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Release Date: 11 February, 2003 Retail Price: $24.99 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: |
Contamination Reviews
Ehhh
To be totally honest, this isn't the lost italian gem I was hoping for. I bought 'Contamination' under the false pretence that Luigi Cozzi was a talented film maker. I mean after all he had worked for the master (Dario Argento) on Phenomena. I must also admit that I love Italian horror films set in New York (don't ask me why).
Upon watching this film I realized that I had bought a very mediocre/boring film. Don't get me wrong, Contamination isn't awful, it's just dull. It's one of those films which doesn't warrant repeated viewings.
On the plus side, as a fan of low budget films, I must give Luigi credit for the filmic aspects. He knows how to cover a scene with the camera and is able to light some fairly cheesy looking sets to maximum advantage. However he lacks the 'artisitc' vituosity of other great "low budget" Italian directors such as Sergio Martino, who could not only construct a fairly tight picture but also inject some kind of mood or atmosphere.
Basically rent first, watching this film once may be enough!
Fun gore w/ old ugly louise monroe
Its a 4 for the fun gore and overhuge exploding chests and cheese dubbing.
Knock off a point for Cozzi's comment in the extras how he wanted a young hot actress and TPTB wanted an 'old' ugly' woman as Colonel/scientist.
Graphic novel is neat/slightly different storyline details.
Nits; NY cap in helicopter scene, chick? slapping scene?
Do Italians just have this stereotype of New York/American males calling women chick? Men get respect by slapping women? You can slap a superior officer (or anyone) and that's OK. You can make yourself a NY officer by placing a piece of tape with "NY" written with a Sharpie on a mil. cap.
At least they weren't drinking beer on the job. Another Italian flavored cheesy fun had the scientists drinking beer all day long while searching for a sea creature. Huh?
The graphic novel has them saying F*UCK alot. I almost never say that word at my job :). Another stereotype of Americans to the Italians? An occasional subject verb disagreement, sugar shipment switches to coffee at the end, and the B love interest is Hubbard the astronaut. And yes, the Colonel/scientist is drawn younger/hotter than the actress in the film.
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