Val-Kilmer Movie Reviews

I wasted some good time watching this movie until the damn awful end. a monkey for christs sakes. man and this is a Edgar Allen Poe story, well I guess why the director felt to do this remake then. Val Kilmer is wasted and so is Scott. ahhhhh. cant believe it was a monkey, I was gonna go for insane patient or something, or some supernatural being of somekind, but a damn monkey. the end was not suspenseful at all when the monkey attacked Kilmer. bahhhhh

George C. Scott does a superb job portraying a recently retired detective who is dissilusioned with his life and sulks in his study playing chess with himself. But a series of grissly murders in town and the subsequent arrest of his daughter's fiance lead him into his own private investigation.

The movie is based on the famous story by Edgar Allen Poe. Like all of Scott's later films, his acting is great, but everything else can't seem to live up to it. Scott has such a great appreciation for the power of words and subtle facial expressions and gestures (he probably aquired this from his theatre training). However, most of the other actors seem plastic and unconvincing. His daughter does a particularly horrible job. She plays her role lik a 1980's teenager living in the 19th century. Val Kilmer (very young looking) does a decent job with his role but nothing spectacular. I think it had to do more with the script than his acting abilities. The ending of the film is very bad. I won't give away any secrets, but the word is "corny". I think a better script and editing would have helped immensly.

Yes it's a monkey!!! Either you were too illiterate or didn't pay attention in school. It's like being disappointed that Romeo and Juliet die at the end of that movie. HELLO!!!!!!!

I wasted some good time watching this movie until the damn awful end. a monkey for christs sakes. man and this is a Edgar Allen Poe story, well I guess why the director felt to do this remake then. Val Kilmer is wasted and so is Scott. ahhhhh. cant believe it was a monkey, I was gonna go for insane patient or something, or some supernatural being of somekind, but a damn monkey. the end was not suspenseful at all when the monkey attacked Kilmer. bahhhhh

George C. Scott does a superb job portraying a recently retired detective who is dissilusioned with his life and sulks in his study playing chess with himself. But a series of grissly murders in town and the subsequent arrest of his daughter's fiance lead him into his own private investigation.

The movie is based on the famous story by Edgar Allen Poe. Like all of Scott's later films, his acting is great, but everything else can't seem to live up to it. Scott has such a great appreciation for the power of words and subtle facial expressions and gestures (he probably aquired this from his theatre training). However, most of the other actors seem plastic and unconvincing. His daughter does a particularly horrible job. She plays her role lik a 1980's teenager living in the 19th century. Val Kilmer (very young looking) does a decent job with his role but nothing spectacular. I think it had to do more with the script than his acting abilities. The ending of the film is very bad. I won't give away any secrets, but the word is "corny". I think a better script and editing would have helped immensly.

Yes it's a monkey!!! Either you were too illiterate or didn't pay attention in school. It's like being disappointed that Romeo and Juliet die at the end of that movie. HELLO!!!!!!!

starts off good with Slater, Troyer, and two others including his girlfriend try to rob William Forsythes place but it ends up with Slater going into the slammer but then he comes back some months or years later and pulls off a heist that involves Bookem Woodbine, Balthazat Getty, Matthew Schulze and Daryl Hannah, but the problem is that Val Kilmer, a corrupt cop was going to do the heist. all im saying is that Slater and Kilmer do a great cat and mouse game but they should'nt of been in this mess. with wooden characters, but sometimes good action, specifically when the team turns on one another and kills each other over the money. could've been better with different leads

Christian Slater reunited with Val Kilmer reminds us of the high tension action flick "True Romance." But no more is seen the burning power generated by the Tarantino-scripted film; instead, in "Hard Cash" you only see a banal B-action flick with wasted opportunities for any of those involved.

The story is rather simple: master thief Slater and his cohorts attempt to do their final job as Kubrick's "The Killing," but realize that the money they get are all marked by FBI. They have to wait another day for money laundering, but while waiting, crooked agent Val Kilmer steps in, to extort money from them.

As the mildly interesting opening of the film shows, "Hard Cash" has slightly comical flavor, not taking itself so seriously. OK, but with what little humor in there soon gone away, the film goes on and on without much to boast of. Though the heist scenes are shot competently, the suspense comes very few between the acts, so even its 90 minutes running time looks very tedious. And obligatory explosions and car chase are, to be honest, very cheap.

The leading players, including Slater, Kilmer, and Daryl Hannah might not impress you, but the supporting cast are interesting -- see, for example, Balthazar Getty ("Lost Highway"), Bokeem Woodbine ("3000 Miles to Graceland"), Sara Downing (TV's "Roswell"), William Forsythe ("The Rock"), and Verne Troyer (Mini-Me of "Austin Powers" sequels). But they have no moment to really show something they can, possibly except for Troyer's "contigency plan" and even he, or always reliable Getty or Forsythe cannot save the show. So, what can you expect from the leads, who plays the characters we don't care much?

Even Kilmer's and Slater's fans would be dismayed with their "acting," because they don't show any. Those who like them should wait for a Lenny Harlin film "Mindhunters" where they are sure to live up with our expectations.

call me crazy. go ahead but i liked it. i thought it was fun action.