Product description

Albino Alligator [DVD] [1997] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Price: £5.72
Average customer rating: 2.0

Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305428008
ISBN : 630542800X
Label : Miramax
Manufacturer : Miramax
Publisher : Miramax
Release date : 1999-09-07
Title : Albino Alligator [DVD] [1997] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1997-08-22
Region code : 1
Running time : 94
Studio : Miramax
Theatrical releaseDate : 1997-01-17
MPN : DISD17101D

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Actor Kevin Spacey made his directorial debut with IAlbino Alligator/I, an uneven crime thriller that has the claustrophobic feel of a play. Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise and William Fichtner play a trio of robbers who have just pulled a job gone wrong. On the run from the cops, they hide out in a basement bar, where they try to figure out their next move. There's a certain amount of urgency, however, because Sinise, the brains of the outfit, is badly wounded--which means that Fichtner, the group psycho, is allowed to run wild, terrorising the barflies unlucky enough to be their hostages. As the cops swarm outside the bar--thinking these three are major criminals rather than small potatoes--tension mounts, mostly through misunderstanding. But it's all a lot of talk, not nearly enough of it interesting, that pushes the movie slowly to its inevitable conclusion. I--Marshall Fine, Amazon.com/I

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2003-09-07 rating:

I stayed awake, so what did I fail to see?,
The selection at the video rental shop seemed unusually dreary, so I focused on ALBINO ALLIGATOR for the simple reason that Faye Dunaway was in the cast, and I hadn't seen her in awhile. I admit to having a mild crush on her since the original THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR.pMatt Dillon, Gary Sinise and William Fichtner star as three small-time, New Orleans crooks who bungle a warehouse heist, and then take refuge in a basement bar after being involved in an auto accident during the getaway, at which time the Sinise character is injured going through the windshield. And, by the way, during the getaway they mash into the pavement a cop involved in an unrelated Federal stakeout. At any rate, once in the bar, which has no rear entrance, they're surrounded by the local SWAT team and assorted TV news vans. However, they do have five hostages: the bar's owner, the bartender (Dunaway), and three wee hour customers.pALBINO ALLIGATOR is the directorial debut of Kevin Spacey, an actor of considerable talent. While I won't go so far as to say that this first effort was badly directed, the script wasn't worth his time and energy. Unless he's more selective, Kevin should stay with his bread-and-butter job. Curiously, the film just didn't have that "movie" feel. It reminded me more of a filmed stage production. Furthermore, the "albino alligator" reference, ostensibly a ruse by which alligators send out an albino to flush out foes, had absolutely no application in the storyline. At least, none that I discerned even after thinking about it for several minutes. I was even watching with my glasses on. To be evenhanded, the Fichtner character, a real psycho, was chillingly done. And Faye is still a Babe, even at this late date. On the other hand, the Dillon and Sinise characters, plus the cop-in-charge role-played by Joe Mantegna, were notably nondescript. And what illegal substance was somebody on when that Guy character was envisioned? (Was this an actors' afternoon workshop, by any chance?)pThe film's greatest weakness, for me, was the ending. Without giving anything away, the survivors of the ordeal were not all those you'd expect. I got the feeling the scriptwriter was trying to illustrate a great truth, a morale to the story, so to speak. Somebody please tell me what it was!

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