Maverick-80 Reviews

Ants in the Pants (2000)

Germany's funniest one this year

[9/10 · 19 April 2000]

While many German producers often try to adapt American stories and rewrite them for the German market, the producers of "Harte Jungs" went another way. Due to marketing reasons this film was often referred to as "the german answer to American Pie", but this is quite untrue. Except for everyone constantly talking about sex without having any live experience the two movies have nothing in common. Both of them are great. But as it is a German film with a very limited budget and very young actors (Luise Helm who plays Lisa is barely 17) "Harte Jungs" is even better.

Permanently amusing and never boring, this film definitely belongs to germany's best movies this year, even if it does not match the sophisticated standards of the movie critics, but who cares. Perfect entertainment, very good actors and permanent laughter make this movie one of my favorites in the first half of 2000.

Love Scenes from Planet Earth (1998)

An entertaining comedy of the new german film

[8/10 · 8 June 1999]

A film about what could be called the most important issue for conversations in the late 90s. As you see in the film, everyone talks, thinks and argues about it. Sex. When I say everyone, I mean it. Whether two teenagers, who pretend to have sex on a public toilet or an aging cleptoman, doesn't matter. Even the pope, according to the story-teller, has nothing else in mind.

The whole thing is a really funny and entertaining german comedy with impressive actors and a fresh, new story.

Virus (1999)

Filthy

[1/10 · 8 June 1999]

I have seen "Virus" at a sneak preview at a local cinema. That was luck for the producers! If I had visited the film intentionally and paid for it knowing it was to be shown, I would have been seriously worried about the way I spend my money. Not only the story was it, what was so horrible. In fact, there wasn't any story. A few good men enter a Russian ship and have to face an evil alien. Haha. there might be some people on this planet, who would've made a good movie out of this, but the producers of "Virus" didn't. The bad special effects, a mixture of elements of films like "Star Trek", "Alien" or "The Abyss", and the missing atmosphere make this movie one of the worst I've ever seen.