There is something wrong here.

The Movie: Den of Lions, directed by James Bruce
Recommendation: Broomie.
Reason: Apparently he wanted to test the theory that Stephen Dorff kills movies.

Stephen Dorff was not necessary to kill this movie. Not that it was such a great idea to start with, but between the casting, the other actors, the cinematography, the special effects guy's disturbing love of massive explosions and the horrible, horrible editing, Stephen Dorff was just...excess baggage. Seriously, no one ever needs to see this movie.

There's a technique I don't know the name of, something in the editing booth, in which a series of very short, impactful sequences are edited together as a sort of montage to demonstrated the passage of time and the deterioration of the subject (used to decent effect in movies like...Saw, I think, and Oldboy). Whoever edited this awful waste of my time and effort must have seen that once upon a time and really, really liked it. He used it for EVERYTHING. Like his special effects buddy decided that there isn't a bad time for an explosion.

This review might seem scattered, but this movie was so inarticulate as to be an offense to the art of filmmaking. I feel like I'm likely to forget say...Doctor Strangelove, because I've seen Den of Lions and they're cancelling one another out. I can't really emphasize enough how annoying this movie was. Just don't bother subjecting yourself to it.

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