Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Michael Ledo In 1969 the US wants a backup plan in case the moon landing fails. Special Agent Kidman (Ron Perlman) with a suitcase full of money is tasked to go to London to convince Stanley Kubrick to make the film. Kidman doesn't like the British and through a series of events, Kubrick is out and Kidman is forced to make a production that had all the worse elements, with the director (Tom Audenaert) having to be told "There are no Jellyfish on the moon." Jonny (Rupert Grint) is a band manager for the "Yellow Blackguards" and is the go between for Kidman and the director ...and the mob is also after him.What can I say, this is a stoner film. Kidman goes into a berserker mode as music from "Clockwork Orange" play in the background. Perlman, who played "Hellboy" is called an angel. The production has substance abuse written all over it.Guide: F-bomb, no sex. Topless hippies (no silicon) Drug use. Blood and killing. Heads being blown off.At one point in the film Rupert claims someone defecated on his Jimi Hendrix record. The label was Atlantic when Hendrix recorded on Reprise. Made the whole thing unbelievable.

coex23 As a goofy, light comedy, this surely could have worked a little better. Instead, the script wound up being muddled at times; especially during crucial moments (Perlman's LSD revelations had no impact for the audience). The entire gist of the plot (US hiring Kubrick to fake moon landing, etc) was really convoluted, and I can't imagine what someone who didn't know this myth first would think of all this!Going directly against any "light comedy" were extremely graphic violent scenes. These suddenly pulled the viewer out of a relaxing, funny film and into brutal gun battles featuring exploding heads and more. It really felt like two films stitched together for no reason other than sensationalism. It really was not handled very well!In the end, I was entertained. Ron Perlman is always fun to watch, despite some awkward scripting. And Rupert Grint definitely can act, do comedy, and generally hold his own; however, I'm not sold on him leading a film yet. I'm not sure why the script was all over the place... either it was poorly edited with chunks randomly taken out, or the script itself was written while high: I don't know, but the subject matter surely could have ended up as a classic comedy. Oh well, maybe someone else will have a go at it?

Arch Stanton Seeing as this was a British offering, I'll describe it in British parlance - Absolute Shite.I think the morons giving this high praise with their reviews were about as high as Ron Pearlman after taking that hit of LSD. It says "comedy". Who would have known? I didn't laugh once. It should have said "torture" because I was in a whole lot of pain for the duration. My wife was getting tired of the movie and kept telling me to fast forward it. At one point she got up to get some chocolate candy. When she came back to the couch, I asked her for a piece. She said only if I fast forward it. True story. Anyhow, its too bad because going into this I wanted it to be good. I like Pearlman and Ron Weasley. Like the late 60's early 70's scene - a lot of potential there. But then the director tried to make this a hybrid of a weird buddy flick mixed with Reservoir Dogs violence. Seriously, What The EFF??? As somebody else opined, the second half of the movie really falls flat, and I have to agree. Save your time and watch something better. Maybe Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

A.G. Balázs Competing with an array of films that changed the way Hollywood looks at the cinematic process, this underdog takes liberties bridging fantasy and reality, while also delivering a genre-bending comedy with a smidge of "the ultra violence." (quite appropriate as the movie alludes to Stanley Kubrick continuously) A story that is compelling and well paced with plenty of conflicts to get in the way. Rupert Gint, Robert Sheehan and company do an amazing job of portraying self-centered, egotistical artists of the Brit-pop era while Ron Pearlman comes in with his American stoicism to perfectly accent the absurd antics that propel this movie forward. The movie is littered with life wisdom's that are never preached. Controversial subject matter's that are far the norm of conversation.A great watch for a great time, imho, one of 2015's best films. I can't wait to see more from Antoine Bardou-Jacquet.