Giallo (2009)

	John R.

4 out of  4  people found this review helpful

Without a doubt the poorest Argento movie. Terrible performances, weak story that we've seen a hundred thousand times in better movies, awful visual production, and some very poor casting. I can't get over how bad the usually adequate Brody was. I didn't feel any conviction from him at all. Seigner was almost worse at times, but I'll attribute a lot of that to the lack of English language roles she probably does. What a waste and a let-down from the legendary Dario.

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	Ben L.

3 out of  3  people found this review helpful

Now, I am a big Argento fan, and have seen pretty much everything he has done. The Argento fanboys will be upset, as this is the new, improved Argento, not the Argento of Deep Red, Inferno or Suspiria. Get over it, or as one reviewer put it, go watch Suspiria for the 45th time. Adrian Brody nails it in this film. He is as messed up as the slasher. They are two sides of the same coin. But his coolness contrasts nicely with the slashers psychotic personality. Emmanuelle Seigner is looking for her sister. I was not impressed with her performance. But, the sister, supermodel Elsa Pataky , gave a riveting performance as a victim. Now, the slasher is really messed up. He even masturbates to photos of his work. He slashes to destroy beauty and make his victims as ugly as he is - and that is ugly. Moderate amount of gore and blood, absolutely no nudity, and a strange ending.

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	Steve B.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

Rented this movie because of the award winning actor in it. Wow, he must have really needed the money. It was terrible, didn't even finish it. Don't waste your time.

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