| Remedy | 
 enlarge | Actors: Rick Aiello, Krie Alden, Cane, Candice Coke, Jon Doscher
Studio: Mti Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 74244
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 82
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 039414520439
EAN: 0039414520439
ASIN: B0007DBJIW
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: March 29, 2005
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 Big-name actors in a "B" production. July 24, 2008
The concept of Remedy (2005) is a lot like that of going to a pub,
the idea is big but often turns out to be not so big, when the evening is over.
Present, are the big-name actors Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore playing businessmen, with a confident Jon Doscher who's a dentist running his own practice, with a profitable recreational and amateur coke dealing on the side.
It's perhaps too easy to dismiss "Remedy" as tripe and outrageous, for the simple
reason that the commerce and consumption of illicit substances is a widespread, large
phenomenon in today's society, with billions of dollars at play and millions in clientele.
The positive aspect of this work, is bringing to light the personal demons
that many Americans suffer from, which is addiction, in this case, by an art school
graduate (who has never had to work for a living on anything resembling a 9 to 5
schedule, being the heir to a fortune, managed by his Uncle, played by Frank vincent.)
As such, this work is somewhat reminiscent of "Trainspotting", with the syringes used for
coke injection, freebasing through a pipe, alcoholism, (with the accompanying side
effects of withdrawl, cold sweats, vomits, hallucinations in broad daylight,
flashbacks from memory impairment) and sexual anarchy. Thus, the main character is
shown as psychologically and emotionally fragile, and vulnerable to the hidden motives of
his girlfriend.
Here, Doscher is shown indulging a cougar with intimacy at his clinic, all the while
partaking in menage a trois, and orgies with a stealth lesbian as his girlfriend, as they
struggle with boredom when they get together.
Next, there is a very real, credible acting throughout the picture, apparently filmed on
location with a full view of the Brooklyn Bridge, together with a number of glossy, attractive women throughout probably to embellish the otherwise bleak sequences which typically revolve around, as stated, the helpless, chaotic and unproductive lifestyle of drug dependents.
The elements that are distracting in this picture, is the haphazard or randomly chosen
musical numbers throughout, almost like a random flipping of an FM or AM radio
coupled with a DVD transfer that at least over the first half of the work, is grainy, with a technique almsot the same as a commonplace TV weekly series.
Another unsettling fact is that what is filmed on DVD, is not a pan-and-scan, and does not capture the entire screen of the underlying picture, actually truncating all the pictures and scenes that are outside or exceed the "square box" on the silver screen, not boding well.
At least one officer is shown as crossing the line, and indulging in alcohol and pleasures with showgirls, shown here multiple times in a strip bar, for titillation of viewers; the character ironically comments on Doscher and others as "People who have lost their moral compass. Nobody knows how to behave anymore!"
The ending ends somewhat clumsily, with no tension having been built to that point,
unfortunately, yet packing a surprise nonetheless.
 The Remedy for "Remedy" June 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched about 10 minutes of people overdosing and shooting up, popped the DVD out, stuck it in the car & headed to the video rental store. The film wound up riding around in my car for several days before I decided to see if it got better. So I brought the DVD in from car, waited until I was alone in the house, and watched the film from beginning to end. Sometimes I forget whether I've seen a movie or not; so writing this review will help me to remember NEVER to rent it again. I found it to be poorly done, completely trashy. As one of the characters says, "He's lost his moral compass." Maybe that was the point. There was little else to redeem the film.
Christian Maelen played the lead Bentley and directed himself in his first project as a director. The acting and directing processes are so dissimilar that it's hard to do both concurrently, unless the director's role is relegated to one or two short scenes IMHO. At least, Maelen doesn't do it well. Maelen has a small part in "Brooklyn Rules" with Freddie Prinze Jr. & Alec Balwin that's set for release this year. As Bentley, there really is no depth to the character. He's always high or throwing up over the toilet or foaming at the mouth. He plays a suffering rich boy artist, but the material was so grim that there was NO appeal even with his soulful suffering puppy dog eyes.
Candice Coke plays Bentley's girlfriend. She's done some TV work on "Scrubs," "CSI New York," & "As the World Turns." Her love scene with Bentley was the most interesting section. Coke plays the part fairly well, seeming so sympathetic that the reversal at the end of the film was a surprise. She does an adequate job in a very poor film.
Nicholas Reiner was one of the writers on the film and plays Josh, the drug-dealing friend who winds up with a bullet in his side. The story then revolves loosely about solving his murder until the bodies start piling up at the film's conclusion. Reiner was adequately believable in a film populated by low-life characters.
Rick Aiello whose face is familiar from work on "CSI" & "Law & Order" TV episodes plays the wife beating, drug dealing father who plays with his child and then smashes his girlfriend in the face. The scene where he's sitting there with the needle hanging from his neck and his daughter being taken away by detectives was thrown away at director Maelen's hands, but had the potential to be one of the few affecting scenes in the film.
I think my favorite sleazy performance of the film was by Jon Doscher as Dr. Evan Quinn, a dentist who is in the money and can afford to have illicit substances surround him. The scene where a middle-aged patient cons him into having relations was another low, but actually had some humor. Quinn has a gorgeous girlfriend that he treats poorly.
Krie Alden plays Quinn's girlfriend Melissa. She's a gorgeous red head, probably a model and does a fairly good job of not being too wooden. Maureen Van Zandt, wife of musician Steve Van Zandt, who played Gabriella Dante on a few episodes of "The Sopranos," does a good job as the topless dancer who has a girl on girl scene with Melissa. The situation is tacky as the moral standard is free love and doing drugs.
Ace Frehley does a great job as Johnny, the mystical dealer who supplies Bentley. Johnny is kind of like the tobacco companies, selling product while trying to talk their clients out of using it. As the weathered sage, he probably has some of the best moments of the film.
While there are a few adequate performances in the film, I found the direction not up to the match. I was frequently bored. One scene does not wind you up and send you into the next. Rather there is a succession of low after low that makes one endure sitting through the film. No, I did not like the material and should have read the box more closely. The story also did not make much sense. Frank Vincent, who played Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos, as Bentley's uncle should have taken a stronger hand. As is, the remedy for "Remedy" is to avoid it. Taxi!
 I love this movie March 10, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
We can't always take cinema seriously. That being said, I loved REMEDY for what it is: a film that DOESN'T take itself seriously and indulges the viewer in the sordid unkempt world of it's rock and roll characters. They screw and drug their way through a murder mystery that keeps you guessing.
Ace Frehley WAS amazing as other reviewers have said, and to those with negative comments- Get a life- obviously this is tongue in cheek stuff- and it's well done at that.
A movie that isn't worth watching February 26, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I started to watch this movie and I thought that I was back at work. I work in the social work field and deal with "drug related" problems during my work hours. I didn't like this movie at all. From the first 45 minutes into this movie the plot was totally based on people using drugs and ruining thier lives. Yes, it does tell of what happens to people that "use" and how your life can be messed up. I didn't need to watch this movie for that information. I don't know what the other reviewers are talking about when they were reviewing this movie, but to me this isn't worth my time or money. Definately not recommended to anyone that has a brain and wants to use it.
Ace is back and he told you so... January 6, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I usually do not like this genre of movie but I must say that this flick held my attention from beginning to end. Great story, solid acting and a delightful turn at the end. With Ace Frehley as a brilliantly played Johnny and a couple of Sopranos cast members Remedy packs a decent list of names. Candice Coke is also suberb (not to mention lovely) as Michelle. Try it out, you won't be disappointed.
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