ChrisGallery - Absolon

Absolon

Jon's Review 15.7.03

Since I only became a big fan of our friend Christophe's work late 2001, I had enough films to amuse me until Druids and Point Men came out, that I've never had that problem of having to sit around, twiddling my thumbs waiting for his next film to appear.
This didn't last for too long though, as midway last year I heard Christophe was filming Absolon, and since by that stage I'd run out of this stuff to watch that was either accessible or that I was particularly interested in seeing, so I was rubbing my hands in anticipation.
After seeing the trailer at the start of this year, I became all the more eager and impatient to see it, and finally today it arrived in the mail and I got to see it.

Was the wait worth it? Well, it was for me, Christophe very rarely does movies that I don't like, and none since the 80s.
The story is quite interesting and original (it has a real nirvana type setting, except of course it's US this time), and while it probably won't take the world by storm, it certainly makes for very enjoyable viewing.
Christophe's character certainly isn't breaking new ground but what did you expect? He's a solemn bloke, who lives in isolation and has a kind of sadness to him (I hope you don't consider this a spoiler).
Very occasionally a bit of the Gunmen persona comes through however, and it's always welcome.

In terms of action, the movie is solid, and the special effects and general photography is decent, so I never got the impression it was made on the very small budget that it was. But then I've never seen a Lambert movie that really looked cheap, save maybe Adrenalin.
The romance is very typical stuff, but there's no red-blooded bloke out there that would disagree when I state that Kelly Brook is hot propery!
She's also a very competent actor, and I think her name might become a lot better known within a year or two!

Moving onto Onto Lou-Diamond Phillips and Ron Perlman, the bad guys.
I've actually seen very little of Perlman and nothing of the Phillips before this movie, but I can safely say they're adequate for their roles, but I won't be looking through video store shelves to find more of their work.

But anway, Christophe is definatly the King of low-budget sci-fi, and Absolon has stretched that reign for a few more years yet!