Movie Stats:
Released 1976 (UK)
British, in English
Director - Nicolas Roeg
Stars - David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
Plot Summary:
A space alien who goes by the name of Thomas Jerome Newton (Bowie), seeking water for his drought-plagued planet, goes to Earth and builds a successful company. Torn co-stars as Nathan Bryce, one of Newton’s employees, and Clark as Mary-Lou, Newton’s love interest.
Warnings:
Full male and female nudity; sexy times; blue language; violence; minor gore.
Bad Stuff:
It’s SO BORING.
The soundtrack is overall quite terrible.
Sex scenes are gratuitous and just plain bizarre.
Bad, bad acting.
Good Stuff:
Um, I guess I like the idea of an alien coming to our planet with a mission and being corrupted by very human influences.
The Verdict:
It’s awful. Barely coherent. I literally can’t believe the glowing reviews it has on IMDB. Just because a movie is weird doesn’t mean it’s good. I consider this movie to be nearly two hours of torture. I hated it.
I give it .25 star.
A movie with David Bowie in it with a terrible soundtrack? What was going on. I always enjoy your reviews, but this one had me chuckling in its brevity. Perhaps the people who thought so highly of it hadn't actually watched it lately.
ReplyDeleteThere's literally a sex scene where they roll around on the bed, laughing and shooting a gun. It's like, "WTF am I even watching right now?" The whole film is barely comprehensible. And the soundtrack doesn't feature a single Bowie song. Harrumph.
ReplyDelete