NekoHomey
Purely Joyful Movie!
Payno
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Brenda
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Jenni Devyn
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
OllieSuave-007
This is a sci-fi drama about plastic surgeon Larry Roberts (Albert Finney) who performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models for perfection. However, when the models start to die mysteriously, Dr. Roberts starts investigating, along with surviving model Cindy Fairmont (Susan Dey). The trail leads them to the activities of high-tech computer company Digital Matrix.Looker has an interesting storyline that contains some good-old fashion detective work of murder solving, made more mysterious and intriguing by the involvement of the high-tech company and the sci-fi elements. The acting was actually good and the pacing was steady. The story could have used more suspense, though, as I thought the investigative scenes lacks some gotcha moments and tension. There were also some plot holes that left some questions unanswered in the movie. But overall, it's not a bad sci-fi drama to spend a quiet afternoon with and is a worth a look.Grade B-
mm-39
Michael Crichton movies usually have the same themes, new technology, such technology causes problems when misused by people. Looker's story is about the quest for beauty. How surgery and computer imagery can create the quest for for beauty. How commercial media creates a unrealistic standards for society. The movie's storyline becomes a made for t v murder mystery. What does not work for Looker is the 1981 view of high technology looks cheesy for 2013. The effects are laughable for today! Looker's has eye candy, and slick 1980's feel which reflects the times well. The movie reminds me of the bad production of H B O use to make before H B O made great series like Band of Brothers. Looker reminds me of the 1980's cheesy series The Hitcher. I give Looker a four out of ten.
Aaron1375
I enjoyed this movie a lot as a kid as I enjoyed the flash guns and the other nifty computer stuff. This movie also has a bit of nudity in it, funny considering this movie was rated pg. It even has a couple of good deaths in it too. Just not the kind of stuff you would find in a movie these days unless it were just showing a male butt on screen. Here you get brief images of models and it is quite nice to look at. The plot has a plastic surgeon's patients dying off. What is strange is that none of these women seem to need any surgery to begin with. One particular girl kind of gets close to the doctor and through a series of events they uncover strange going ons. This movie is very entertaining as it has it all it seems. Good action here and there, some mystery, and some nice imagery. You also have a cool flash gun that stuns a person for a good while when used. It also has its rather funny scenes as a couple of those deaths that happen when they are filming those bad commercials are just great. The cast is rather good too, as Albert Finney may not be an action star, but he does really good here. James Coburn is also very good and they have a nice assortment of attractive girls too. They just do not make them like this anymore unfortunately.
scrlllah1
I haven't seen it as much as everyone else posting here. But, remembered, none-the-less, most of it. Just wanted to say a couple things, about it. Aside from the thought of albert finney, as a action hero. It was out of necessity, of his characters' need to know the truth. And then getting in too deep. I thought he was great in it. And the idea of the manipulating with light flashes, was brilliant. I was never sure if this story didn't just come from a true experiment, some where. The gun used, worked sort of like, the bright flash of video games on an epileptic. Only instead of a seizure. You get a mental-pause. Seems to me, to be a completely plausible idea. Doctors are delving still further into how the brain works. For medical healing and understanding, of the overall operations. Only years away from being realistic. A mental anesthesia. Again, unless its already real, some where. spookyFor, the person, who commented about the gun being useful in wars, and police procedures. Just think of it as a regular gun. In the wrong hands, it does, harm. I can see all kinds of crime being committed with one of those. As you can clearly tell from the movie. I wouldn't want it to be made to be real. But, it still would be cool. Good luck future!