One review on 04 Apr 2021

USA 2018

Running time: 139 mins

Under the Silver Lake

Director : David Robert Mitchell 

Setting: Los Angeles
Summary: Described as neo-noir and acid


Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Widescreen

Colour: Colour

Sound: Stereo

Camera: Digital

Tech Notes: Camera : Digital. Stereo


Film Category

First Seen: Sun 4th Apr 2021
Catalogued: 8th Apr 2021

Synopsis

A young 'slacker' in LA gets embroiled in chasing the disappearance of a girl he fancied which involves a trip through the vacuous world of LA style 

Reviews

by rogerco on Sun 4th Apr 2021 Streamed proj @ home

This gives noir thrillers a bad name

Summary

Pretty much a load of tosh

Full review

You thought the 1973 Long Goodbye was about as bad as noir could get, but this trumps it in spades. Apart from being overlong (we did give up 40 mins before the end hen it seemed to have been going on for ever, and then finished it the next night where it just got very silly as all was explained), there were no likeable characters (well actually no characters at all - just cardboard cutouts, no drama, no content - just a selection of pretty images of silly young people.

Why two stars and not one? well there was the germ of a plot there and at times it was good to look at.