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Oct 28, 2023Giyarclurac rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It was a good movie! If you want to enhance your enjoyment of it, check out the special features at the end; but AVOID ONE OF THEM. The "visual essay" writing by R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance may be well done, but Palmer's awful,…
Oct 24, 2023Lamphead rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Seconds is a psychological horror about a banking executive that’s not necessarily happy with his life, until he gets an unexpected call from a familiar person that causes him to go down this rabbit hole of this discovery he came across.…
Jul 20, 2023darrynray rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I never thought I'd say this, but............ Rock Hudson is an artist.
Jun 15, 2023cmtucker7 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
It's a good film if you're into creepy, light horror.
May 15, 2023jonnybroom rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Gripping, weird, worth pondering.
Jul 26, 2022Mooseum rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A noirish dystopian story out of the Twilight Zone. Rock Hudson in his first "dramatic" role.
Sep 17, 2021The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
ROCK HUDSON stars as a surgically altered character initially played by John Randolph, who begins to have doubts about the advantages of his new existence, even though he understands that there is no turning back. The 1966 John…
Jul 26, 2021
Very good but the ending kind of dropped off!
Mar 26, 2021
The novel this was based on was written by David Ely, who wrote some very entertaining short stories as well as novels. I was first introduced to him with a nifty short story appearing in Playboy in 1970, "The Language Game" --- my buddy…
Mar 25, 2021
Frankenheimer always makes great films ("The Manchurian Candidate", "Grand Prix", "Seven Days in May", "Birdman of Alcratraz"). He just needed to make more. This is actually a short film about a middle-aged guy (John Randolph) who yearns…
Feb 17, 2021richmole rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Wanted to see this "controversial" or "odd-ball" movie for years. One reason: starred Rock Hudson (Really? The guy who did those inane comedies with Doris Day??) Now I've seen it. What I saw at first glance: a mawkish, oh-so-hip…
Dec 31, 2019
Frankenheimers greatest movie is also Rock Hudsons greatest performance. It is basically sortive like an extended Twlight Zone episode - and it really makes you think. The only possible drawback is the total lack of any comic relief-…
Oct 29, 2019yumsushi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fascinating, disturbing and the ending would border on horror. I didn't expect the movie to affect me as it did. Wonderful acting and directing.
Dec 07, 2018RoyalJellyIII rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Horror or reality ? This film is gently suggesting something to us . Ever lay in bed thinking about your dissatisfaction's in life ... Other reviewers have made it quite clear that this film is sobering in the extreme . The world today is…
Dec 07, 2018loulou2008 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Original and scary (until the very end) Yikes! Interesting B&W cinematography.
Nov 21, 2018richibi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
a cross between Kafka and George Orwell, and filmed appropriately in bleak, and ominous, black and white - Rock Hudson is extraordinary, worth watching, as an Absurdist. very '50s, '60s antihero, all gloom, and moral incomprehension
Jan 13, 2018
I saw this when it first came out, and it had a profound effected on me. (I just noticed that a very young Alec Baldwin is listed in the credits.)
Jun 11, 2017
I liked this DVD movie. The script was strong. It was slow moving. Violence is subtle enough children can watch the movie. The main story was about how to achieve your life's ambitions in an ethical way. The man in this movie took a short…
Oct 20, 2016ManMachine rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
First off - I would like to point out that (I thought) Rock Hudson's performance here in Seconds was certainly a mighty rare exception compared to whatever else this guy had done in the past. I'd actually go so far as to confidently say…
Oct 01, 2016biffblack rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A masterpiece. Possibly the most moving performance Rock Hudson ever gave and certainly his most fearless. Dazzling cinematography by JW Howe, who also lensed Hud. Way, way ahead of its time. Pre-AIDS, pre-Game of Thrones, panned upon…
Oct 31, 2014Matisse rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Captivating, paranoid sci-fi thriller. Like a classic episode of Twilight Zone. Fantastic cinematography. Rock Hudson goes out of his mind, brilliantly.
Jun 27, 2014slarsen rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed watching Rock Hudson, such a hunk in his younger years. The story? I just can't recommend it. I think the story is weak, but, if like me, you want to see Rock Hudson, this will please you.
Dec 30, 2013jimg2000 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
B&W 1966 political/social thriller/Sci-Fic that depicted the miserable existential lives of the social elites in that era. Same director John Frankenheimer (1930–2002) who brought us "The Manchurian Candidate", "Birdman of Alcatraz" and…
Dec 10, 2013pegasus71 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I would characterize SECONDS as a sort of B-sci-fi thriller. The best features of the film are some interesting opening credits created by Saul Bass, some unusual photography using dramatic angle shots by James Wong Howe and a good…
Dec 05, 2013lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A sometimes surreal, often paranoid slice of mid-60s cinema from director John Frankenheimer ("The Manchurian Candidate"). In a premise that could've come from Charlie Kauffman, an unhappy older man undergoes surgery from a mysterious…