The movie itself? Not so good. Its a pretty predictable thriller that tends to drag itself on an on. While I will admit there are some interesting scenes, the movie really doesn't pick up until the very end when the music kicks in for the credits. Its just so haunting. Unfortunatly, I cannot say the same for the rest of the movie. To make a long story short, my opinion is if you do happen to decide to pick this movie up, don't expect greatness. Although Michael Keaton and Cane aren't bad in and of themselves, the rest of the movie is pure...well I leave the rest of the sentance up to you to decide.
January 26, 2008This was a sleeper, but I went on to discover that this was an excellent movie. Although Michael Keaton has perfoprmed better in other roles, this was a good reversal of a drama role from his standard comedy. Don't take that wrong, he is a great actor, something that these other so called actors could strive for in their performances.
July 16, 2007 |  | Quick review for Quicksand. |  |
This low budget drama/thriller was very average even though it has both Michael Kane and Michael Keaton it was still slightly dull and tedious. There were a few interesting parts that I thought were hilarious especially with Kane and the extremely bad acting from the rest of the cast so I guess it wasn't all that bad. The story was about Keaton's character who plays a bank employee who goes to France in order to investigate a bad transaction or transfer of money that appeared on his computer, he soon becomes a fall guy for the Russian mafia and some drug ring so he needs to prevent the bad guys from killing him as well as clearing his name from a murder he did not commit. If you like both these actors then you might be interested in this film but don't expect a high caliber thriller or something like that.
October 16, 2006| | | A LITTLE MORE CAINE WOULD'VE HELPED | |
QUICKSAND is a formulaic, by the numbers thriller set in the world of corporate money laundering. Michael Keaton plays Martin Raike, a bank executive who goes to France to investigate the possibility of money laundering there. He meets a lovely CEO (Judith Godreche), who also introduces him to a has been action star (the ubiquitous Michael Caine). It isn't too long, though, that Keaton is set up to take the fall as the assassin of the crooked chief of police, and is on the run to prove his innocence. While the movie is certainly not a bad one, it would have been much better if there had been more of Caine in his delightful role as a has been actor. His scenes with Keaton are the only true energy in the picture and had there been more, QUICKSAND could have been a far more enjoyable film.
January 31, 2006 | | Not as good as I'd hoped.. | |
I really wanted to enjoy this crime thriller because it starred two of my favorite actors, Michael Keaton and Michael Kaine, but as much as I tried to be objective, this one didn't shine for me. The story never came together well because the directing and editing was simply awful. Even the star power of Keaton and Kaine couldn't overcome the lousy directing. The scenes were chopped and stapled together with impunity.
This film had the potential to be a success. It had a reasonably well written script and the right actors to play the parts. It's a shame it didn't turn out that way. I own the DVD, but it's one I won't be watching again any time soon.
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