Layover (2001)

Really Surprised!

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

David Hasselhoff. I've never understood why he's so beloved worldwide. He can't act, sing or dance (as one unintentionally hilarious scene oof him at a rave displays). Now comes Layover. This movie has to be seen to be believed. To call this a B-Movie would be an insult to the alphabet. For me, this movie is the funniest 90 minutes I have ever spent. I have seen many great comedies, but none had me on the verge of having a seizure from an overload of laughter. The first 30 minutes of the plot is actually good. It almost reaches Mamet "Heist and Con" territory. The rest is just a sleazy, violent, incredibly awful, accidentally funny movie experience. SPOILER ALERT: Check out some of the dialogue (I know them from memory, as I've seen this movie 3 times now):DAN (Hasselhoff): "I'm so scared, I've got my balls coming up to my lungs."Jack GiLardo (supremely mysoginstic, evil guy who goes against Dan): (to Dan) "Not a bad day's work, Danny Boy. Escaping from the cops and finding me. You've got more gonads than I thought."SEXY GIRL speaking to Dan after having slept with him and then conned him twice: "I bet the last time you've been F*#$ked three times in 12 hours was in college."Dan Responds:"Not even then."OKAY JUST ONE MORE, HAHAHA:Dan, speaking to a beautiful temptress that has supremely conned him: (describing himself) "A guy so nice, you f*&^ked him twice." -- it rhymes, get it? Well, Hasselhoff is an acclaimed lyricist/songwriter.A SEX SCENE also appears in it, although it is filmed so awkwardly that a guy watching would be almost disturbed. What went wrong in this scene? The girl is pretty. An Italian model in real life. Could it be the fact that she and David Hasselhoff have sex on top of strange peoples luggage in some storage room? Or could it because she nearly falls off him at one point while unsuccessfully attempting to straddle him?PRICELESS. I just can't get enough of this. This one has to make it to the bottom 100. And the greatest thing is that on German Amazon.com, the movie has received an average customer rating of 5,yes, count 'em up, 5 stars. That's the highest rating? Germans just love the guy. But I'm not dumping the Germans here, cuz some Americans I know enjoyed this too. They found it unpredictable and edgy! That sounds like a razor blade to me and getting sliced with it would be half as painful as watching this.Anyone who loves campy and supremely hilarious yet unintentional comedies, please rent this.Let me also point out the the "autuer" of this crap fest is Alan B. McElroy. This guy got a screenwriting masters degree from Columbia University. IVY LEAUGE! This could have been penned better by a drunk donkey. He also wrote the Spawn script. That was decent. I'll give the guy some slack.I found this at my local Blockbuster. They carry a vhs and dvd version of it, but they don't have "Night of the Hunter" or "Rashomon." The world is coming to an end people.

This was one of thoes suprise movies that when walking through your local movie store you walk right by. One day there was nothing to rent so I grabbed it. It was a shocker it was great, the movie just kept on changing and changing and in the end ended up being one of the best movies that i'v seen this year. Now I know that some cynical peaple just pass by and write it off as a bad movie just because it stars David Hasslehoff but hey this is easily david's best work. A must see, so watch it and give it a try.

This somewhat typical action thriller starts off pretty inauspiciously, dominated by overtones about marital affairs, cheap foul language and banality, and Greg Henry's in-your-face bad guy. The second half serves to partially acquit it as the plot unfolds more and David Hasselhoff, the sucker protagonist, gradually becomes less of a sucker. Altho the pace of the second half is good, we are still waiting for something good, but that happens at the end with a surely unexpected twist. Not much depth but OK as a thriller to rent for an evening.

For whatever reason, it seems this terrific flick went straight to Video/DVD. I think it definitely had big-screen potential.Alan McElroy should be commended for a great job. David Hasselhoff and supporting cast did outstanding work. I have always enjoyed "bad-boy" Gregg Henry, and it was a treat to see the beautiful and talented Sherri Alexander in a major film role...I bet we'll be seeing a lot more of this wonderful actress in years to come.This movie has an exciting storyline with surprising twists. I highly recommend it!