Eddie Cantillo
Blown Away(1992) Starring: Jean Leclerc, Corey Haim, Nicole Eggert, Corey Feldman, Lean Leclerc, Kathleen Robertson, Gary Farmer, Rex Hagon, and Ray Sager Directed By: Brenton Spencer Review She'll charm you. Seduce you. She might even kill you. Hello Kiddies your pal The Cupid Critic here and have you ever been so in love that you'll just kill. Well we have a picture with boring characters, a semi interesting plot and the only thing good at about it is the climax. After her mother is killed by a car bomb, a 17-year-old girl lives a reckless and decadent lifestyle. She begins having sex with a boy who works at a local ski resort. He falls in love, and she tells him of her suspicions that her strict father was responsible for her mother's death and wants him to help her out of her situation. He must decide whether she's telling the truth or using him to her own ends. The film is so boring, its plot is suppose to be a crime thriller about murder and lies. But I don't care for anyone who dies in the picture, not the girl, not the father or the mother in the beginning. It's very difficult for me to get into a murder story unless I care about those who die. The film did not achieve its goal as a romance crime thriller. The performances feel bland like butter, like no one look invested in their roles so it was very difficult for me to invest in their characters, they all acted like if they were saying their dialogue in monotone. That also contributes to poor direction, but the film is shot nice. The film doesn't come all together to well, I did enjoy the climax, the film is shot good, but with poor story and characters this thriller falls flat. I'm giving Blown Away a two out of five.
Wizard-8
Was there really a demand to see Corey Haim and Corey Feldman naked and involved (not with each other, thank goodness) in extremely explicit sex scenes? Well, maybe women who were teenagers when Haim and Feldman were at the height of their fame, though I think even they might be uncomfortable by the explicit sex scenes since the characters involved in them are not adults but teenagers. But that's not the main problem I had with this movie. The movie is extremely slow-moving, and the few twists to be found are mostly very predictable. The movie is slicker and more expensive- looking than the average Canadian movie made around this time, though it does suffer from dark-looking photography (a common problem with many Canadian films.) Only for those who are interested in seeing once famous stars embarrassing themselves on screen.
jfgibson73
Ever since "Double Indemnity," the erotic thriller formula has pretty much stayed the same. Beautiful girl convinces earnest, naive man to do something terrible, then screw him over by having him take the rap. Blown Away redoes the story with teen idols as the leads. The Two Coreys and Nicole Eggert form a triangle that tries to keep you guessing who is manipulating who.One of the many problems with this story is that it is an adult drama in which no one actually acts like an adult, including the middle-aged adolescent father to Nicole's character. Much of the dialog is silly and there are plenty of plot holes and confusing twists. However, looking back as a retro piece of b-movie trash, it does have some entertainment value. I liked the movie more before it dove into the "will-you-help-me-kill-him" cliché, and Corey Feldman does what he does best--playing the sleaziest guy in the show. The early scenes with him as a slimy ski resort worker were more interesting than most of the final third of the movie. Overall, only recommended for fans of unintentional humor and irredeemable trash.
Frank Markland
Corey Haim stars as Rich a horny guy who falls for a sexy blonde (Nicole Eggert) who wants to kill her father out of vengeance for the car-bomb murder of her mother, however Haim must make choice to follow his lust or do the right thing. I'm somewhat shocked at exactly this is almost at a 5 out of 10, when this movie is just so damn awful. However it is funny though. Imagine a soap opera with Melrose Place styled antics (Complete with the meat headed guys and slutty girls) made with the two Coreys. Nicole Eggert is indeed a hot little number, sure and her sex scenes to provide some mild interest but let's face it, once you're a certain age a movie must hold more interest to you than just seeing naked women going down on Corey Haim. So with that in mind the story is just so laughably lame, however it is bad enough that it makes you want to puke but stupid enough to make you howl with laughter. It is so bad it could only star the two Coreys. I mean if not for the Demolition High series, this could very well be the funniest movie Corey Haim ever made.* out of 4-(Bad) (Take off a 1/2 star if you can't laugh at a bad movie)
AD
