I finally saw a movie that I heard was interesting awhile back featuring Franke Potente of Bourne Identity fame. She plays the girlfriend of a low-level gangster who loses 100K in DEUTSCHEMARKS that he's supposed to give to the local gangster boss in 20 minutes. Lola, AKA Franke Potente is forced to try to come up with 100K in 20 minutes and meet him in front of a grocery store a mile or so away. There's some great shots of Lola running through the streets, and my God is there a lot of running. Lola getting money to her boyfriend Manni is replayed three different ways at 20 minutes a pop. All with different outcomes to all characters. It intertwines Lola's Papa's affair to throw a little more spice into the story, but really it's just a frenetically paced moved that's interesting because of the camera work and performance of Potente. I wasn't a huge fan, but I did like the camera work. I imagine in 1998 when it came out it was a lot more riveting and interesting.
Bottom Line: 7.1 out of 10. It was worth the dollar rental, that is a fact. The soundtrack of techno/punk/rocky stuff is pretty interesting as well. Nothing special, but a pretty decent 90 minutes of adrenaline.
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