TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Platypuschow Sole Survivor is the movie adaptation of a supernatural thriller book by Dean Koontz.The 3 hour epic teeters on greatness but somehow, someway misses the mark and misses it hard.It tells the story of man played by the incredibly underrated Billy Zane who lost his wife and daughter in a plane crash. Before he knows it he finds himself embroiled in a supernatural conspiracy that may explain what really happened on that fateful day.Also starring Scrubs (2001) star John C. McGinley this powerhouse of a movie is one of those that has a great concept but runs out of steam about half way through.Also starring Timecop (1994) star Gloria Reuben and former child star Jodelle Ferland I was really enjoying Sole Survivor up until the point that it became apparent it really wasn't going anywhere special.The film is worth watching for Zane & McGinley alone but the heartbreaking thing is how much potential this had. Sole Survivor had limitless potential but Koontz clearly ran out of ideas (Good ones anyway).A damn fine attempt regardless.The Good:Billy Zane and John C. McGinley are excellentGreat first halfSome nice ideasThe Bad:Plot gets a bit muddledToo much "God" speakFinale was a dudThings I Learnt From This Movie:I hate kids, also likely to be my last words

chann94501 I have real issues with movies where they insist on making the characters as dumb as fence posts. This is one of them. If you are being monitored by the evil government then don't call your best friend on the phone to tell him where the secret meeting he doesn't have any interest in is being held. If you are about to die just tell all, there are no consequences to spilling it all now. If you must steal a car don't do it in front of the bad guys, or at least change cars.Then there's the pointless religion, what the heck has belief in mythical beings got to do with this story. They didn't wrap up the loose ends either. Not that we are interested in finding out what became of the minor characters. Just glad it's over.This was small part mystery, small part new age clap trap, large part padding.And why do I have to stretch this out to 10 lines when some other reviews are one liners.

Scoval71 Well, I enjoyed it. Somewhat a bit too long, but Billy Zane gives a well acted performance. The bad guy played by McGinley is very corny and goofy, quite unbelievable in his actions, yet somehow it fits the storyline. I caught this movie on a rainy afternoon and found its four hours most entertaining and suspenseful. Some of the plot is very far fetched. Examples are: The little girl brings a bird back to life and in the fashion of a Jesus Christ makes serious bloody wounds and cuts heal, but this is a great child actress. I like Billy Zane and always thought he was a fine actor. I recommend this movie. Not the best, but compelling, riveting and suspenseful. One other comment I have is that I could not stomach the cruelty of the blinding and shooting of the horse by the McGinley character. To me this was absolutely not necessary and totally repellent.

ron.vliet The story of this film is ok and should guarantee a great film but it isn't. The film starts ok but basically there isn't enough material to fill the approx. 180 minutes. This results in scenes that go on and on and every bit of detailed is chewed ready for the viewer like they don't have any imagination themselves. Somewhere after 100 minutes of viewing time it's hard to keep fascinated by the film.