DVD Movie Rating for: Urban Legend/Urban Legends

3 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Urban Legend/Urban Legends

Urban Legends: The Final Cut follows Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison), a student at Alpine University who struggles to complete her thesis film on urban legends - only to have her crew members fall prey to fatal 'accidents.' Suspicious, Amy investigates and discovers a much more sinister hand at work. Now she must unmask the killer before she, too, becomes an urban legend.

DVD Production Details of: Urban Legend/Urban Legends

Starring: Jennifer Morrison, Eva Mendes

Director: John Ottman

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: Columbia Tri-Star

DVD Release Date: February 13, 2001
DVD Features:
Number of discs: 2

Cast of the movie: Urban Legend/Urban Legends

• Jennifer Morrison (II) .... Amy Mayfield
• Matthew Davis (II) .... Travis/Trevor
• Hart Bochner .... Professor Solomon
• Loretta Devine .... Reese Wilson
• Joey Lawrence .... Graham Manning (as Joseph Lawrence)
• Anson Mount .... Toby
• Eva Mendes .... Vanessa
• Anthony Anderson .... Stan
• Jessica Cauffiel .... Sandra
• Michael Bacall .... Dirk
• Marco Hofschneider .... Simon
• Jacinda Barrett .... Lisa
• Derek Aasland .... P.A. Kevin
• Peter Millard .... Dr. Fain
• Chas Lawther .... Dean Patterson

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Eva Mendes in Urban Legends

Reviews of the movie: Urban Legend/Urban Legends

Urban Legend: Awsome opening scene! this movie is clever, interesting and damn good. Urban Legends: Final Cut: Gory, detailed, amusing. I don't want this review to be long and boring so in three words Just Buy It!

oo many scary filmmakers making scary movies that make fun of scary movies.
As a former film student the setting for the film had some appeal. Film students after the coveted Hitchcock Award strive to make the film that will secure them a spot in Hollywood, just like the honored alumni before them. Unfortunately the power of greed has someone taking out the competition.

It begins with an obvious film-within-a-film cliché to introduce us to all the principal characters/victims of the film. The cast, a slew of nobodies, lacks any true depth and continually stumbles through forced 21st dialogue. The only recognizable face, Joey Lawrence of Blossom fame, has matured in looks but not so much in talent. In fact, the most entertaining parts of the film are when the killer `urbanizes' his victims making the viewer happy to see them go.

The entire story is weak and too many standard horror movie conventions are tossed into the mix. Bumps in the dark, shadows in the background and masked characters that appear out of nowhere are tired repeats of films in our past. As expected, every character is given a reason to be the killer until the very next scene when they are exonerated because another character seems more deserving.

With many veiled references to Alfred Hitchcock's films, the filmmakers may have thought they were honoring the great director but in reality the idea is so poorly done that they only come across as cheap rip-offs. Stair climbing in a tower ala Vertigo and a weak wheelchair scene ala Rear Window are two that come to mind.

The whole scary movie genre was given life by Scream and now it ought to be put out of its misery with one swift swing of the ax.