In English (1998)Free Money may be the worst movie I've ever seen.
Roy Dupuis plays an escaped convict who runs through the trees until he gets shot. He doesn't have a single line; he just gets taken to the corrupt warden (Marlon Brando), who kills him. This scene happens fairly early in the film; in fact, I understand that it was supposed to open the film, but the producers decided it was too much of a downer, since they were trying to make a comedy. Take it from me, this isn't a comedy. It's not a drama, either. I'm not sure what it is.
Free Money was filmed in Quebec, and there are several familiar Quebecois faces in the film. I watched for about fifteen minutes after this scene, but the movie was so freaking bad that I just fast-forwarded and spot-watched to the end on the off chance that Roy would rise from the dead. He didn't.
Was Brando just desperate for some cash? (Free money?) I bet Roy took the part in order to meet Brando. Actually, I bet most of the cast took parts in order to work with Brando, because I can't believe that actors like Donald Sutherland, Mira Sorvino, and Martin Sheen actually read the script before agreeing to perform in this movie.
My God, was it bad. Negative stars,
Billie
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Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
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