15 Minutes (2001)

just watch it!

Fantastic!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Tabloid TV host Robert Hawkins (Kelsey Grammar) rides along with his drunken friend Detective Eddie Flemming (Robert De Niro). Arson investigator Jordy Warsaw (Edward Burns) uncovers two people murdered in a deliberate fire. He finds witness Daphne Handlova (Vera Farmiga). They follow the crime spree by two eastern European criminals who become enamored with their new American media world.The movie seems to be trying to make a point about tabloid journalism. The problem is that it's so heavy-handed and fake. The performances are broad and the characters are cliché. The jabs are not sharp. It's almost a satire except people get brutally murdered and it's not funny. Any compelling points are shouted down by the characters. The criminal duo could be in a violent comedy. The pairing of De Niro and Burns could be a dynamic cop duo. There are some good possibilities but there is simply so much of everything.

Ultimately too Ugly for its own good. Yes, the Andy Warhol Proclamation is a Psychologically Ugly Thing that may Motivate many Disturbed Individuals to Commit Heinous Acts to acquire Their said 15 Minutes of Fame. But Wallowing in the Close-Ups and the Bile of this extremely Excessive Mocking Mirror, a Reflection of its own Satirical Target, may be too much for the Normal Psyche to endure.Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, and some Actors in Pre-Star Roles such as Vera Farmigo, Charlize Theron, and others Fade In and Out of this Over the Top display of a Media Gone Nuts, Exploiting Nutcases and Vile Criminals. There is a lot of Shaky Camera, doubly so, because the Cinematographer Shakes the Camera with Whip Pans and general Jitter, and the on screen Amateur Vidiot's Visuals are Shown to the Audience anytime He presses Record. It Gets to be an Overload on the Senses and distracts with Nauseating Regularity. The Movie is Sickening.It is Unappealing with its Ugly looking, sweaty Villains doing Nasty Things to Anyone who gets In Their way. Their Motivation is Disturbing and Focused on with Loving Tight Closeups sometimes Bathed in SFX for that Extra Gleam. It's basically Just One Unattractive Thing After Another happening until the Loud and Frenetic Ending that may or may not be Cathartic depending if You Buy into any of this.If You like Lurid and Loud, Shaky Camera, and Ultra-Violence, and have a Stomach of Steel, This One's might be for You. But have the Peptol-Bismol at the Ready.

After reading reviews on this movie countless reviews say this movie is good and that it deserves a higher rating then a six and I disagree. The movie is OK but there are some things that hold it back. The premise is kind of lame and the acting from most of the cast besides Robert De Nero is pretty bad. It seemed like it was shot in the early 90s which is strange seeing how it had a very reasonable budget.This movie is about two eastern europeans who come to American while one of them hopes to be a film star. They get a video camera and start killing people so they can make a video and make millions off of it well thats the plan anyway.The premise of this show is pretty silly seeing how its totally implausible. The European actors were pretty good but everyone else was lacking. The movie was not very intense either and very predictable so I understand why this movie only gets a 6 it deserves no higher then that.

Robert DeNiro getting killed with some time before the movie ends? This in itself is quite unusual.Nonetheless, we have an interesting take on a film that deals with pleading the insanity line in murder and attempting to get away with it. It seems as the film is ending that the victims here are the good guys and that evil knows how to go around the law.Two men, a Russian and Czech nationalist enter the U.S. to further ridicule our system of justice. They go on a killing spree and expect to get away with their hideous deeds due to the insanity plea.What they don't consider is justice being meted out by a fire marshal who is fed up with the system as it exists after he is about to be ruined by it as well.