The Electric Man

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This is a movie you do not want to miss. Great indie sci-fi. Very fun and enjoyable film. Great acting and story. I loved this trippy sci-fi comedy. This was just the entertaining break I needed in my day.

Awesome performances by Vernon Wells, Eric Roberts, and others... This trippy film takes us on an adventure. While the film is slow moving, the eventual punchline makes it all worth it. An amazing story well worth the watch. ::SPOILERS:: What makes this film so good is its use of a multiverse type concept that allows Rowen to explore alternative lives. Rowen's exploration of these lives eventually leads him to a truth that he needs to go home but how is he supposed to do that. Touching on concepts of the divine and infernal influences makes for an interesting twilight zone trip.

It pains me to see the once great Eric Roberts in super low budget "movies" like this. I mean you watch Runaway Train and you watch this and you just ask yourself what happened? Yeah, Tom Sizemore's career has been nothing but these low budget amateurfests the last couple decades and I know Roberts hasn't been doing the best work either (he was great in The Righteous Gemstones this season) but Roberts was one a very respected actor. The story is drawn out, long passages of boring dialog and what seems like a 20 minute movie made into a 90 minute one. It's got a great title - I bet the few people who watched it did so because of the title but the movie does not live up to the title. It was a hard watch. I wanted to like it and I gave it every chance. But bad script and terrible acting abounds and this was awful. If you check out the cast's other credits you see lots of "short films" and "movies" like this. The entire budget was spent on Sizemore and Roberts and they probably shot their scenes in 2 days. Not sure how many "a fun ride" reviews the director can put in here (not remotely a fun ride) but if you check out the other "reviews" they're not real.

This is a psychedelic journey through existentialism, theology and the ever present theory of multi universes. Enjoy the ride through mind bending time jumps, vampirism, zombie hoards and the devil himself!

Great performances unfold in a dynamic and unpredictable story with clever twists and turns that keep the narrative intense and get your attention from start to finish. Throughout the story, the director achieves fascinating atmospheres that contribute a lot to this Film. Many familiar faces!

What a fun, wild ride! Trippy, funny, and just thoroughly entertaining. The acting was really good, especially for a lower budget film. Great to see recognizable actors like Eric Roberts and Tom Sizemore in this eclectic mix. If you're into indies and a kind of B-film homage, this is for you. Just really fun!

Viewers who don't mind dialogue-heavy films and serious themes should find The Electric Man an interesting watch. While it does have a point of view it never pushes it to the point of alienating those, like myself, who don't necessarily agree with it. I will say I wasn't thrilled by the way it all works out in the end, but others will probably get a chuckle from it.

A movie that proves general audiences have fallen well below the lowest common denominator. All the low scores here are ridiculous and show the ineptitude of movie watchers who find the Star Wars and Marvel universes as the be all end all. This movie is smart, weird, quirky and so much fun. However, being that it is stagnant of action, and is dialogue heavy, the impatient masses won't appreciate this movie for what it is. Felt like going to a small playhouse and watching a well rehearsed play. Loved it.

Nothing that I saw made any sense, nobody had seen the script more than an hour before they started shooting, none of the 'acting' was even worthy of being called acting and nothing compelled me to watch after the first few minutes ! The camera work and lighting were acceptable and the editing didn't suck too badly but those are the only good things you can say about this garbage, don't waste your time !