The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)

Really Surprised!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Well, again LA, again crooks, again violence… Maybe Samuel Barber is right when he writes that mcWorld is only American videology! Whatever your choices, you can't escape the power of Hollywood and you watch only what it wants to produce. Unfortunately, I have enough of those crappy movies that mean nothing and take on my time instead of enhance it.In addition, I knew From the start that it would be an ordeal for me. If everybody has personalities he likes (Spielberg, Pacino, Pailhas for instance), the opposite is true: you can't stand some: late Hooper, Madsen, Sutherland –the son- exasperate me and this trio being reunited here, I thank very much the inventor of fast-forward. Watching it on x4 shortens the pain!Well, I hear you saying I'm a jerk: Nobody urges me to watch it, there wasn't a threat so I could drop it. Well, my reason to watch it was that I support Hannah. Here, she plays a lost woman who falls into drugs, porn movie but without losing her fragile flame for a better tomorrow! Even being tall, she appears reserved and soft and she really made me stop the fast-forward.In conclusion, when you are in cheap DVDs store and you find unknown movies about your favorites, well, let them here and just go! If they are cheap and unknown, that's for a reason!

A veteran cast tears into the wonderfully creative script of "The Last Days of Frankie the Fly" and never lets up. Dennis Hopper plays against type as the mob "gofor", and his Frankie Fly is every bit as good as you might expect from such an under-appreciated talent. Michael Madsen is his intimidating self, and puts on a good show of the "nastys". Kiefer Sutherland resurrects what looks like his character from "Freeway", including the bandages and tears up the screen. Only Daryl Hannah is unremarkable as the porn star aspiring actress. Highly recommended both for the outstanding performances and clever script. Not to be missed. Rent, buy, borrow, but see it. - MERK

THE LAST DAYS OF FRANKIE THE FLY is an entertaining film . It`s by no means a classic but everyone plays their parts well enough especially Michael Madsen and I`m somewhat surprised as to why it went straight to video . Think about it for a moment if Martin Scorsese had directed this instead of Peter Markle it`d be called a brilliant romantic comedy thriller , and it does have an extremely Scorsese feel to it . Watch it and you`ll see what I mean

This movie definitely got the blues. I was really pleased by the sophisticated balance of humour and tragedy, not quite common for a Hollywood Film. Except the last minutes, that's where Hollywood returns, always the game err the same - what a pity. Do yourself a favour and switch it off when the girl sits in front of the TV. Then it's an 8 out of 10.