SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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.

dshell102 I wanted to enjoy this one as even throw away sci-fi (story built around fun idea but the rest of the movie isn't great) but this one was awful. Where it had originality it felt like others had this idea, realized it wasn't a good idea and dropped it. When it used one liners from Bond and Scarface, it felt totally unoriginal and made me honestly wonder how the writer has a job. The "comic" panels didn't add anything. In 24 they showed what multiple people were doing at the same time, but this was just multiple angles of the same scene most of the time, and the "comic" style did nothing to add to the story. It was a style, but the "pow" of the 60's Batman is a far better style that felt original and fresh while this seemed silly in a sci-fi story. (Yes, I know it's based on a comic, but it wasn't a super hero theme or anything. Was it just to advertise that it came from a comic? Because I couldn't figure out any other reason for it.) Sorry, I won't be recommending this one to anyone. The acting wasn't awful so I will give it three stars just so I don't feel I'm totally hating on it. (It was the movie quotes that killed it flat for me, I'll admit. They weren't even cool, they were just sad!)

born-r "Paradox" is another film from American World Pictures, made for Sci-Fi Channel. The plot of the movie actually is interesting, and it would be nice: the film begins on a parallel Earth, similar to ours, but where magic has replaced science and vice versa. Much is different this world, which apparently developed after the 2nd World War, when Winston Churchill (yes, him), uses the same mystical objects that Adolf Hittler used to win the war - he is still alive in the movie, with 130 years.In this world, it's common the use of necromancy, spells and crystals that store the mystical force that replaces the normal power on Earth: the most powerful politicians are actually the most powerful magicians. But something mysterious happens when a murder occurs, using a strange metal projectile - in fact a bullet from a .44 Magnum, from our world - the magic is weak against the iron.Interesting, isn't it? But what is interesting stops here.Kervin Sorbo is in the role of Sean Nault, a homicide detective who investigates the case, he ends up finding a esoteric shot (actually a science store) from Lenoir (Steph Song), and discovers a plot that could destroy the world (I do not go into spoilers here, only because would not be worthwhile to describe the rest of the story).the film is based on the comic of the same name, written by Chistos N. Gage, and has an approach to his origins, taking (and using badly) ideas used in "Sin City". The between-scenes are show sometimes by converting the images into drawings, sometimes from changes frames and scenes like they were comic book frames.The acting is terrible, the more enjoyable one is from Kevin Sorbo (who has starred in many films and TV series such as Andromeda and Hercules) - many clichés and horrible and confusing dialogs scattered all around.The scenery comes to to be funny for the moment, sometimes being sterile on the indoor, sometimes with open air fake scenarios generated by CG (one scene in the snow is hilarious): the special effects, as one might expect, also use CG in scenes with creatures (Pegasus, dragons, etc. - yes that's right) who try to be quick, not to show the quality of it. Many items of scenery and makeup (eg the "zombies" that are used as workers) are too horrible, reminding a Star Trek episode in the late '60s.If this is deliberate or not is another story. The big problem, even excluding what I mentioned, is that the story becomes confused, with many bad scenes and with bad explanations, and that get us in a hasty conclusion. in the final 20 minutes.Another movie that came out very bad, yet, it has enough to be funny, and like it or not, have a starting plot that is interesting, but not being well developed and with bad writing / acting / effects, sinks the film. My score: 3.6 / 10.0.

TheLittleSongbird When I first heard of Paradox and its concept, I thought that's interesting, there might be a good movie somewhere in there. Little did I know that such potential was going to be squandered, just like that. I agree it does show that the film has a made for TV feel, and a really bad made for TV feel at that. The editing is all over the place, the camera work is nothing special and the effects are substandard. The story is alone to squander the potential the concept held, it is a poorly paced and derivative one with many scenes that are pointless and go nowhere, while the dialogue is cheesy(unbearably) and inane and the characters poorly explored and clichéd. The direction is often messy, while none of the actors are good or connect to their characters. All in all, awful. 2/10 Bethany Cox

chriscoates It sounded interesting. An Earth in an alternate dimension where an understanding of science doesn't really exist and where magic powers everything (guns, phones, cars... everything). A world where a puzzled detective starts using science to try and unravel a sinister mystery...It's an interesting premise for a film. It was also an interesting premise for a film back in 1991 when HBO made the much-loved but little seen Cast a Deadly Spell. If you can track down a copy it's well worth a watch.Unfortunately this (apparently adapted from a comic-book), is a complete mess. If you're taking the audience to another world, a world that works in different and exciting ways, then the script needs to explain this new place and take the time to make it feel real. Instead the story here rocks along at breakneck speed with very little time or effort being spent on trying to seduce the audience and pull them along with it. Some of the dialogue is awful (and the voice-over at the end is especially bad).Apparently this was originally intended for a cinematic release. However the decision to make it for TV must have been made before production began, as it looks every bit like a TV movie. The director has worked on the TV show Sanctury and it absolutely shows; the feel of it - the way it's been shot and the way CGI backgrounds are used - is absolutely identical. The difference is that here it falls absolutely flat. Clearly much of the film is supposed to look and feel like a 50's noir (the costumes and sets), but no effort has been made to shoot and light it in any particular style (unless they were actually trying to make it look like cheap Canadian television). Occasionally the action stops and the scene turns into a drawn panel from a comic-book in a way that is supposed to be highly stylised and dynamic, but isn't. Here, in this film, it serves no purpose, looks wrong, happens far too often and ruins atmosphere. And then you have the use of CGI backgrounds, which are in a completely different style to anything else in the film and really jar. Sin City this isn't.I would criticise the editing - there are some really strange choices that just don't work - but I honestly don't know if it's the editors fault. It feels like they only shot enough footage to properly fill 80 minutes or so and then they had to find ways of padding the running time out. So we get comic-book effects. So we get clunky, amateurish and unnecessary scenes (there's one scene of Sorbo thinking about Song, using flashbacks, which is just horrible), that suddenly crash in without warning and then crash out again. Also, some scenes just don't hang together properly and it sometimes feels as if a vital shot is missing.The only good and worthwhile parts of this whole thing are the two leads, Kevin Sorbo and Steph Song. Watching Sorbo in something really second-rate made me realise how dependably good he is; there's nothing here that particularly stretches his talents but he still manages to get the job done despite having little to work with. Steph Song also takes an under-written role and manages to imbue it with some genuine heart and feeling. I ended up liking her character a lot and it was purely because of her performance. I predict that we'll see her in bigger and better things in the future.In summary? The script fires the plot at you too fast, it looks and feels all wrong and the editor probably tried his best to rescue it but failed. And the actors deserved better. Disappointing.