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A Man With a Past Best Forgotten Goes to All Lengths to Remember

By Dave Kehr Jan. 23, 2004

Even by the lax standards of January film releases -- this month is the traditional dumping time for studio films that didn't quite work out -- ''The Butterfly Effect'' is staggeringly bad.

Starring Ashton Kutcher, the shaggy-haired young actor best known for ''Dude, Where's My Car?'' and for dating Demi Moore, ''Butterfly'' is a supposed thriller that mines the memory loss theme that has been turning up with striking regularity in American movies, from ''Memento'' to ''Paycheck.'' Mr. Kutcher's character, Evan Treborn, is an earnest college student whose life has been marked by a series of blackouts surrounding traumatic events. Majoring in psychology (he keeps a rat maze in his dorm room), he hopes to discover the reason behind the mysterious black holes in his mind.

Simple self-protection might be one possible explanation, given that his repressed memories include, as the film reveals in a spiraling series of flashbacks, being nearly strangled to death as an 8-year-old by his criminally insane father; being forced to participate in a child pornography video directed by the abusive father (Eric Stoltz) of the little girl, Kayleigh, he has a crush on; watching as a young woman and her baby are blown to bits in a practical joke gone wrong; and watching as the neighborhood bully, Tommy (who also happens to be Kayleigh's brother), ties Evan's beloved terrier up in a canvas bag and sets it on fire. That's a lot to handle right there, but the film's writing and directing team, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, have some even more appalling atrocities in store for Evan as a young adult.

For reasons the film does not trouble to explain, Evan discovers that, if he reads a few lines from his childhood journals, he will be projected back in time to his traumatic moments, where he can change his behavior in small ways that will make a big difference later on. (This is where the title comes in, with its reference to the old canard about a butterfly flapping its wings in China and producing a tidal wave in New York.)

Sometimes Evan's adjustments seem to work out, as when he awakes from a time-travel session to find himself sharing a sorority house bed with Kayleigh, now grown into a radiantly happy 18-year-old (played by Amy Smart). But mostly his changes just lead to greater disasters, including one alternate reality in which Kayleigh is a scarred, drug-addled prostitute, living in what looks like Jodi Foster's old digs in ''Taxi Driver,'' and another in which Evan loses his arms and the use of his legs.

The complicated plotting soon spins wildly out of the control of the filmmakers (their last credit: ''Final Destination 2'') and begins producing unintentional laughs, as when Evan wakes up to find himself the newest and prettiest resident of a prison full of predatory neo-Nazi homosexuals.

But if the storytelling induces brain cramp, the imagery brings on a bad case of acid indigestion. The filmmakers return again and again to their movie's most repulsive visuals: the two naked children standing before a video camera, the dog squirming in the flaming bag, the mother, with her baby in her arms, approaching the mailbox in which Tommy has planted a lighted stick of dynamite. ''The Butterfly Effect,'' which opens nationwide today, is inhabited by a genuine spirit of cruelty, both toward its characters and its audience.

''The Butterfly Effect'' has been rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It includes several scenes of graphic violence, many directed against children and animals.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber; director of photography, Matthew F. Leonetti; edited by Peter Amundson; music by Michael Suby; production designer, Douglas Higgins; produced by Chris Bender, A. J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen and J C Spink; released by New Line Cinema. Running time: 113 minutes. This film is rated R.

WITH: Ashton Kutcher (Evan), Amy Smart (Kayleigh), Eric Stoltz (Mr. Miller), William Lee Scott (Tommy), Elden Henson (Lenny), Ethan Suplee (Thumper) and Melora Walters (Andrea).

