Franklyn

Franklyn

Running Time: 95 minutes

Summary: Preest is a masked vigilante detective, searching for his nemesis on the streets of Meanwhile City, a monolithic fantasy metropolis ruthlessly governed by faith and religious fervor. Esser is a broken man, searching for his wayward son amongst the rough streets of London's homeless. Milo is a heartbroken thirty-something desperately trying to find a way back to the purity of first love. Emilia is a beautiful art student; her suicidal art projects are becoming increasingly more complex and deadly.

Review: As soon as this movie was finished, Jon said, "Well that's an hour and a half of my life that I am never getting back." and that is pretty much this movie in a nutshell.

This movie is an excellent example of a good trailer that lures in unsuspecting movie-goers and sucks away their time with its worthless tripe. I have never been a huge fan of movies that start with a bunch of seperate stories that eventually all come together, and this movie did nothing to change my opinion of them.

The acting wasn't too bad, starring Eva Green (of new Bond fame), Ryan Phillipe and Bernard Hill (of tons of movies but more recently King Theoden of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) but the story was seriouly lacking and it ended up being more confusing than anything. The story jumps between three stories set in mordern day London and one story set in the religious fervor of "Meanwhile City". The story is tough to follow at best and only starts to make even a glimmer of sense at about minute 85. To top it all off, just now, as I write this I realize that after watching this atrocity of a film, I have no idea who or what was Franklyn?

Best Quote: Preest - "These days, you can form a congregation simply based on washing-machine instructions."

3 nests out of 10