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It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

The story isn't well explained. Why exactly do these gangsters for her boyfriend to give them the $100,000? There's no real explanation. Nor is there an explanation why he didn't tell Lola sooner. There are two ways this movie could have gone, story wise, but it didn't go in either direction: 1. The whole movie could have been told in a single point of view without being divided up by three possibilities with the point of view being, of course, Lola's. This way it would be less predictable by the second or third act of the movie. 2. Another possibility is if the writers go with the multiple scenarios, but not just through Lola's eyes. For example: The first act could work just fine as it is, but the second act could focus on what her boyfriend is doing the whole time Lola is running to him when she isn't on camera. Then a third point of view could be what her parents are going through at the same second the first and second acts of the film take place. This way, it won't repeat the same thing almost exactly the same way. A much better movie that deals with different possibilities like this is Rashomon. In that one, it's the same story told from different characters. No necessarily repeating the same story with a slightly different ending.

RUN LOLA RUN 1998 Not sure how to describe this 1998 German production. Best to call it a real non-stop thrill ride about a pair of losers. Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu are the said losers. Bleibtreu is a low end dealer who is doing a 100,000 Mark cash pick-up for his boss. Of course he loses the cash and is sure that his crazy boss is going to kill him.He gets on the phone and calls his girl, Potente about the screw-up. Now starts a series of events as Potente tries to round up the cash in just 20 minutes. Out the door she charges and starts running here and there in order to save her boyfriend's life.The film moves at breakneck speed as Potente tries to hit up her banker father for some cash. This does not work so it is back on the street as Potente races to her man's side. The deal here is that the boyfriend intents to rob a nearby market if Potente cannot gather the cash.The whole story starts over again when the first "run" is not a success. This one plays out slightly different but is likewise not a success. The third "run" is again different, but this time there is a happy ending for Potente and Bleibtreu.This one is a film that really needs to be seen. It is damn near impossible to explain the story and do it justice. At only 81 minutes it rocket's along with top flight cinematography and a pounding soundtrack. It is well worth the time investment.I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen and was floored by the whole production. The audience all clapped and cheered at the end.

When Run Lola Run hit the scene my then girlfriend urged me to see it because it was great. I attributed that to the color of her hair, almost as Lola's screaming red, and dismissed the issue.Almost a decade later i came upon a DVD copy on sale in a local store and purchased it. Boy was my initial estimate wrong.From today's perspective, the writing and photography of Run Lola Run are a regular staple in any thriller. However, for the time of it's creation it was revolutionary, although not the first movie to use these means. Not to mention that this movie came from Germany, a country not exactly at the forefront of world's cinematography.The only thing i could complain about is that photography reminded me of TV quality not necessarily cinema level, but that's a detail.And if you're wondering where the floating tram was filmed, it was Wuppertal, apparently the only reason to visit the city.

Run Lola Run is the best use of style over substance that I have seen in at least 20 years. It's a stylish epic told at a manic pace, and director Tom Tykwer masterfully controls the tone of all of its myriad different sequences. It careens chaotically through choices and the paths of numerous people's lives, going so fast at many times that the audience is barely even able to keep up. Oftentimes it is unclear why the choices that have been made affect others' lives so deeply, but still this doesn't matter. What this film is is a frenzy of lavish camera moves, superb use of tension and recurring motifs, strange twists, feverish philosophy, and just the right amount of quiet, still scenes to keep the audience from growing fatigued (Neveldine & Taylor could learn something). While many have dubbed it a "no-brainer", I would argue that this film goes deeper than that, though by how much I can't be quite sure. It is incredibly fast, but also grounded by fleshed out characters, a complex web of narratives, and excellent performances all around. It's opening sequence and the narration over it give hints of some vague philosophical undertones, regarding the hustle and bustle of nameless persons and the strangers whose lives you affect in ways which you cannot begin to imagine. And with its interesting narrative structure (which would be a spoiler if I elaborated on it, but trust me, it's very interesting) leaves some contemplation; how much of the film was real? Was it all real? Is multiverse theory real in this universe? (Okay, now I'm right up against it, so I'll stop) I'm not sure if even Tykwer knows the answers to these questions, but the fact remains that this is a superbly directed, ridiculously fun and idiosyncratic film. While it is very similar in themes to the 1987 Polish film blind chance, it is the style that manages to give Run Lola Run an entirely original, gleefully fresh feel. While I fear that this may be Tom Tykwer's magnum opus even at the age of only 50, this is a spectacular, whirlwind, layered, and passionate legacy to leave.