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Immortality (1998)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 5/18

5/18: Once upon a time, the original title of Immortality starring Jude Law was The Wisdom of Crocodiles.

Uh...? Now, this is a shining example of stupid minds at work. Not only is that but the writer has to go so far to add layers of absurdities to make the film pass for "art." Hence, the plot makes no sense.

Jude Law's character is finally revealed to be a vampire. His real motive as unfolded in the last twenty minutes suggests the writer took ideas from Paul Morrissey's Blood for Dracula which is about a sick vampire who can't survive on non-virginal blood.

Jude Law's acting is more than adequate, and it's obvious he has theatrical experience. Yet he's too far good to be bothered with such dreck. I don't like his co-star, Elina Löwensohn, who's unattractive and plain with a weird-looking nose. Simply put, she's a poor match for the ever-handsome Jude Law.

To find the good out of a bad situation, Anthony Minghella's wife, the producer of Immortality, watched the daily rushes, spotting the talent in Jude Law which eventually led him to be cast in The Talented Mr. Ripley, resulting in an Oscar nomination for Jude law.

All in all, Po-Chih Leong should stay very far away from the director's chair.

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