cv548_17731.txt

synopsis_NN
:_:
private_JJ
detective_NN
tom_NP
welles_NP
is_BEZ
hired_JJ
by_IN
a_DT
wealthy_JJ
widow_NN
to_IN
uncover_VB
the_DT
origins_NNS
of_IN
a_DT
snuff_NN
film_NN
owned_VBN
by_IN
her_PP$
late_JJ
husband_NN
._.
after_IN
uncovering_VBG
the_DT
authenticity_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
,_,
welles_NP
descends_NNS
into_IN
an_DT
underground_JJ
world_NN
of_IN
perverse_JJ
pornographers_NNS
seeking_VBG
vigilante_NN
revenge_NN
on_IN
the_DT
filmmakers_NNS
._.
comments_NNS
:_:
8_CD
mm_NN
is_BEZ
one_CD
of_IN
the_DT
more_DT
disturbing_JJ
mainstream_JJ
movies_NNS
i_PP
have_HV
seen_VBN
in_IN
a_DT
long_JJ
time_NN
._.
though_CS
it_PP
doesn't_DOZ
present_VB
a_DT
snuff_NN
film_NN
(_(
a_DT
movie_NN
which_WDT
documents_NNS
a_DT
person_NN
's_POS
murder_NN
for_IN
real_JJ
,_,
usually_RB
during_IN
or_CC
after_IN
some_DT
form_NN
of_IN
sexual_JJ
act_NN
)_)
as_IN
explicitly_RB
as_CS
the_DT
cult_NN
classic_JJ
mute_JJ
witness_NN
and_CC
violence_NN
as_IN
shockingly_RB
as_CS
,_,
say_VB
,_,
natural_JJ
born_JJ
killers_NNS
,_,
8_CD
mm_NN
stays_VBZ
in_IN
your_PP$
head_NN
long_RB
after_IN
you_PP
see_VB
it_PP
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
fun_JJ
to_TO
watch_VB
;_;
see_VB
something_PN
else_RB
if_CS
you_PP
get_VB
upset_JJ
by_IN
realistic_JJ
,_,
sadistic_JJ
violence_NN
._.
this_DT
film_NN
's_POS
violence_NN
and_CC
perverse_JJ
sexuality_NN
skirts_NNS
closely_RB
into_IN
nc-17_???
territory_NN
._.
for_IN
those_DT
with_IN
strong_JJ
stomachs_NNS
,_,
however_RB
,_,
8_CD
mm_NN
is_BEZ
an_DT
intelligent_JJ
,_,
worthwhile_JJ
thriller_NN
,_,
especially_RB
during_IN
its_PP$
second_NN
hour_NN
._.
nicolas_NP
cage_NN
,_,
after_IN
a_DT
couple_NN
ho-hum_NP
movies_NNS
,_,
returns_NNS
to_IN
material_NN
which_WDT
allows_VBZ
him_PP
to_TO
utilize_VB
his_PP$
strong_JJ
acting_NN
abilities_NNS
._.
as_CS
tom_NP
welles_NP
,_,
a_DT
private_JJ
detective_NN
and_CC
caring_NN
family_NN
man_NN
to_IN
a_DT
wife_NN
and_CC
newly-born_JJ
daughter_NN
,_,
cage_NN
skillfully_RB
and_CC
convincingly_RB
portrays_VBZ
a_DT
decent_JJ
man_NN
whose_WP$
unwavering_NN
energy_NN
slowly_RB
transforms_VBZ
into_IN
obssession_NP
and_CC
violence_NN
as_IN
he_PP
is_BEZ
pulled_VBN
into_IN
a_DT
nightmarish_JJ
world_NN
of_IN
underground_JJ
pornographers_NNS
and_CC
brutal_JJ
sexual_JJ
deviants_NNS
._.
serving_VBG
as_IN
a_DT
guide_NN
to_IN
this_DT
world_NN
is_BEZ
joaquin_NN
phoenix_NP
,_,
who_WP
plays_VBZ
a_DT
struggling_JJ
songwriter_NN
named_VBN
max_NP
california_NP
._.
california_NP
,_,
despite_IN
his_PP$
name_NN
,_,
is_BEZ
a_DT
surprisingly_RB
intelligent_JJ
and_CC
complex_JJ
character_NN
,_,
and_CC
phoenix_NP
does_DOZ
a_DT
very_JJ
good_JJ
job_NN
at_IN
slowly_RB
pulling_VBG
the_DT
audience_NN
to_IN
sympathy_NN
for_IN
the_DT
character_NN
._.
