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Originally Posted by powerclown
[rec] - 8/10. Same movie as Quarantine, the American horror movie based on this movie. Same plot, same sets, same screenplay, same everything except made in Spain and with a hotter leading chick (chica muy caliente!). Still a great movie...I liked Quarantine better except for the last scene which was awesome in both movies, maybe better in this one. Very, very freaky. Points taken away for overexuberant and tacky musical soundtrack at the end credits...messed up the scary ending afterglow.
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I saw this not so long ago, agreed with pretty much everything you said especially the hotness of the lead. I thought the opening was really really good and the rest didn't quite live up to that somehow. Felt a little formulaic. Anyway, if you haven't seen The Descent check that out. It's scary in a similar way but slightly more professional and accomplished.
Brewster's Millions apparently there are at least six film versions of this; the one I saw is the one most people will know, from 1985 starring Richard Pryor. He was an excellent comedian but not a particularly good actor, and while this film mostly requires him to be the former his lack of skill in the latter sometimes shows - though there aren't many scenes that demand heavy acting. John Candy, supporting, is even less convincing. This film is from a time when greed was good and that really shows. This and Trading Places (1983) are the most greedy films I can think of. The moral of the story (i.e. greed is NOT good) is perverted by the very conspicuous - not to mention distasteful - spending on display. I think it's expected and intended that you watch this film and think "I want to be rich and spend money like Brewster"... 6/10