Cat's Eye [Region 2]

Buy This Item Cat's Eye [Region 2]  Available from Amazon  $46.99  on 11-16-2008     The Cats Eye. Follow a furry tabby cat through his adventures while trying to find a little girl who appears to him in visions and needs his help to kill a small troll in her room. Quite a few 80's stars in here, definatly worth adding to the collection, I have a feeling its going to be out of print soon. Reader Reviews Drew Barrymore in one of her first starring roles isn't exactly a great invitation to watch a movie, but I bought this anyway because it was apparently adapted from a Stephen King work I had never even heard of. Is it any good? Yes and No. All the best parts have nothing to do with Drew, and quite honestly, she didn't even have much to do in the movie. To call this a `movie' would be incorrect. Its more of a `collection of vignettes'. The film is divided into three broad sections, and each has nothing to do with the other, except for the fact that one single cat plays the observer in all the segments. The cat `sees' Drew ask him for help in the first scene, and he goes through various situations all trying to find her. The final piece of the movie is when the cat finds Drew and is adopted by her. But not so quick! His destiny is finally revealed. Turns out there is an evil goblin that comes out at night in Drews' room to `take away her soul', and the climax is a hilarious fight between the cat and the goblin. No prizes for guessing who wins. This is by no stretch of the imagination a `horror' film. With all its' early 1980's `special effects', it borders on camp, and really, its quite watchable. The middle of the film sags (it has nothing to do with the cat, instead its all about one man being tortured by another, by making him hang off the edge of a high-rise building) but I really can't hold it against the makers if this was all in the book that Stephen King wrote. Remind me never to read that book though! Ah yes, the first part of the movie has an inane segment where a mans' wife is forcibly tortured unless he quits smoking (??). This sort of bizarre theme might work if handled differently, but here it becomes satire. And yes, Drew Barrymore acts terribly and is in the film for maybe ten minutes. Three Stars. Despite being thoroughly idiotic and dated, this is one of those perfect drunk-night movies where you can point to the screen and laugh out loud with all your friends. Its that hilarious.

Cat's Eye [Region 2] Available from Amazon Price: $46.99 Updated on 11-16-2008.

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