the_DT
real_JJ
star_NN
of_IN
the_DT
movie_NN
,_,
though_CS
,_,
must_MD
be_BE
peter_NP
stormare_NN
._.
stormare_NN
played_VBD
the_DT
"_"
really_RB
,_,
really_RB
evil_JJ
guy_NN
"_"
in_IN
fargo_NN
,_,
and_CC
his_PP$
character_NN
,_,
dino_???
velvet_NN
,_,
in_IN
this_DT
movie_NN
seems_VBZ
about_IN
ten_CD
times_NNS
more_RBR
evil_JJ
and_CC
unpredictable_JJ
._.
his_PP$
performance_NN
is_BEZ
very_RB
chilling_JJ
._.
8_CD
mm_NN
's_POS
success_NN
may_MD
hardly_RB
be_BE
surprising_JJ
._.
it_PP
was_BEDZ
directed_VBN
by_IN
joel_???
schumacher_NP
,_,
who_WP
,_,
hopefully_RB
,_,
saw_VBD
this_DT
film_NN
as_IN
an_DT
apology_NN
for_IN
the_DT
absolutely_RB
dreadful_JJ
batman_NN
and_CC
robin_NP
._.
before_IN
directing_VBG
the_DT
last_OD
two_CD
batman_NN
duds_???
,_,
however_RB
,_,
schumacher_NP
was_BEDZ
responsible_JJ
for_IN
several_DT
well-made_JJ
horror_NN
flicks_VBZ
:_:
lost_VBN
boys_NNS
,_,
flatliners_NNS
,_,
and_CC
falling_VBG
down_RP
._.
8_CD
mm_NN
certainly_RB
joins_VBZ
the_DT
rank_NN
of_IN
these_DT
minor_JJ
classics_NNS
and_CC
is_BEZ
perhaps_RB
most_DT
reminiscent_JJ
of_IN
falling_VBG
down_RP
in_IN
that_DT
both_RB
films_NNS
present_JJ
an_DT
average_JJ
man_NN
who_WP
self-destructs_NNS
before_CS
the_DT
audience_NN
's_POS
eyes_NNS
._.
8_CD
mm_NN
was_BEDZ
written_VBN
by_IN
andrew_NP
kevin_NP
walker_NP
,_,
who_WP
also_RB
penned_VBN
the_DT
academy_NN
award-winning_JJ
thriller_NN
seven_CD
a_DT
few_DT
years_NNS
back_RP
._.
like_IN
seven_CD
,_,
8_CD
mm_NN
is_BEZ
full_JJ
of_IN
dialogue_NN
which_WDT
haunts_VBZ
you_PP
well_RB
after_IN
leaving_VBG
the_DT
theater_NN
._.
welles_NP
is_BEZ
searching_VBG
for_IN
answers_NNS
._.
how_WRB
could_MD
anyone_PN
possibly_RB
drug_NN
and_CC
then_RB
slowly_RB
,_,
methodically_RB
,_,
sadistically_RB
kill_VB
a_DT
teenaged_JJ
girl_NN
to_IN
make_VB
a_NP
film_NN
?_?
when_CS
confronting_VBG
one_CD
of_IN
the_DT
perpretrators_NNS
at_IN
the_DT
end_NN
,_,
the_DT
murderer_NN
responds_VBZ
that_CS
there_EX
are_BER
no_DT
reasons_NNS
._.
he_PP
just_RB
enjoys_VBZ
it_PP
._.
that_CS
,_,
walker_NP
seems_VBZ
to_IN
suggest_VB
,_,
is_BEZ
where_CS
the_DT
real_JJ
terror_NN
lays_VBZ
:_:
not_XNOT
in_IN
the_DT
crime_NN
itself_PPX
but_CC
in_IN
the_DT
fact_NN
that_CS
rational_JJ
motives_NNS
do_DO
not_XNOT
exist_VB
._.
a_DT
couple_NN
minor_JJ
faults_NNS
led_VBN
me_PP
to_IN
my_PP$
four-star_JJ
rating_NN
(_(
five_CD
stars_NNS
is_BEZ
the_DT
highest_JJS
rating_NN
i_PP
give_VB
)_)
._.
