The Slaughter Rule
by Alex Smith (II)
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Actor: Amy Adams (III), David Cale, Juliana Clayton, Kim DeLong, Melkon AndonianDirector: Alex Smith (II)
Brand: Hart Sharp Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
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DVD Review: Taunted For Two Months Before I Watched It
Summary: 3 Stars
When I first got my digital cable in July of 2007, this movie always seem to pop up every damn day on the Sundance channel. This movie stayed on television for two months straight, taunting me to watch it.I've liked Ryan Gosling since I saw him in Murder By Numbers and The Notebook, but I never wanted to watch this film because I'm just not into football. But after one late night in October, I finally decided to give this movie a chance.
I can't lie to you; I was lost as hell. I didn't know where the film was going or where it wanted to go. And this film had REAL Indians in it, so that was what kept me interested. So I kept watching....and kept watching....and kept watching. By the end, I was like, WTF was that?! It seemed stupid to me. I never wanted to watch it again!
Then I realized I had to watch it again for two reasons:
1. I didn't see it from the beginning and
2. I was lying down when I was watching it, therefore I wasn't totally focused.
Damn. So I watched it later in the day because I knew it would be back on. Every time I thought I knew what would happen, something else happened. For me, this film went in too many damn directions and the ending didn't sit well with me. It didn't make much sense to me and I still came to the conclusion that I didn't want to see it again. But after watching it several times, I started to get what the film was trying to say. To this day, I still don't totally get what was supposed to be achieved with David Morse's gay/accused child molesting ways, or Tracey Two Dogs getting injured, or Roy coming to terms with whatever the hell he was supposed to come to terms with. Seems everyone had issues in this movie.
The storyline was all messed up for me, but its the actors who give this the 3/5 stars I've chosen.
David Morse for his creepy performance as a coach who is obsessed with his star player.
Ryan Gosling for his performance of a confused teenager trying to deal with the death of his father, his crazy mother, and whether or not he should get close to a coach with a horrific past.
Eddie Spears for his performance as the kid who gets beaten by his stepfather, and backs his best friend in any decision.
Everyone else seems to be a blur with no purpose but to make an already jacked up story more confusing than when it first started.
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Description of The Slaughter Rule
Roy is a defeated football hero whose only chance of saving his dignity is the slaughter rule a forced end to the game before the point of humiliation. Studio: Arts Alliance America Release Date: 02/26/2008 Starring: Ryan Gosling Clea Duvall Run time: 112 minutes Rating: RBestsellers in DVD
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