New Rose Hotel

Movie Info

Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Abel Ferrara
Christ Zois
William Gibson (story)

Directed by: Abel Ferrara

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 8, 1999
DVD: December 14, 1999

Running Time: 92 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for strong sexuality and language, including some sex-related dialogue

Starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Yoshitaka Amano, Annabella Sciorra, and Gretchen Mol

Criminals Fox (Walken) and X (Dafoe) use and Italian prostitute (Argento) to seduce a Japanese genetic scientist and learn his secrets.

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Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

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Dori D. gave it a4:
Some cool moments, but I have no idea what the hell happened in this movie. The ending (in which earlier scenes and quotes are repeated over and over again) was painful to say the least. What might lead a film maker to end a film like this is beyond me.

Kristoffer W. gave it a6:
I enjoyed it for the good bursting mind job it pulls on you (if you manage to attain any sort of grasp of the plot). Not much eye candy but a lot of ear candy a'la christopher walken's typical persona. Yoshitaka Amano's appearance in the movie shocked me to no end as I've followed his art work for years and never really realised he was in a movie (though I recall a rumor of it). A good movie for Christopher Walken's cult following, Dafoe is fairly strong in it (though every time I see him I can't help but place his face on the character Xar from "The Death Gate Cycle" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman...when they making a movie of that by the way?) and if you need a little brain work out (and can look past the slightly excessive nudity) this is a good movie for you. However-avoid 3:00 am viewing. Especially when on network television. The commercials make it hard to follow the flow of the movie.

Misha S. gave it a 6:
NRH is ideally suited for William Gibson fans, who I think might be satisfied with the screen adaptation of a short story that is just shy of two pages long. Its general dark and moody tones are in harmony with the characteristic plot lines, however, viewers who havn't read the short story or are not fans of the genre will likely find NRH incoherent and pointless. The plot is generally weak, but the cinematography is quite good in that it stays faithful to the cyberpunk meets film noir hybrid genre.

Maantas T. gave it a 10:
Very good atmosphere created in a film, its not a film to track the story, its for the mood.

Kristoffer W. gave it a 6:
I enjoyed it for the good bursting mind job it pulls on you (if you manage to attain any sort of grasp of the plot). Not much eye candy but a lot of ear candy a'la christopher walken's typical persona. Yoshitaka Amano's appearance in the movie shocked me to no end as I've followed his art work for years and never really realised he was in a movie (though I recall a rumor of it). A good movie for Christopher Walken's cult following, Dafoe is fairly strong in it (though every time I see him I can't help but place his face on the character Xar from "The Death Gate Cycle" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman...when they making a movie of that by the way?) and if you need a little brain work out (and can look past the slightly excessive nudity) this is a good movie for you. However-avoid 3:00 am viewing. Especially when on network television. The commercials make it hard to follow the flow of the movie.

Misha S. gave it a 6:
NRH is ideally suited for William Gibson fans, who I think might be satisfied with the screen adaptation of a short story that is just shy of two pages long. Its general dark and moody tones are in harmony with the characteristic plot lines, however, viewers who havn't read the short story or are not fans of the genre will likely find NRH incoherent and pointless. The plot is generally weak, but the cinematography is quite good in that it stays faithful to the cyberpunk meets film noir hybrid genre.