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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
genius low budget movie making,
By Andy H "mister_andy_hart" (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Q: The Winged Serpent [1982] [DVD] (DVD)
ok, so you have Caine from Kung Fu and Shaft as a couple of cops-which is very cool- but the dude who steals the film, from them and from the titular giant wing'ed flying beast, is Michael Moriarty as a scat-singing nervy ex-junkie and very smalltime thief, Jimmy Quinn, who attempts to turn the discovery of the monster's lair at the top of the Chrysler Building to his own advantage... Moriarity's super intense performance raises this film to another level and, I swear, Kevin Spacey must've been making notes from this before he turned in his performance as Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects
The effects aren't great but I actually dug them to the wall-to-wall (and equally obvious) CGI guff most movies are chockful of nowadays It's also worth bearing in mind this movie is deliberately comic... albeit of a rather nasty tone Larry Cohen, the writer/director, has carved out a significant body of 'must see' low budget movies (Black Caeser; Hell Up In Harlem; The Stuff; the It's Alive and Maniac Cop movies, to name but a few) and Q, The Winged Serpent is no exception wildly entertaining and not a little nuts
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
B Movie heaven,
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This review is from: Q: The Winged Serpent [1982] [DVD] (DVD)
I saw this at the cinema in 1982 and enjoyed it then. Now I get the DVD to see it again after 25 years and its still good. The script is pretty good, witty and OK occasionally a bit clunky.
The cast are excellent. Carradine is cool, Richard Roundtree is believeable and best of all Michael Moriarty is nuts! You wouldn't believe this was the same actor who co-starred in Eastwoods 'Pale Rider' four years later. In that film he was a dignified decent man, here he is an odious small time time crook who accidently discovers the beast of the title. Its a brilliant performance that raises the film to a higher level. Larry Cohen the director and writer makes full use of New Yorks dramatic buildings with some great ariel photography. Q itself now looks completely unrealistic as the special effects available for a low budget movie in 1982 were very limited. It really doesn't matter though. My only criticism is the quality of transfer on the DVD. Its not bad, but its not great either. Probably its the best available but I suspect they could have done better with a digital remaster. However with the extras, which include a commentary from the director and some interesting DVD-ROM material this is a fine release.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anchor Bay version of the DVD,
By Lola Murphy (Saskabush, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Q: The Winged Serpent [1982] [DVD] (DVD)
It's subtitled and captioned, and has many extras on the disc - commentary, stills and artwork,etc.
My only beef is that I am unable to select the various features from the menu. I have hundreds of DVDs and have borrowed dozens of others, never before have I encountered this problem where my attempts at clicking through the menu selections do not register at all. With much hammering and pressing buttons I eventually access the various special features, but not the ones I chose - it's a bit of a crapshoot. But, I only paid 2.49 and the a/v quality is good, comes with an additional cardboard sleeve with more and different artwork. For the price I'm satisfied and very happy to finally have my own copy of this campy cult classic.
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