Absolutely brilliant

A Masterpiece!

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Every few years there's a movie like Blues Brothers or Blade Runner that is ahead of it's time and overlooked upon release. This is one of them. In a graphic novel-esque world of neon lights and shadows the movie follows Antonio Banderas as a private investigator searching for a missing girl - finding life swallowing black holes created by a scientist looking for god. With a premise like that you know you're in for something special.This movie has an unique visual concept, an original story and a cast that helps create a new semi-genre which can only be described as neon-noir. While other movies shy away from their concepts this one goes all in.Worth the watch for cinematography and lighting alone.In 10 years from now this will be a cult movie.

The Big Bang, although imperfect, is a well made, valiant effort from relative newcomer Tony Krantz. It welds together several recognizable genres for a dazzling technicolor coat of a flick, with one of the most interesting troupe of actors, all non type casted, in the last decade or so. You have the noirish detective yarn, the hard bitten postmodern crime thriller, and something unique as well: a constant running theme of physics, evident in both the snappy scientific jargon the actors get to chew on, and the dazzling, neo noirish color palette ranging from eye popping purples to smoky deep blues. Antonio Banderas ditches the strong silent shtick to play private investigator Ned Cruz, a fast talking wiseass who gets in way over his head when a giant Russian ex boxer (Robert Maillet, priceless) hires him to find his luscious pen pal Lexie Parsimmon (Sienna Guillory). This leads him into a dangerous web of eccentric characters including pseudo astro physicist billionaire Simon Kestral (Sam Elliott in a hairdo that would make David Bowie blush), a shady porn director (Snoop Dogg), a sexy small town waitress (Autumn Reeser, making everyone sweat in one of the hottest sex scenes I've ever seen put to celluloid), a kinky ex Hollywood star (James Van Der Beek), and more. The film jumps around in time, as any good noir should, as Ned tells his story to three relentless detectives, burnt out Skeres (Delroy Lindo), sharp, sleazy Frizer (Thomas Kretschmann, excellent), and volatile Poley (William Fichtner steals the show as the bratty, hotshot prick of the trio). There's work from Jimmi Simpson, Bill Duke, and Rebecca Mader. It's a bit muddled at times, and the inevitable style over substance claim will undoubtedly be heard, but it's got style, energy and ambition in droves, providing a neon lit verbal and visual maze of head scratching intrigue and priceless dialogue for the cast to play in. Well worth a visit.

...primarily on the strength of a surprisingly witty (though highly derivative--my jury is out on plagiarism) script and competent direction from the benighted team that brought us "Otis," along with a pretty good cast headed by Antonio "Desperado" Banderas, whose Spanish accent has shown much improved intelligibility over the years. Support from the likes of William "Drive Angry" Fichtner, Autumn "Valentine" Reeser, Thomas "King Kong" Kretschmann, Delroy "Malcolm X" Lindo, Robert "300" Maillet, Sam "Road House" Elliott, and Sienna "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" Guillory is of piece; there's really not a weak link in the bunch. Shelly "The Wolfman" Johnson's camera wrangling is appropriately stylish and well-lit, Johnny "The Smiths" Marrs' score fits nicely, and the production/artistic design and visual effects belie the relative low budget of the whole affair. Despite its direct-to-video fate, "The Big Bang" would have likely done well on the big screen, given proper promotion. I didn't really care, since I only venture out to the theater for films that absolutely demand my early attention anyway.The only genuine conceit of the show is its insinuation of concepts of quantum physics into the plot line, with various visual references to same scattered throughout the film. It's a reasonably clever gimmick that's mostly pulled off well, and at least ties in with the climactic denouement. The average spud may not understand or appreciate most of it, of course, but it still elevates "The Big Bang" at least a notch above standard Hollywood fare, and certainly well above typical direct-to-video offerings.Definitely worth a watch for genre fans.

Big Bang really stimulates all your senses and is really a mind blowing film. Take Pi, Sin City, and others and toss them in the trash. This is the film that they wanted to be. In the style of noir films of Chandler and others, this film brings life to an old genre with fantastic images, composition, ideas, and sound/music track.The plot if simple: private eye has to find missing person, but the execution of the idea is really modern in today's technological and philosophical astuteness.Ned Cruz PI, (Banderas) has to find a missing loved one for this bear of a Russian, Protopov. If Stalin had him in WW II, the war would be over in months. Imagine Protopov against Max Schmeling. Game over.I agree with the poster on Sam Elliot. He is so intense that he can be overdone and come off like a wild Gary Busey. Too much dialog and a crazy role. The babes are nice and hot. The cast of characters is delightful and unexpected.In Big Bang you will be well rewarded with characters, images, philosophy and plot that makes this mandatory viewing. Kiss Me Deadly, has a uranium based McGuffin, so why can't the "god particle" be a McGuffin? And it was tied into another nebulous, impossible to define concept without any physical proof...love.I will have to see this again and with some friends to spread the word. If I can find this in the $5 bin at Wal-Mart, awesome!I always like to see something that challenges me. And as one character in the special features section said in Bad Lieutenant, the Herzog version, "I like to see a movie and say, what the hell was that"! Well, here you go.