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Chasing Ghosts
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Format | Subtitled |
| Contributor | Alan Pao, Ari Palitz, Brian Hartman, Danny Trejo, Gareth West, Kyle Dean Jackson, Lochlyn Munro, Meat Loaf, Michael Madsen, Michael Rooker, Shannyn Sossamon, The Syndicate; Wingman Productions Inc., Tom Wright See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 54 minutes |
Product Description
In this mysterious film noir thriller, a serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop (Michael Madsen) takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, the truth slowly begins to reveal itself...with deadly consequences for all involved.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.88 ounces
- Director : Kyle Dean Jackson
- Media Format : Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 54 minutes
- Release date : March 14, 2006
- Actors : Lochlyn Munro, Meat Loaf, Michael Madsen, Shannyn Sossamon, Tom Wright
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Producers : Alan Pao, Ari Palitz, Brian Hartman, Gareth West
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000E33VXQ
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #189,403 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #9,144 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #27,029 in Drama DVDs
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2019Made good use of the genre and played against cliches
- Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2015A very entertaining film. Lots of surprises, lots of fun.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2010I saw most of this on YouTube, though it's not clear if I was supposed to.
Excellently done job, very similar to "King of Kong." Fans of that move will definitely want to catch this one, as it features much of the same material and even the same principal characters. As one metafilter commenter wrote, though, it lacks that movie's "narrative drive." But unlike that movie, this one makes the video game fanatics seem much more loserly, although apparently not intentionally.
The thing is, I don't know where to buy it. It was evidently finished in 2006 but apparently has neither been released in theaters or on DVD. I guess these guys have the film in the can but can't find a distributor: who knows?
- Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2010Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (Lincoln Ruchti, 2007)
In an age of home videogame machines, it's difficult to explain the hold coin-op arcades had over those of us who came of age in the late seventies and early eighties. Eight-bit graphics, bleeps and bloops, and a whole generation of kids pumping quarter after quarter into these things to get their fixes. I was one of them; Venture and Tempest ate up as much of my time then as the Internet does now. But, as it turns out, I was just a piker when it came to videogames. You want to see the real stars, check this off-the-wall documentary out.
Chasing Ghosts tracks down and interviews those who were bona fide superstars, briefly, during the videogame revolution. Turns out they never really gave up chasing after the fleeting fame and fortune, for the most part; in some cases, rivalries continue to this day (at least as of the time of the film's release). As with most neurotic obsessives, these people are amusing and scary in equal amounts, and are thus a lot of fun to watch.
I do expect that those of us of a certain age are more likely to enjoy this than the younger generation; there's no real attempt at an explanation of why coin-op videogames captured our imagination (and endless quarters), which I think might have opened this up to a wider audience. But still, if you were there, this is a great deal of fun, and well worth your time. ***
- Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015it sucked
- Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2013I came back and finished it. The ending was weird too. Someone else might find it mysterious,or time well spent
- Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2017Not one of Madsens's best
- Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2006The worst thing about this moving is that 80 percent of it is REALLY good (worth 4-5 stars). Great performances from Michael Madsen, Michael Rooker, Tom Wright. Every actor pretty much gives the the movie his/her best effort ... except Corey Large and Shannyn Sossamon.
Large and Sossamon are awful. THESE WERE THE BEST PEOPLE AT THE AUDITION? The producers should have advertised the auditions better. They drag the movie down to 2 stars. Sossamon was given hollow, awkward, and mostly unemotional lines and she's going to do her best to make them sound hollow, awkward, and unemotional.
Large's character is a little more developed... although after watching the movie, you wish he hadn't been. Every moment with Large speaking is another moment of your life you'll never get back. Large walks through most of the movie wearing a tie with his shirt untucked... I guess because the writers think that's cool? He just looks like a douche. Even the "unexpected twist" at the end which may explain some of his idiosyncracies doesn't save his character. It just makes you want to punch yourself in the face for sitting through the whole movie.
The movie really comes into its own in the apartment scene with Large visiting Sossamon. It's clear that neither really knows what to do next. Without other actors in the scene giving them cues, they just stand there staring at each other. Or maybe that's what the director told them to do. The whole thing just left me with the weirdest feeling that I was seeing the setup for a porno.
Top reviews from other countries
AllanReviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 20174.0 out of 5 stars Madsen Is Very Watchable
Michael Madsen is a good actor, I first saw him in the television drama 'The Big Apple' and enjoyed his performance. This film is quite good without being riveting. I wish they'd toned the music down, especially towards the end.




