The entire first half of this film seems to be far too over produced. Edits are fast and out of place, stylish cuts are made and leaps from black and white to colour, from moving to stills. It's just all too much, without enough content. The characters are given a light glossing over and there's no depth to them, you don't care for anyone, and indeed end up hating everyone, except for a slight liking for the bad guy who at least looks cool. Much of the film tries to leap between serious and comic for no apparent reason. One moment a fight scene will be moody and cool, the next there's a waltz and the characters are dancing. This just seems to be an exercise in creating an MTV film
cool and shallow, and it fails on the first point. I almost switched off during this, and I have to say I hardly ever do that, I can always find something good in a movie
not this one.
Review of Nowhere to Hide
Nowhere to Hide
(1999)
Not a great movie very overworked, too stylish and lacking in content.
16 October 2002