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Assassin Sam Worthington must Fight to Survive & Hunt to Kill in 'The Hunter's Prayer' (Trailer)

Assassin Sam Worthington must Fight to Survive & Hunt to Kill in ‘The Hunter’s Prayer’ (Trailer)

    “Are you going to kill me?” “Yes.” “How do you do it? I mean it’s like your job, right?” “I do what I have to do.” In ‘The Hunter’s Prayer’ an assassin is sent to kill a young woman but finds himself unable to pull the trigger. The action-thriller focuses on Lucas, (Sam Worthington), a solitary assassin, hired to kill a young woman, Ella, (Odeya Rush). When he can’t bring himself to pull the…

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Anthony Rhulen Death - Obituary | Anthony Rhulen Dead

Anthony Rhulen Death - Anthony Rhulen Obituary | Cause Of Death : At 12:40a.m., 19th of January 2021, Dead-Death learned about the unexpected death of Anthony Rhulen. - click link to read

Anthony Rhulen Death – Anthony Rhulen Obituary | Cause Of Death : At 12:40a.m., 19th of January 2021, Dead-Death learned about the unexpected death of Anthony Rhulen. The news about this death has brought deep unhappiness to the hearts of Rhulen’s friends, family and every concerned persons, and words cannot express how devastated they are at this difficult time of mourning their beloved…

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El efecto mariposa 2

Teniendo la capacidad de retroceder el tiempo, ¿quién no volvería atrás para tratar de solucionar los caminos erróneos?

La película quiere ser una segunda parte de "El efecto mariposa" pero  es un intento fallido. Se nota que desea lograr el mismo efecto que la primera pero no lo consigue. Decepcionante. Parece que toda la historia está sacada de la nada y no hay un argumento sólido.

En entretenida y se hace corta, pero no supone una gran aportación. Si no sabes el contexto puedes llegar a pensar que el protagonista viaja en el tiempo por una especie de superpoder que no comprendemos.

Nota: 4

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Shrapnel | Directed by John McTiernan

SHRAPNEL tells the story of two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the remote Rocky Mountain wilderness. FORD is a former American soldier who fought on the front lines in Bosnia. When our story begins, he has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods, trying to escape painful memories of war. The drama begins when KOVAC, a former Serbian soldier, seeks Ford out, hoping to settle an old score. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game in which Ford and Kovac fight their own personal World War III, with battles both physical and psychological. By the end of the film, old wounds are opened, suppressed memories are drawn to the surface, and long-hidden secrets about both Ford and Kovac are revealed.

Director: John Mc Tiernan ( Die Hard 1&3, Predator, The Hunt for Red October) Producers: Paul Breuls, Anthony Rhulen Screenwriter: Evan Daugherty Start Principal Photography: May 2011

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Anthony Rhulen Death - Obituary | Anthony Rhulen Dead - Passed Away

Anthony Rhulen Death - Dead,  Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death, Passed Away: On January 19th, 2021, InsideEko Media learned about the death of Anthony Rhulen through social media publications made on Twitter. Click to read and leave tributes.

Anthony Rhulen Death – Dead,  Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death, Passed Away: On January 19th, 2021, InsideEko Media learned about the death of Anthony Rhulen through social media publications made on Twitter. InsideEko is yet to confirm Anthony Rhulen’s cause of death as no health issues, accident or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing. This death has caused…

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'Evidence' Goes in Spec Deal To Bold Films

EXCLUSIVE: Bold Films has paid six-figures to buy Evidence, a spec script by first time writer John Swetnam, who’ll be given first crack at directing. Marc Platt will produce along with FilmEngine’s Anthony Rhulen and Jake Wagner, and Bold’s Michael Litvak and David Lancaster. Police arrive at an abandoned gas station following a brutal massacre. The only evidence at the crime scene is the victims’ personal electronic devices, including a camcorder, flip Cam, and two cell phones.  With nothing else to go on, a detective must analyze the bits of “found footage” to piece together the identity of the killer. Script was one of several that went out late last week, and was the first to sell. Adam Siegel will be exec producer with Gary Michael Walters. APA’s David Boxerbaum brokered the deal with FilmEngine.

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