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Lost

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

LOST is most noteable for an outstanding unexpectedly so performance from Dean Cain. While Cain has had some good roles in movies like MAN ON FIRE and BEST MEN, nothing has challenged him as much as this role. He plays Jeremy, a young executive who has just pulled off a major heist (6 million), and finds himself lost somewhere in Nevada, being followed by the robbers he betrayed and his only ally a voice from the Road Map customer service department. Cain pretty much has a solo act in this unusual thriller, well written and directed. He displays a range of emotion he has rarely had to call on before, and he pulls through with a stunning performance. Credit also to Danny Trejo, who we only hear as well as Ashley Scott, who is Judy, the voice on the other end of the line. Tense and disturbing, with much religious allegory and symbolism, LOST is a film that deserves a bigger audience.

I originally read about this movie in an issue of Fangoria magazine, which led me to believe that it was a horror film. We picked it up and watched it and my first reaction was this is a crappy horror film, but man what an awesome action/drama! After I saw the movie I reread the article in Fangoria and the author conceded that this movie was not a horror film (this totally slipped by me when I read it the first time), but was a film worthy of viewing by anyone who liked good films. The author is right. Dean Cain, usually associated with the Lois and Clark series, is better known to me through the horror films he's done like Boa and Dragon Fighter, and him hosting the Ripley's Believe It or Not series. I'm not a big fan of his work, but always thought he was a descent enough actor. He's excellent in this film. There is not one point that I didn't believe him as this character. He does an absolutely incredible job of making us believe him. The supporting cast is brilliant with Danny Trejo as the menace on the road and Ashley Scott comes off as the perfect 'voice on the phone' that's easy to listen too and easy to believe. The story is well thought out and it's an absolute blast to watch a bad situation goes from bad, to worse, and finally totally disintegrates right in front of him. I'm not familiar with anything that Darren Lemke's done in the past, but if this is any indication of what is coming in the future, then I'm in for the ride of my life.

i totally thought this movie would blow.
BUT IT IS REALLY AN AMAZING FILM!
it's like straw dogs meets joyride (the good parts of joyride anyway)!
i was on the edge of my seat with my fists clenched through the ENTIRE film!!
if you like films to really take you for a "ride" then this is the one for you!!!
also, truly riveting performance by the superman guy!
A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!

Dean Cain is America's most overlooked actor. He is terrific in this suspensful, somewhat ironic thriller. In the vein of Breakdown and Duel, this thriller keeps you on the edge of your seat. I can't say it enough, Dean Cain did one hell of a job!

I ordered this movie just for watching the trailer and i might say that it matched and overwhelmed my expectations!
The story is thrilling and it's very well achieved as a film because it lives on only one character for about 90% of the time. A compelling journey that keeps throwing you bits and pieces of what might have happened but never what is going to happen. That's why if you miss the final 3 minutes you miss the whole clímax!
As for Dean Cain, he really absorbs the character and has that X factor which drives the audience to twist in the chair when the thrilling scenes happen.
I'm not gonna tell anything more because it's the kind of movie you really have to watch to understand. It can have many lessons or it may just work has 2 hours of entertainement, either way it blows us away!
Pity this kind of movies don't get the mainstream...it sure would beat some of those big BLOCKBUSTERS.

I thought this was a very gripping and exciting movie. It was full of twists and turns that keeps you on the edge of your seat right til the end. I think Dean Cain did a fantastic job with his performance and carried the film well by himself. As a DC fan I'm perhaps a little biased but in my own humble opinion it was one of his best performances (but be warned, not his sexiest. I mean the poor fella is out in a hot dessert for most of the film so its a little hard to look like GQ model)

I SAW THIS MOVIE AND BY ACCIDENT IN LA AND THIS MOVIE REALLY MAKE U THINK. I LUVED ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS AND DEAN KANE WAS AWSOME!!! I ALSO LIKED THE CAMERAWORK AND THE OTHER ACTORS TO. IF U ARE INTERESTED IN EDGE OF YOURE SEAT THRILLERS THEN THIS ONE IS FOR YOU.

the movie was a little bit aggravating, it wasnt what i expected at all. its hard to watch a movie thats just pretty much one scene, one plot etc etc... i thought there would be more to it than that! but i have to say the ending did surprise me!!!

Well lets be honest, Dean Cain is not the greatest actor of our generation and while that's no crime, it's the level of acting that would have had to occur to lift this movie above three stars in my opinion. It's a decent plot line and a decent script with a couple of better than average moments but that's about the best I can say about it. I don't blame Cain for this mostly sub par thriller, Cain turns in a solid journeyman performance. Not the best I've seen him do and not the worst either. Just average...like the rest of this movie; average performance, average script, average direction, average everything. So I give it an average rating, three stars. If you are enough of a Dean Cain fan, (and judging by the number of 5 star ratings there's more than a few of you out there), you might be persuaded to give it higher marks but only at the expense of credibility. One or two decent plot points but nothing mind bending.

I don't hate this movie, I don't love this movie I just feel, like the rest of this review, average about it.

I don't agree with people who say that this movie is tedious. Firstly because it must be very hard to make a whole movie based practically on one single character alone in the desert, with only occasional flashbacks of his past. I think in this respect it was pretty good, because it could keep my attention. And it was really going very well up to the last minute. I must say this movie doesn't have a clichéd ending. This is the good news. The bad news(for me) is that I didn't like the way it ended. Maybe I was around conventional Hollywoodian endings for too long, to accept these kinds of conclusion now. Well, anyway, it is a good movie all right, but judge for yourself.