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1.0 out of 5 stars
I too hated every minute of this one, August 24, 2003
This review is from: Hatred of a Minute (DVD)
This film, despite having the names Bruce Campbell and Gunnar Hansen in it, is very flawed to say the least. Being made on a low budget, I could forgive the poor production values, but there is no excuse for the terrible acting, poorly written dialogue, and multiple truely dumb scenes. The dvd's insert has the director writing of his making of the film and he mentions how he studied films and got very much into horror. Well, the filmmakers did'nt learn a thing from all those films they supposedly watched.
The main character is the villian whom we are supposed to identify with. As a boy, he witnesses the abuse of his mother from a drunk stepfather. Then we fast forward to him as an adult and he suddenly looses it; just like that. No mentioned history of fighting, foster homes, abusing children, abusing animals, lighting fires; things that serial killers do/go through before their killing sprees begin. I know I sound anal with all this, but at least I took the time to research the subject matter; something these filmmakers didn't do. Yes, other movies don't mention these things about their serial killers either (Frenzy, American Psycho, Switchback), but they don't attempt to make their audiences sympathize with these characters by showing us their terrible past. If the director wanted his audience to sympathize with his main character, he should have took lessons from the film Peeping Tom. The director should also consider the following low budget films:
_ Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane
_ A Better Place
_ El Mariachi
_ Deadbeat At Dawn
Although the acting may be ameteurish in some of these titles, it is compensated with clever dialogue, humor, good plots, very well staged action scenes, good make-up special FX (all of which are lacking in Hatred of a Minute).
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Hatred of Hatred of a Minute, July 29, 2011
This review is from: Hatred of a Minute (DVD)
Wow, read some of the bad reviews here on amazon and couldn't have said it better myself. I just felt the need to confirm all those previous negative comments because I felt this movie was an insult to my intelligence. It's a cliche love story minus the engaging drama meets a cliche serial killer movie minus the quality gore and with the look of some really bad late 90's tv show that begged for cancellation. Don't believe the hype just because Bruce Campebell's name is on it. Also, apparently it took 9 years to make this, wtf?!?!
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty poor psychological thriller, October 9, 2003
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This review is from: Hatred of a Minute (DVD)
I'm surprised that Bruce Campbell found this shoddy little film something to champion. It's extremely amateurish from start to finish, in writing, acting, and direction. It's nothing that you haven't see before a dozen times, and done much better. The thrust of the bonus material seems to be that since this is a totally independent film, it's something to be treasured. Maybe, but a little quality somewhere along the line would have helped. I was really ready to like this film,, but just couldn't do it. Even the bonus material is poorly produced. Who wants to watch tons of deleted and extended scenes from a film barely worth watching in the first place? A disappointment all around.
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