Lack of good storyline.

Disturbing yet enthralling

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It's supposed to be set in Germany...? Those "Germans" look and sound a lot like Americans! Billy Zane is a charming actor. Cristian Solimeno seemed like a decent actor. Melinda Y. Cohen is beautiful. I've seen plenty of low budget films. These actors aren't terrible. It's the script. The dialogue is stilted and childish. Also, that SWAT team...not believable. I saw the comedy bits. It had some horror parts too. I wish it was more into a specific genre, but it's all over the place. They're also too cozy with that killer even after they find out what he did. He's way too cozy with them! The ending left me completely bewildered as to what I just witnessed. Anticlimactic doesn't seem like the right term to describe it. It started off good, then... "Eh...? It's over?" Yeah, the movie has a very weak resolution. You have to see it to believe it. It's like they were running out of film and just said, "End it."

OK, I'm not going to pretend that this movie is for everyone. It's obviously very low budget, the sound and video quality are apparently distractingly bad for some viewers (easily overlooked by me, personally), and there really aren't many likable characters (a stopper for some people, but, again, not for me); however, if the humor works for you, you'll find it laugh out loud funny at parts (stupid thieves blundering from bad situation to even worse situation, cops shooting "innocent" people, and other very *black* humor elements). Probably the best way to describe this movie is by comparing it to Very Bad Things, though they only share a few surface similarities. If you're a huge Billy Zane fan (and let me advise people that I actually liked Survival Island, so take that into consideration when I say this movie is only for Billy Zane fanclub members), and you can handle very dark humor, this is a great watch.I got the impression that the people making this movie had a lot of fun, and, for me, that really pushed it over the hump from a rather poor 4/10 to a flawed-but-fun 6/10. I was entertained, and I got to see one of my favorite stars ham it up. I think it accomplished what it set out to do. I think that I'd greatly enjoy watching this movie with the filmmakers, laughing at the cheesy moments and not taking it very seriously. If that's you, I heartily recommend you give this movie a chance, despite the low rating and (admittedly true) criticism from other reviewers. Can you overlook the faults or not? If not, give this movie a wide berth.

I read these reviews all the time but have never created an account to write one myself before, but after reading all the negative reviews about this film here I had to sign up and defend it. Really, this is an excellent film! I cant say it will make you laugh out loud, but thats because its dry. Its tangentally funny. In fact its tangentally hilarious. Its just the little one liners. Whatever. I think there are a lot of clues. Someone complained that it was set in Germany but they were all American? er, I think thts the point, or part of it. I think the humour is very European, but its an American film. Its Noir, like a French film would be. Some critics have said the acting was bad.... Really? I thought the acting was great! Seriously, obviously this movie isn't for everyone. But to be honest, I thik thats because not everyone is intelligent. I think you have to be intelligent to enjoy that film. Sorry if that rubs a few people the wrong way, but This film offers so much high quality material (actors, cinematography, depth, location etc), there's nothing cheap about this film, so I cant understand why people give it 1 star! I can think of a lot of films that deserve 1 star, this isn't one of them.

In my opinion this is a worst movie ever. Plot is good but the acting destroys everything. The only thing worse than actors in this movie is the level of reality. I mean come on. The girl gets shot with sniper rifle and barely notices it.And after an hour of SWAT team trying to break in the house some white collar walks in thought front door with a Barrett in his hand and shoots both criminals.First 30 minutes of this movie I was waiting for action to begin and then suddenly I figured out that basically that's it. It's just pathetic. In what other movie did you see the main characters worrying about their relationship with SWAT team on one side and serial killer on the other.