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Oct 10 07:18 UTC 1999

_The Spanish Prisoner_  Maybe I am just a conditioned fan of Mahmet's
films but this one was way kewl.  I know/knew enough about his style to
predict many of the plot twists as we watched but it was still very much
enjoyable to watch how the plot played out.  Well worth the 7.99 OSCOS's
pre-viewed video price for the VHS cassete.  It is just so kewl.  We
know its a 'con job' because we know his films, but we don't 'know' what
the 'conjob' is until----well....Besides, you know the character actors
he likes to use.  (Here are some new ones sure to show up in future
offerings)  About the only complaint I have about the film is I still
want to know what 'the process' is.  Is it a synthetic gasoline (from a
much earlier film involving George C. Scott)?  Is it a 'wonderdrug'?  We
never find out.  And his awsome touch of throwing in that 'cameo'
appearance of a well known actor of his films who is in fact NOT who we
see him as is blissfully well done.  I woulda payed full price to see it
in a movie theater and still woulda bought the video.  ITs still not
_The Usual Suspects_ type of quality, but it is damn close.