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Eye See You (2002)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
12/19
12/19:
What was shaping to be a vintage Stallone movie, Eye See You ends up being a major disappointment.
To pinpoint the chief cause is the editing job. It's such a mess. Many scenes during the second half don't
flow well. First, I looked up to see who did the work, and it's Tim Alverson and Steve Mirkovich. The latter
is probably the lead guy while the other is a first-timer. Steve edited films such as
Big Trouble in Little China,
Prince of Darkness,
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,
Broken Arrow,
The Ghost and the Darkness, and
Con Air. Well, half of them are terrible.
It's funny that I mentioned a couple of John Carpenter pictures because the more I see the guys who are
stationed at D-Tox center in the middle of a huge snowstorm, the more I can't help but think it's
The Thing all over again. In fact, Eye See You is exactly the same
film but with a cop killer instead of a creature from outer space. There's a bit of
Seven going on, too.
The third problem is there are too many characters. It's difficult for me to keep up with them or
remember their names. When somebody mentioned Slater, I was like, "Who?" and failed to picture him mentally
until he appeared again ten minutes later despite seeing him many times.
On to the positives, well....it's only one. I have to say Sylvester Stallone gave a pretty good acting
performance during the first half by going back to how he was during the 80's. But he would lose it afterwards
and be eternally blah. I don't know what happened there, but I can't blame him anyway because the material was
failing him.
Interestingly, Eye See You was shot in 1999 but got shelved for three years due to extremely
negative initial reviews, causing it to be quietly released into theatres in a limited run despite a budget of
$55 million. There were a lot of editing changes in the interim to improve the product more, yet it ultimately
didn't work. The internet search for Eye See You is confusing because the original title is D-Tox
which sounds stupider.
All in all, if Tom Berenger can't make Eye See You any better, there goes the film.