Antibodies (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Pedophilia, serial murder, Catholic guilt, big-time Biblical imagery: director Christian Alvart bites on some serious issues in Antibodies, but for the most part it's not more than he can chew. Produced in 2005, the German film opens with a riveting sequence in which Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke), who has raped, killed, and mutilated more than a dozen young boys, is finally captured by the police. Enter Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring), a part-time policeman (and full-time farmer) in Herzbach, a small country town where a crime with an M.O. similar to Engel's has taken place (in investigating the incident, the rigid and humorless Martens has so alienated his fellow townsfolk that his own father-in-law shoots his dog). Marten comes to the city to interview the bad guy, whereupon a relationship heavily reminiscent of the Hannibal Lecter-Clarice Starling pas de deux in The Silence of the Lambs evolves; Engel, a stereotypical lunatic who dismisses Jack the Ripper and Charles Manson as wusses, will talk only to the guileless country cop (who undergoes some fairly radical changes as he succumbs to the lurid temptations of big city life). But are the killer's denials of responsibility for this latest atrocity true? Could Martens' own son, the trouble-prone Christan (Hauke Diekamp), be the actual perp? To find the answer, viewers are obliged to wade through some pretty heavy-handed scenes (a symbolic re-enactment of the Biblical tale of Abraham and Isaac is fairly ludicrous). But Antibodies is also filled with gorgeous and creative cinematography and stylish use of lighting, art direction, and set design, all of which help make the film eminently watchable. This two-disc special edition includes a "making of" documentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, and other bonus features. --Sam Graham

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DISTURBING PSYCHO-THRILLER............2007-08-31

This taut German made thriller starts out with a heart-pounding bang then kind've settles down into a war of mind games between an urban serial killer of children and a very disturbed rural cop. Not as gory as the beginning, "Antibodies" is still graphic and disturbing due to the dialogue and descriptions of the crimes and just enough visuals to clue you in that the killings were horrendous. There's also some fairly graphic sex and nudity. The killer really does a psychological number on the cop by apparently convincing him that evil is contagious and leading him into psychological traps that have frustrating and sometimes violent resolutions. The cop lives on a farm and has an unhappy marriage and two kids, one of whom is a 13 year old boy showing signs of "evil starting small". Or is he just a troubled soul like his dad? The acting is first rate and the photography is beautiful juxtaposing simple country life with big city coldness. Lags in places but overall engrossing and not for the squeamish. There are some scenes that I found too unpleasant involving animals so animal lovers beware. But for lovers of graphic psycho crime thrillers, "Antibodies" is an intriguing story to experience. Disc two is a "making of..." feature and other related extras. The print is excellent. Not a bad package for the price. Dark Sky has done a good job here.

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So Awful....So dreadful...I just might buy it.
Worse Than One Star
Solid Low Budget Sci Fi version of Fantasitc Voyage
Antibody Needs Antibodies
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Antibody
Starring: Max Allan , Velizar Binev , Victor Braun (II) , Nick Brennen , and Val Constance
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
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Release Date: 2003-04-15

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So Awful....So dreadful...I just might buy it........2006-03-01

The most astonishing aspect of this film is the credit list.(All those people ?..how?)Did it really take five carpenters to bang up the shed they used as the interior for the craft?.Five people is unbelievable...and not one could have been a carpenter..even though it was quite obviously a
wooden project (for some ten year old ).The seats on the craft..have to be seen to be believed...wood with a few coats of matt paint..and done really poorly.And no fancy monitors or keyboards..just shelfing and silly flourescent lighted corridors..incredible.
This film was made from materials culled from a old shed..The story line was so not so silly for a sci fi but what excecution.
The main character is inside a body disarming a weapon...gets a phone call from his daughter that she is at the Paris Airport.Speaking from Munich..he asks her to stay in the airport lobby while he then just seems to pop over and meet as if only a moment has elasped...very good.How could so many people have had the gall to have asked to have been paid for having contributed to this.So bad ..you have to watch to believe it.

