Our fearless – and quite possibly senseless – movie janitor is watching every movie on the IMDb Bottom 100 list. Join us now for another installment of Unwatchable.
It’s an unfortunate coincidence of timing that finds Nine Lives at the top of my Unwatchable queue on the same day I’ve reviewed Donkey Punch. There are some notable similarities between the two movies: a predominantly British cast of young unknowns, a confined setting, a Ten Little Indians structure. But Nine Lives has a secret weapon: Paris Hilton.
The presence of Paris probably ensured Nine Lives a spot on the Bottom 100 list, even if the movie had otherwise been good. (It’s not, but we’ll get to that.) Check out Ms. Hilton’s IMDb page, click on a few titles, and you’ll find that Nine Lives is far from her only effort to engender widespread scorn and derision among the users of that fine site. My guess is that Nine Lives would never have made the list without her participation; it’s hard to imagine anyone even bothering to hate it otherwise.
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