Unfortunate misfire about a typical generation Xer and his difficulties in dealing with the complexities of modern life.
Made in 1994, but already badly dated with a great deal of emphasis on the Rodney King riots. Also has a corrupt police chief named Merrill Fence which is really just a very thinly disguised substitute for the then real life LA police Chief Darryl Gates. Unfortunately anyone viewing it today (or living outside the LA area) may not know this, thus making a lot of the directors satirical jabs mute and pointless.
Although the inner angst of the main character is certainly identifiable, he is played (and written) too broadly to really be interesting. The film, like it's main character, cannot find it's center moving almost jarringly from the surreal, to the gritty, to outright romanticism.
There are some interesting philosophical insights and a couple of funny moments (including a amusing conversation between the main character and his now dead parents) to keep it passable. Yet it's just not fully realized enough to give it that unique cult status that it was intended for.
Nelson Lyon, who plays the police chief, steals the film with his unique acting style.
Made in 1994, but already badly dated with a great deal of emphasis on the Rodney King riots. Also has a corrupt police chief named Merrill Fence which is really just a very thinly disguised substitute for the then real life LA police Chief Darryl Gates. Unfortunately anyone viewing it today (or living outside the LA area) may not know this, thus making a lot of the directors satirical jabs mute and pointless.
Although the inner angst of the main character is certainly identifiable, he is played (and written) too broadly to really be interesting. The film, like it's main character, cannot find it's center moving almost jarringly from the surreal, to the gritty, to outright romanticism.
There are some interesting philosophical insights and a couple of funny moments (including a amusing conversation between the main character and his now dead parents) to keep it passable. Yet it's just not fully realized enough to give it that unique cult status that it was intended for.
Nelson Lyon, who plays the police chief, steals the film with his unique acting style.