me? I dig it. I think it's a bit of a genre-bender, and I'm always a fan of that. Cohen wrote a bold script. The actors delivered on the characters. Moriarty perhaps gives one of his finest performances here, in my opinion.I recommend anybody seeing this film. Okay- the monster isn't a high budget creature, not in the slightest. Yet I still love some of those moments when it's flying around, swooping up prey, fighting off the police- INCREDIBLE! I don't care if it looks a bit cheesy. Most of the time it does; there are a few moments, particularly near the end, where it looks real good at times. I just think the film itself stands enough on its own two legs without having to worry about a creature budget. The acting, the script and its story, and YES, even the creature = a great way to spend your evening. I give it 8 out of 10, and I am definitely going to watch this again in the near future because I think it's a wonderful little creature feature!

Scott LeBrun You have to hand it to maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen: some of his films are true originals. This film here is a particularly offbeat concoction, on the surface seeming to be a typical monster movie but turning out to be anything but that. Instead, it focuses on its human characters, who turn out to be an interesting and quirky bunch.Michael Moriarty stars as Jimmy Quinn, a small time crook and full time loser who, after a jewelry robbery goes awry, runs and hides in the top of the Chrysler Building, where he comes upon valuable knowledge: this is now the nesting area for the enormous ancient Aztec "god" Quetzlcoatl (or just Q, if you prefer) that has been "prayed back into existence".The monster scenes, with special effects courtesy of David Allen, Randall William Cook, and Peter Kuran, are fun in the classic tradition, and there are some nice bits with a rooftop sunbather getting nabbed, a window washer getting decapitated, etc. However, people wanting to see a lot of this sort of thing are going to be disappointed.It's really Michael Moriarty's energetic, highly eccentric performance that makes the movie. The guy is truly something to see, especially as Jimmy tries to capitalize on his knowledge, seeing it as his ticket to fame and fortune. Writer, producer, and director Cohen found out that Moriarty had a passion for jazz and wrote it into the script, much to the actors' delight. The rest of the cast is likewise entertaining: Candy Clark as Jimmy's fed up girlfriend, and Richard Roundtree as a hostile detective; it's a lot of fun to see David Carradine wearing coat and tie as a detective who's willing to have an open mind. Look for character actors such as John Capodice, Eddie Jones, and Larry Pine in small roles.Breathtaking aerial photography of NYC and a soaring music score by Robert O. Ragland are also assets in this oddball gem, which this viewer would easily recommend to cult movie enthusiasts. It's genuinely funny and a treat to watch, and has an ending that would be ripped off by "Godzilla" 16 years later.Eight out of 10.

Aaron1375 A monster movie that is like those of the 1950's, but so different as to make it interesting too. This monster movie has more cops trying to find things out and uncover the truth of the Aztec cult than it has monster flying through city moments. Still, it has the unexpected in it and an interesting enough story to off set the fact the title character really is not in this film much. The final scene though is more of the type found in your typical monster movie as the creature must be brought down. Michael Moriearty is in this film as he was in a few other horror movies during the 1980's. The rest of the cast is good as well. The monster is okay, but really not all that memorable, which may explain why they felt the need to make it appear as little as possible. Some good bloody scenes in this one, but nothing to gory, most of the kills had more to do with sacrifice than the monster itself. Still, for a different type of monster movie that has more mystery but an actual monster too this is the movie for you. What I mean by that, usually when a movie features this much detecting and stuff the monster ends up being staged, fake, or a hoax.