Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Charming and brutal

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Got to see the movie b/c the director use to date my cousin. Even though that relationship didn't turn out well, the movie was still pretty damn good! I'm a big fan of Battlestar Galatica, and Trish Helfer is smoking hot! I'd been a big fan of her's since her Maxim spread, and YOU KNOW I bought last month's playboy too. Only knock is that for some stupid reason, she dies her hair jet black for this movie, but she's still smoking hot! And there's a strip poker scene too! So the movie starts out kind of crazy like a TV medical drama or csi or something. Some kid gets coked up on mysterious amazonian powder, turns him all red and crap, then ends up half dead in a hospital in Brazil. Then freaking Cal from Titanic shows up, Billy Zane, although his character's name is Taylor. So Cal/Taylor/Billy is a medical research dude trying to cure Parkinson's or whatever the name of that disease that kills little old ladies and presidents. He just happens to be in town for a swinging convention of Medical researchers and is an expert on amazonian powders or something. And Taylor's sidekick is the rolling stone publisher guy from Almost Famous (which is a bad ass movie). Terry Chen.So Taylor and his partner take some powder home for testing, but Taylor is a dumb mofo and accidentally gets some on his hands then back at the hotel he has some weird drug trip on the stuff and has a flashback of a serial killer. There's a really cool scene where Taylors' hotel bathroom explodes with water.OK, flash-forward to Six the sex robot; Trish Helfer's character meets Taylor when he goes back to Boston and attends an art show (evidently that's where the hot maxim chicks hang out). Eventually she becomes Taylor's hot sex robot too.Taylor keeps having these drug trips; sees serial killer; and then realizes it could be one of his parents; one of his parents memories; but his mom is in a coma or something and his dad is dead; so he doesn't know which one is a serial killer.Taylor investigates; Trish Six Helfer helps (actually is kind part of the serial killer's life); and in the end it all turns out to be some screwed up twisted discovery about Taylor's true identity. I mean that in a good way; a cool way! So if this flick ever sees a movie screen, I'd definitely recommend it. In fact, my cousin was probably pretty stupid from dumping the director guy b/c he'll probably be pretty rich. (I'm also betting she wrote the bad!bad!bad! review too.)peace... mumblogger111.

This movie was a great first offering from a first time director.The casting may not have been spectacular, but Billy Zane was very believe as a sympathetic lead character. Dennis Hopper and Ann-Margaret provided a high level of class and coolness to their characters.Using genetic memories as a basis for a high concept thriller is fresh and interesting. Dealing with the pain of his Alzhiemer's afflicted mother, Taylor Briggs (Billy Zane) is a genetic researcher in desperate search for a cure. Through his research, he stumbles across a mysterious powder from the Amazon rain forest. This powder can unleash the memories of your ancestors. After accidentally ingesting the powder, Taylor relives the memories of his dead father, memories that frighten him, it appears that his father was a serial killer. Taylor uses the clues from his memories to figure out who he really is as well as save the lives of those effected by his father's murderous ways.I love this type of movie, and I loved this one, and would highly recommend it. Anyone who disagrees is just smoking rope.

Reading the various posts regarding this film, I have to offer my apologies to the young actors who appeared in it, given that I cannot find any redeeming qualities within it. Its a shame that any aspiring young actor would eagerly anticipate the release of this film, even if they are part of the cast ........Anyway, I guess I was put off this film early on, by the line of dialogue which stated the natives had been around for 2 million years ! Oh, and Dennis Hopper had been wearing the same training shoes since 1971, and .......... & etc.So there are a few actors whose names you will recognise, certainly, thats where the budget was spent, yet sadly there is no evidence of value for money.But please do try and watch this film, they clearly need the money for a better production crew, and besides, any film you watch after this will seem superb.

I have seen this movie twice. The first time, it seemed to me - interesting start, slow middle, fast and not explained end. But, I thought that a movie with stars like Hopper, Margaret or Zane should not be so crap. That is why I decided to watch it for the second time. Well, for the second time it seemed to me a little bit better, but still - interesting, slow and then fast, but at least I did understand everything at the end. The movie has a great idea, that's right, something for X-files or something like that. But actually, it supposed to be a thriller film not only a part of a long long series. Simply the writer made it a little bit chaotic and because the movie was so slow the whole time he had to put all the explanations into the last five minutes - that's a shame.