Strictly average movie

Fantastic!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

I am always interested in seeing interesting actors like Eric Roberts, and will seek out his most obscure films. "Love is a Gun" certainly is obscure, and there is good reason why, it is beyond bad. The entire film can only be described as unwatchable, because of nightmare sequences, flashback sequences, and a totally contrived ending. You have seen Eric Roberts play the same crazed character in far better movies, where at least some things made sense. Nothing makes sense in "Love is a Gun", and R. Lee Ermey seems embarrassed to be involved. Believe me, watching Eric Roberts lose touch with reality is not entertainment. Even a very brief Kelly Preston nude scene is actually a body double. This is definitely not worth 92 minutes of your life. - MERK

There is a strange dreamlike quality to this film, which makes it hard for me to rate after one viewing.Eric Roberts as "Jack Hart" and Kelly Preston as "Jean Starr," had the lead roles. It wasn't a bad movie. My main complaint was the overuse of the Lord's name in vain" with the crew cut detective and Roberts' girlfriend "Isabel" as the main offenders. Lee Ermey, who played the famous profanity-spewing drill sergeant from "Full Metal Jacket" was the garbage-mouth detective in here ("Frank Deacon") while Isabel was played by Roberts' real-life wife, Eliza.If that had been reduced, I would have kept this video, because it featured good suspense and was unpredictably strange. Thus, multiple viewing of this would be fine. Could it have been better? Certainly. I am a big fan of cinematography and there was nothing special about the way this was shot. I'm still not convinced I've seen too many good films with either Roberts or Preston starring in them. There is a reason both of them never became big stars.However, the atmosphere was good in this film; Preston and her exposed boobs certainly were eye-candy, and even Roberts' dumb character, "Jack" was kind of fascinating to watch at times. If this movie came out on DVD, I would give it another look. By then, I'd probably know if it was really good, or just garbage. It's hard to tell on just one viewing, because it's so different.

This psychological thriller has been screened on a main Romanian TV channel at least two times:12 years ago (when it has made some impression on the Eric Roberts fans),and this year.As I said,12 years ago Love Is a Gun did not pass unnoticed;I remember discussing it with an Eric Roberts fan and how she found it interesting .This thing is certain:in Eric Roberts career's table,Love Is a Gun stands out as offering him a large role--even in a cheap B thriller.All three leading actors were interesting,and the thing could have been fine:a man's addiction to a femme 'fatale.In its class of B thrillers from the '90s (and I was a huge consumer of such shows),Love Is a Gun is conspicuous for the quality of Eric Roberts' role (the role,his creation,not the character as the writer conceived it,or rather didn't ...);this increases the impression of uncanniness given by "LIG",as all the other characters\roles are card-board-made,with only Roberts trying,striving to get something out of his role.So,12 years ago at least 2 persons in Romania,me and an Eric Roberts fan young woman have seen "LIG" as an Eric Roberts movie and also as a deserved treat (I was less satisfied,though,as I expected an erotic thriller and found the sex too poor ...).Eric Roberts is one of the actors that passed through the '90s with an abundant harvest of such cheap B thrillers,and this is better than no movies at all (e.g.,Rourke sank lower than this level!).Formerly I saw in this class of movies mostly the clichés, flaws, shortcomings, deficiencies and tricks;now I see them as a way of keeping one's place on the sets;and I do not blame the actors anymore for accepting such scripts,etc..David Hartwell directed only this feature movie;I guess no one regrets it."LIG" has,in fact,no script,and almost everything remains unexplained ( Preston's insanity,the things told by her husband ;Roberts' past,his dreams,his watch;the supernatural side--because there is such a thing,too ...).Alan Roberts' Save Me (1993)(with Lysette Anthony,Michael Ironside,Harry Hamlin and Olivia Hussey) had a better script;Fred Olen Ray's Possessed by the Night (1994) (with Shannon Tweed and Sandahl Bergman) had a better script;other Shannon Tweed and Drew Barrymore films (Poison Ivy ,Sketch Artist ,The Amy Fisher Story ,Doppelganger ) all had better scripts.

I like Eric Roberts, even though he plays a moron forensic photographer in this movie. But maybe this is what the scrip called for. The dream sequences and imagery gave one the feeling that this was something David Lynch would write as a teenager but maybe I'm studying too much into it. Truthfully, I rather liked the movie. I found myself laughing right along with `Jack' as he watched his own scenario from the night before; unfold on a TV soap opera, verbatim.at a house of a murder site with the body lying before him. I also wondered where the dream ended and the nightmare began or vise-a-versa and how conveniently reality could be woven into the two. I personally would recommend the movie as I would any Eric Roberts movie. (Even `The Shadow People and `The Immortals.') Ironically when the movie was over, I sat back and exclaimed.what a ****** up movie!'