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List Price: $4.99 | | Label: VCI Entertainment
Salesrank: 76935
Released: May 1, 2007 |
| Our Price: $14.95 |
| Used Price: $13.80 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WWII to make gasoline from synthetic products thereby eliminating the necessity for oil --- and oil companies. A major oil company uncovers this and tries to destroy the formula and anyone who knows about it.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/ESPIONAGE UPC: 879431000480 Manufacturer No: MAC48
The Formula Reviews:
UNDERATED 
2009-08-22 - This is a greatly underated film. It bombed at the box office when it was released. Undeservedly so, as it's a thought provoking premise bourne out by known facts. It's also prescient in the light of what's taken place since 2001, namely oil corporations and political power.
The commentary's very amusing via the director and scriptwriter. No other extras, but it's very cheap.
In short it's excellent entertainment and the 2 Oscar winners (rando and Scott)and infamous refusers are on top form - well worth the price alone. The picture of Brando on the front cover is nothing like what he looks like - he lokks an awful lot like Dick Cheney in the film (hmm, see what I mean about prescience).
Movies good but this is a DVD-R! 
2008-09-25 - This DVD release of The Formula from "VCI Entertainment" is a DVD-R, not a factory pressed DVD! The picture is also not as clear as a version I had previously rented from Netflix.
I guess it's not a big deal since it's only 4.99 but you would think Amazon would mention somewhere that it's a DVD-R anybody could have pressed on their computer. If I would have known that, I would have just made a copy of the one I rented.
Same story even today 
2008-09-15 - I've always liked the message of this story, that there were no longer enemies in the world, only customers. It's still is in the minds of the policy makers of today. Even though the technology is dated for this movie, the heart of the story is still true today.
On the downside, George C. Scott's performance did not totally fit the character, but I think the script needed some character transitions to make it all work better.
The Formula
2008-01-26 - My husband had been searching for this older movie. We couldn't locate anywhere. He is very happy with this purchase. Thanks Amazon
Formulaic 
2007-09-21 - This (I suspect) must have been an intriguing book of the page-turning type. Plot-heavy, you could always go back and re-read the bits you hadn't taken in from the start. As a film, however, it lacks drama, and I think it must be because the writer was just not fully aware how visual entertainment works, either on the screen or on the stage. There is a lack of emotional engagement from and between every single character: each one merely seems to be reading his lines from the book. These are good actors, so it's not so obvious, but the whole thing is like a jigsaw puzzle none of whose pieces quite fit. Moreover, the actors all seem to know this: I suppose it's the director's fault, as well as the writer's. None of these thespians seem at home. G.C.Scott is dead serious, but he convinces neither as a father nor as a lover: these are not roles he's comfortable with. Gielgud's appearance, and performance, is startlingly out-of-place. Brando looks as if he's on a frolic of his own, in an ill-fitting suit, pug nose, lip-padding, and the kind of haircut that always worries you whenever you see one. No. It's kind of interesting, but I couldn't call it good. The Jefferson quote was impressive.
