New Rose Hotel

Pros: I would sell my soul for a weekend with Asia Argento...
Cons: ...unless Asia Argento made me watch this movie again. Wouldn't be worth it.

One minute, Asia Argento is a European sex bomb known mostly to fans of Daddy Dario's Italian horror films. The next minute she's on the cover of national magazines, heavily promoted in movie trailers, and a major international superstar. Only time will...

Pros: Great atmosphere. Christopher Walken
Cons: Mostly incomprehensible. Last forty minutes was a waste.

Here's how I discovered this film. I'm channel surfing on my direct TV and see a title for a movie I've never heard of called 'The New Rose Hotel' I press the info button and it list the stars: Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento. To myself...

Pros: none
Cons: they were lousy too

I saw this movie on the sale rack at K Mart. Every once in a while I discover something unique that appeals to my quirky sense of the ridiculous, and I took a chance on this one. I am NOT a BIG Christopher Walken fan; not since he stopped speaking...

Pros: Christopher Walken
Cons: Everything

I collect Christopher Walkens movies so when I saw this one I bought it before I watched it. I was lucky to add a movie to my collection but not lucky enough to get a good movie...

Directed by Abel Farrara (Body Snatchers, The Addiction, The...

Pros: Characterization and plot.
Cons: Slipping accents and some questionable ad-libbing

When I learned that New Rose Hotel was directed by Abel Ferrara, I could not help but sit at the edge of my seat. Anyone who has read Gibson's work and seen Ferrara's might understand: the gritty and grim reality that Gibson's characters live with is...

Pros: Asia Argento, Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe
Cons: Just TRY and sit through the whole thing!

This movie is the best cure for insomnia produced by Hollywood in a long time. Even great (as expected) performances by Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe couldn't hold my attention long enough to remotely salvage this film.

I had high...

Pros: Laughable
Cons: Laughable

My brother and I picked up this video because we love Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe. But what were they thinking when they made this?

Willem Dafoe (who's work I have always admired) sounded like he was reading the script for the first...

Pros: some innovative cinematography
Cons: very thin plot--all style

This is an adaptation of a short story by William Gibson. This fact led me to think that it was going to have some high tech, sci-fi plot devices, but there are very few such futuristic qualities, here.

It does display another of Gibson’s...

Pros: it's associated with William Gibson.
Cons: everything else.

I was extremely disappointed by this movie. I'm a huge fan of William Gibson's work, and I rented the movie with high expectations. I had never seen an Abel Ferrara flick, and if I have my way about it, I never will again. The movie not only had very...

Pros: Good for genre fans, people interested in characters and subtleties
Cons: No action, gunfights, explosions; not mainstream cinema

I went and picked up this movie because William Gibson was cited on the cover. I've read most of his books (except the latest "All tomorrow's Parties") and consider him a lucid and visionary writer. I have read "Burning Chrome", which...

Pros: The end of the movie
Cons: The rest of the movie

I originally picked this movie up because of the William Gibson short story. I know that Johnny Memonic wasn't the greatest adaptation, but I figured, why not give it another shot?

Boy was I wrong. New Rose Hotel is a horrible adaptation...

Pros: Christopher Walken and Willem DaFoe in a movie based on a William Gibson story
Cons: What the hell happened??? How could they mess that up???

The answer is that they could mess all that up by taking a ten page story and turning it into a two hour movie. This is a story that was a Hugo award nominee (that means it's good). This movie is truly terrible. It truly tries to be great with no plot...

Pros: no
Cons: total garbage

EVEN WITH THIS STAR POWER, DON'T BE FOOLED BY THIS MIND-NUMBINGLY BAD MOVIE. "WHY WAS THIS MOVIE MADE?" IS A QUESTION YOU WILL ASK YOURSELF AS YOU EJECT IT AFTER 30 MINUTES FROM THE VCR. THIS DUD IS A WASTE OF THE PETROCHEMICALS NEEDED TO MAKE...