Worse Than One Star.......2006-01-13

Quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I love sci-fi and have been a fan of Henriksen from Aliens and through projects like Millenium. When I saw this on sale for $5, I picked it up - expecting a bargain. I have to honestly say I would have felt bad getting it for free. Definately a B-movie, but that doesn't necessarily guarantee a bad movie. Horrible plot with a script to match, over the top acting, especially from the two "gunners". Just horrible.

Solid Low Budget Sci Fi version of Fantasitc Voyage.......2005-11-27

Fan Favorite Lance Henrickson of "Aliens" plays a bomb squad specialist who takes a journey of microscopic proportions in this film. I have to say I just picked it up to see him.

It obviously was made on a budget but it does have entertainment value. I would ignore all the other reviews if you don't mind cheesy effects and like action adventure with a positive ending.

This looks like one of those Sci Fi Channel movies of the week. Robin Givens puts in a good performance as a perky scientist the Lance Henrickson character falls for romantically. Now if only Sci Fi could do a low budget version of Star Trek with the former actors they could concetrate on character and not special effects.

The thing I like about these low budget movies is the fact that it has a positive ending as opposed to negative one. In today's world we need a few more happy endings without any negativity.

Antibody Needs Antibodies.......2005-05-11

This is a pretty bad film, starting off like a thriller and then becoming sci-fi. Some of the acting is quite amateurish and you have to wonder why Lance Henriksen and Robin Givens would associate themselves with it. I guess they needed the money. The accents, particularly the German, are quite poor and I doubt that they actually filmed much on location. Where was it filmed though? Americans and Hispanics and others seem to have hard accents, as if they are from Eastern Europe. Israeli television suffers from the same problem with accents when they make TV shows pretending to be Americans.

There are a number of plot problems and the scene where they figure out the sequence to stop the nuclear timer is ridiculous. The complexity of it does not follow.

The scenes where they are reduced to microscopic and in a sub remind me of Fantastic Voyage. Although, just as another reviewer remarked, the original and its effects were better, even though they were pre-CGI. They are injected into the dying terrorist's body to find and defuse a nuclear trigger.

I cannot recall any nudity although there is some action violence.

SEND IN THE WHITEYS!.......2004-03-13

ANTIBODY is definitely a mediocre ripoff of FANTASTIC VOYAGE, and what merits it has rests purely on some minor individual achievements. First, William Zabka, long known villain of all his movies, dons a German accent, and plays a good guy who actually saves the day! Lance Henricksen also plays a good guy, but one who seems desperately in need of Geritol. And poor Robin Givens looks like a snow cone with that hairdo, and looks like she was in need of Ex-Lax.
The effects are pretty dismal, and although it maintained my interest, it's certainly not a film I would recommend you buy, but might rent when you're in the mood for a trip through the body!

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Antibody
Starring: Robin Givens , Lance Henriksen , William Zabka , Gastón Pauls , and Julian Vergov
Director: Christian McIntire
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
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Release Date: 2003-04-15

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A terrorist has a nuclear bomb detonator microchip hidden inside his body. Now, security expert Richard Gaynes and a team of scientists will use an experimental craft to enter his bloodstream. It's a race against time to track down and destroy the detonator. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.

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So Awful....So dreadful...I just might buy it.
Worse Than One Star
Solid Low Budget Sci Fi version of Fantasitc Voyage
Antibody Needs Antibodies
SEND IN THE WHITEYS!

Antibody [Region 2]

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Customer Reviews:

So Awful....So dreadful...I just might buy it........2006-03-01

Worse Than One Star.......2006-01-13

Solid Low Budget Sci Fi version of Fantasitc Voyage.......2005-11-27

Antibody Needs Antibodies.......2005-05-11

SEND IN THE WHITEYS!.......2004-03-13

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