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| Oxygen
Year: 1999
Directed:
- Richard Shepard
Actors/Actresses:
- Adrien Brody
- Maury Tierney
LET'S BE CURIOUS
This one was very hard to find. Hidden behind six SIXTH SENSE and five DOUBLE JEOPARDY dvd's at my favorite video store. That's a peculiar pleasure, and not the least, for the movie lover to discover a little pearl amidst the hollywoodian dinosaurs. So surprise, surprise ! Firstly, The jacket announced a special widescreen copy ; Nada ! just a pan & scan version, the movie killer by excellence as any movie buff knows it. Then a look at iMDB told me that OXYGEN was a TV-movie, but, in the user section, a reviewer was certifying that OXYGEN had been shown in two theaters ! What a salad ! (french expression).
Let's go back to Richard Shepard's movie which star Maura Tierney and Adrien Brody. Miss Tierney plays the character of a woman detective of the NYPD, married to her chief, and with a slight booze problem. On the other hand, Adrien Brody is a charming young man whose principal activity is to bury alive the women of wealthy men in order to obtain some money while the poor victims are suffocating. Well, that's a story !
And that's not the end of it ! Just imagine that Adrien Brody is also a fan of Harry Houdini, the famous magician of the beginning of the XXth century and likes to play with the nerves of the cops by escaping from the most unusual places. You also are going to appreciate the manner Richard Shepard,with subtlety, plays with one of the most common of cinematographic themes : vampires.
In short, OXYGEN is a very good surprise with excellent actors, it's a nervous little thriller with enough beef to please the most blasés movie lovers.
A commentary and the usual trailers and filmographies. Good sound but average images.
A DVD dedicated to my mother-in-law.
fallin with fear
i saw this movie by mistake one day and thought it was just another cop show series...until i focused on actor adrien brody. i thought this guy was some insane talent to be doing a crappy show and not be famous yet because his skill as an actor gets you so involved within the plot it doesn't even matter if you don't see the whole thing from the begining.his characters power over the enire police force and his victims is so so....sneaky and allurring that he becomes almost lovable and in a very sexual way that you don't even want him to get caught. i thought the movie was well scripted and someone did a fantastic job casting the film and would love to see it again
Suspense-filled Thriller
Oxygen is the type of movie that would interest anyone who likes a good thriller. The movie was very well acted, and Adrien Brody does a splendid job of interpreting the character of the sadistic Harry. Maury Tierney also stars as the detective out to catch him. The two share a chemisty on camera that is quite unique and adds to the tension and yet similarities between the two extremely different characters.
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