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Bullfighter

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This is the worst god damned movied ever made. Vomitous. Hideous. Stupid. Revolting. Before you say "How can John Hubbard say this is the worst movie ever?", I want to assure you that I have seen "Car 54 Where Are You", "Wisdom", "Cabin Boy", "Dogtown", "Man's Best Friend", "Ishtar" and every other crappy movie that was amde since about 1980. This movie straight up sucks.: the editing, the plot, the dialogue, EVERYTHING. Serviceable actors like Jared Harris, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Forbes and Michael Parks should thank their lucky starts that, probably, nobody but me has seen this movie. I SERIOUSLY thought about burning down my house after seeing this crap stain of a film. The writer and director will hopefully leave Hollywood and go backto work at Burger King.

Completely random, poor acting from decent actors, a story that really makes little to no sense. This is what this movie is all about. I can't really say much more, it was just plain bad.

Not a great movie, but single this one out if you like the out-of-ordinary which is done with superior acting and directing....what could have been an ordinary hackjob of a simple story is certainly way above anything you might see in the Saturday night multiplex. See if and you'll definitely be pleased and surprised.

BULLFIGHTER dates back to 2000 and the reason it never was noticed (if it even ever appeared) in the theaters is that it is simply a bad movie. Director Rune Bendixen has attempted to make a film that employs south of the border 'magical realism' with spaghetti westerns and has obviously captured the attention of fine filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and Guillermo del Toro as he has cast them in very minor roles. To top it off he somehow convinced a cast of very fine actors to become involved - Olivier Martinez, Michelle Forbes, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Parks, Willem Dafoe, Jared Harris, etc - but to no avail.

Giving the benefit of some positive comments, Bendixen does stage some sequences having to do with spiritual channeling that take on some nice photographic elements, and....well, it stops there. The editing is choppy at best, the dialogue is not understandable (which is probably a blessing), and the story is so inconsequential that it is next to impossible to stick it out to the end. This seems like Bendixen gathered some good friends together and talked them into a project that would propel him into the ring of edgy filmmakers. It just fizzled. Grady Harp, February 2005

The story is a strange "Christmas tale" taking place in the Mexican border. I think the concept is original, although the story becomes messy and, for moments, seems pretty absurd. However, there is good chemistry between the leading couple. A very different movie and, certaintly, not a commercial one.

When I heard about this film, and read about the awesome talent that was working on the project, I thought to myself, "Gee, this sounds like a really good idea! You have a sweet cast with actors like Olivier Martinez and Michelle Forbes, cameos by writer/director Robert Rodriguez and Guillermo Del Toro, and a villain played by none other than Michael Parks! How can you go wrong with an all-star cast like this?" The answer: Have an inexperienced newcomer like Rune Bendixen make your movie! This is a perfect example why anybody with a camera and a script can make a movie, and gives anybody who's ever wanted to make one the uptmost confidence that even you can do a better job. Thanks Rune!

I'm not kidding you, this is an absolutely awful film. I'm a huge Dafoe fan, and bought it because he's in it. (He's only in it for about two minutes.) This has got to be one of the worst films I have ever seen. No wonder it sat on the shelf for five years. It should have NEVER been released!!!

I could't really enjoy this movie because the Spanish subtitles are distracting and there is no way to turn them off that I could find. Don't buy this movie unless you really like (or need) to read Spanish subtitles. [If you need to read Spanish subtitles, then buy your movies from Amazon Mexico or Spain, not Amazon UNITED STATES.]

This movie was terrific. Willem Dafoe and Robert Rodrieguz are astonding. If I could, I would give it ten stars.