I have to say that Val Kilmer is quite possibly the only person on the planet who still manages to looks mind-numbingly handsome while wearing one of those ridiculous green hospital gowns, and this is a good thing - it's not good enough, of course, to make this shamelessly heavy-handed piece of claptrap anything but mind-numbingly ridiculous, from beginning to end.
The biggest problem is the script, which leaves nothing to the imagination; I had the entire plot figured out by the time -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- Neve Campbelll shows up trying to pass as Kilmer's fiancée; anyone with half a brain who has seen his/her share of movies knows instantly that she is not, and it's not too much of a jump to figure out that HE's the potential assassin. -=- END OF SPOILER. To give you an example of how heavy-handed this film is, there's actually a scene where Kilmer's stopped slugging down tequila like he's Doc Holliday and is finally putting the pieces together, while there's a delightfully subtle clock ticking in the background, just to remind us that time, indeed, is running out.
Don't get me wrong, Kilmer's superb acting and dazzling charm do go a long way, of course, make no mistake, and that's worth something: a 4, which is my IMDb rating for this lost Horizon.
The biggest problem is the script, which leaves nothing to the imagination; I had the entire plot figured out by the time -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- Neve Campbelll shows up trying to pass as Kilmer's fiancée; anyone with half a brain who has seen his/her share of movies knows instantly that she is not, and it's not too much of a jump to figure out that HE's the potential assassin. -=- END OF SPOILER. To give you an example of how heavy-handed this film is, there's actually a scene where Kilmer's stopped slugging down tequila like he's Doc Holliday and is finally putting the pieces together, while there's a delightfully subtle clock ticking in the background, just to remind us that time, indeed, is running out.
Don't get me wrong, Kilmer's superb acting and dazzling charm do go a long way, of course, make no mistake, and that's worth something: a 4, which is my IMDb rating for this lost Horizon.