one_CD
,_,
i_PP
found_VBD
it_PP
a_DT
little_JJ
difficult_JJ
,_,
early_JJ
on_IN
,_,
to_IN
accept_VB
the_DT
fact_NN
that_CS
a_DT
hardened_JJ
private_JJ
detective_NN
would_MD
get_VB
physically_RB
disgusted_JJ
when_CS
first_OD
seeing_NN
a_DT
snuff_NN
film_NN
._.
yes_UH
,_,
snuff_NN
is_BEZ
a_DT
horrible_JJ
thing_NN
,_,
but_CC
a_DT
detective_NN
of_IN
welles_NP
'_"
caliber_NN
has_HVZ
probably_RB
encountered_VBN
awful_JJ
things_NNS
before_IN
._.
second_OD
,_,
some_DT
of_IN
the_DT
clues_NNS
welles_NP
gathers_VBZ
are_BER
too_RB
convenient_JJ
._.
he_PP
discovers_VBZ
,_,
for_IN
example_NN
,_,
the_DT
victim_NN
's_POS
diary_NN
in_IN
her_PP$
private_JJ
bathroom_NN
,_,
despite_IN
the_DT
fact_NN
the_DT
the_DT
police_NNS
,_,
the_DT
fbi_NP
,_,
and_CC
her_PP$
own_DT
mother_NN
have_HV
all_RB
investigated_VBN
the_DT
room_NN
before_IN
._.
finally_RB
,_,
the_DT
closing_NN
scene_NN
seemed_VBD
trite_JJ
and_CC
improbable_JJ
considering_VBG
the_DT
rest_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
._.
despite_IN
the_DT
above_JJ
criticisms_NNS
,_,
8_CD
mm_NN
is_BEZ
an_DT
engrossing_NN
story_NN
._.
one_CD
of_IN
the_DT
best_JJS
scenes_NNS
in_IN
the_DT
film_NN
occurs_VBZ
toward_IN
the_DT
end_NN
as_IN
a_DT
crazed_JJ
welles_NP
,_,
who_WP
no_DT
longer_JJR
seems_VBZ
like_CS
a_DT
hero_NN
,_,
brutally_RB
beats_VBZ
one_CD
of_IN
the_DT
pornographers_NNS
responsible_JJ
for_IN
the_DT
snuff_NN
film_NN
._.
he_PP
pulls_VBZ
a_DT
gun_NN
on_IN
the_DT
man_NN
and_CC
,_,
for_IN
a_DT
relatively_RB
long_JJ
amount_NN
of_IN
time_NN
,_,
struggles_NNS
to_IN
decide_VB
whether_CS
or_CC
not_XNOT
to_IN
kill_NN
him_PP
._.
he_PP
then_RB
leaves_NNS
the_DT
building_NN
and_CC
calls_NNS
the_DT
victim_NN
's_POS
mother_NN
,_,
in_IN
the_DT
middle_NN
of_IN
the_DT
night_NN
,_,
to_IN
basically_RB
see_VB
if_CS
she_PP
would_MD
support_VB
the_DT
action_NN
._.
the_DT
entire_JJ
scene_NN
is_BEZ
tense_JJ
,_,
unpredictable_JJ
,_,
and_CC
emotionally_RB
charged_VBN
._.
rarely_RB
,_,
anymore_RB
,_,
do_DO
horror_NN
films_NNS
or_CC
thrillers_NNS
provoke_VB
suspense_NN
in_IN
me_PP
as_CS
8_CD
mm_NN
,_,
with_IN
scenes_NNS
like_IN
this_DT
,_,
did_DOD
._.
8_CD
mm_NN
is_BEZ
most_DT
certainly_RB
not_XNOT
for_IN
the_DT
faint_JJ
of_IN
heart_NN
._.
this_DT
is_BEZ
a_DT
graphic_JJ
,_,
oftentimes_RB
unflinching_VBG
,_,
look_VB
into_IN
the_DT
darkness_NN
which_WDT
resides_VBZ
in_IN
both_PDT
ordinary_JJ
and_CC
extraordinary_JJ
people_NN
._.
if_CS
you're_???
prepared_JJ
for_CS
a_DT
film_NN
of_IN
this_DT
nature_NN
,_,
i_PP
give_VB
it_PP
an_DT
enthusiastic_JJ
recommendation_NN
._.