The Mod Squad [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of The Mod Squad [VHS]
Movie Review: Good one
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent film which gives three young stars a chance to shine. Claire Danes is the pick, but the others are great too. The story is a great realistic one and the film does not make the mistake that so many do by becoming to full of effects. This is an actors film, so if you want purile stories with a backdrop of effects, go watch TITANIC, if you have a brain, watch this!Movie Review: Who gave this film the Green Light... I Want Names.
Summary: 1 Stars
The TV-to-Film Curse Rears its Ugly Head once again with "The Mod Squad". ("The Avengers", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Lost in Space", "Leave it to Beaver" and "Dragnet" are other such Cursed films, while "The Addams Family", "Charlies Angels", "The Fugitive", "Mission Impossible" and "The Brady Bunch Movie" are the Exceptions)This Ill-Conceived Mess of a film stars Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps as "The Mod Squad", a title that may have fit the times of the Series, but it will be Lost on the films Target Audience, but not to worry, The Target Audience will be Lost after the films first 5 minutes as the film has Absolutely Nothing worth Hanging Around for. Even the 3 Talented Leads look like they are Cursing the day they signed on for this Debacle.
Ok, now to the Plot... Ok, we can Skip reviewing the plot as the Filmmakers forgot to Include one, they must have thought that the 3 stars Charisma would be enough... They thought Wrong. Claire Danes might be a Great and Beautiful Actress, but only One of those Qualities are on show here and it doesn't take a Brain Surgeon to figure out which. Omar Epps is downright Annoying and Giovanni Ribisi looks Embarrassed and hides behind Sunglasses for the Lacklustre yet Mercifully Short 80 minute running time. They are all Good, Talented Actors. There is Never Any Doubt that it is All the Filmmakers fault.
Avoid " The Mod Squad" like The Plague; It gives "The Avengers" a run for its money as the Worst Remake of a TV show Ever.
Movie Review: Two words --- Giovanni Ribisi
Summary: 1 Stars
Mostly forgetable flick with no real target audience...Ribisi once again desperately tries to be cool, and fails miserably.Claire Danes' and Omar Epps' considerable talents were wasted on this one.
Movie Review: Tired
Summary: 1 Stars
"The Mod Squad" is a tired rehash of conventional action films, as though the producers had placed them all into a blender and pressed them out into a sub-cartoon, teenybopper formula. In general, I thought that it was a misfire, on account of its dull pace and dreary subject matter, not to mention the fact that it was disastrously aimed at an audience that wouldn't have probably been born in time to appreciate the 70s TV series!Movie Review: Actors, Audience Given The Short Shrift
Summary: 1 Stars
Three young people on the wrong side of the law are given a chance to turn their lives around and become useful members of society by becoming undercover cops in "The Mod Squad," a resurrection of the hit television series of the `60's, directed by Scott Silver. Given their less than stellar backgrounds, and because of who they are and the people they know, Julie Barnes (Claire Danes), Pete Cochran (Giovanni Ribisi) and Lincoln Hayes (Omar Epps) can go places other cops can't, so they are tapped by Captain Adam Greer (Dennis Farina) to infiltrate a seedy night spot suspected of being a front for a prostitution ring. For a start, Julie gets a job there as a waitress, while Pete and Linc just "hang out" to find out what they may. Julie quickly becomes reacquainted with an old boyfriend, Billy Waites (Josh Brolin), who turns out to be involved with drugs, which are tied in to the shady dealings going down at the bar. Before it's over, the "squad" is in it up to their necks, while also running afoul of a bunch of wrong cops who are also involved with the drugs, and consequently tied in with their investigation. From the beginning of the movie, there is a sense that you are coming in late; as if it's presupposed that you know what's going on as far as the origin and workings of the squad. All you get here are brief mug-shot bios of the three that give you nothing more than a glimpse into their past; there's nothing about how this all actually came about. The thinking was probably that by doing it this way it would lead into the story quicker, get things moving along. While this is true to a certain extent, some added background would have made the texture of the story a bit more interesting; the way it was done here merely depreciates the credibility of the entire proceedings. The plot is marginal to begin with, and any time spent on character development would have been well worth the while. What's delivered, and quite unimaginatively at that, is a less than compelling story filled with one dimensional characters. The performances are satisfactory, but the actors get no help from the script, nor apparently from Silver; Danes, Ribisi and Epps come close to fleshing out Julie, Pete and Linc, but given the time allotted them, combined with the lack of support, they still fall way short of giving these people life. Farina, a good actor who deserves better than what he gets here, comes off as nothing more than a caricature of the "good cop." There's a feeling that everything was given the once-over in this film; some detail and nuance would have driven the stock up considerably on this one. The supporting cast includes Richard Jenkins (Detective Mothershed), Steve Harris (Briggs), Larry Brandenburg (Eckford), Lionel Mark Smith (Lanier) and Sam McMurray (Tricky). It's a shame to see the acting talent involved here wasted like this; a lot more thought and planning should have gone into the making of this movie. As it is, it comes across as ill-conceived and poorly executed. Danes, Ribisi and Epps are like Major Leaguers who got stuck playing for all the marbles at the local sandlot; instead of getting a shot at the title, they all got hung out to dry. Like Terry says in "On The Waterfront," "You was my brother, Charlie, you shoulda been looking out for me." Well, it's obvious that there was no Charlie to look out for them here, and after "The Mod Squad," they can all just hope for something better to come along the next time.