If Russ Meyer had made this It could have been great ... But they thought they were making a serious film most of the time ... With wittier writing, a tighter story arc and an hour shorter running time this could have been great ... Its camp, but tries desperately not to be and looses it ... Its last three quarters of an hour are pointless and just plain bad, aiming for deep sentiment and failing badly, whilst trying to fit in a badly thought out decline into hell from either a horror film of an art film and failing at both ... Its a shame cos there's some great scenes and some "decent" acting ... Certainly nothing award worthy ... The whole Toby Maguire part should have been cut and the end needed rewriting/shooting so so badly ... Once again hollywood makes a huge mess by taking itself far too seriously ... Lets be honest, the best films do not come out of america any more and all the decent writers have migrated to online filmaking \ television ... Some crazy fan will probably recut and redub a fun 80 minute version of this and it will become a cult.
Review of Babylon
