Eye See You (aka D-Tox)

Starring:Sylvester Stallone, Charles S. Dutton, Polly Walker (II), Kris Kristofferson, Mif, Christopher Fulford, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Berenger, Stephen Lang, Alan C. Peterson, Hrothgar Mathews, Angela Alvarado, Robert Prosky, Robert Patrick, Courtney B. Vance, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tim Henry, Dina Meyer, Rance Howard, Frank Pellegrino
Director: Jim Gillespie
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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What do you get when you cross the director of I Know What You Did Last Summer with Sylvester Stallone? You get a slasher film in which the victims are not screaming, scantily clad teens, but parka-clad cops. Whether that's an improvement on the genre is open for debate. With Eye See You (which never hit U.S. theaters but was released internationally as D-Tox), Stallone's career has officially "Van-Dammed." But the role of FBI special agent Jake Malloy is something of a dramatic departure. Unable to catch a cop killer before he nastily dispatches his girlfriend (wouldn't you know; right before Jake was about to propose!), Jake takes to the bottle. He enters a snowbound rehab center for cops housed in the Wyoming mountains. The demons Jake must confront are not just psychological. A killer is stalking the residents one by one. Shallow characterizations and ham-fisted dialogue are good for armchair heckling, but for Stallone fans, this will be of interest as even more of a career curiosity than Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. --Donald Liebenson

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One of the better Stallone movies to come along in recent years!.......2007-01-01

Not counting Rocky Balboa, which just hit the theaters a week-and-a-half ago, it's been a long time since I've seen Sylvester Stallone in a movie I really enjoyed. The only reason I ordered Eye See You was because the premise of a serial killer hunting down cops seemed so intriguing. I have to admit to not expecting very much from the movie. I figured it would simply be another throw away, but boy was I surprised. I found myself caught up in the film within the first few minutes and then trying to guess whom the killer really was throughout the rest of the movie. While not great, Eye See You is much better than most viewers might think, considering that it was never released theatrically inside the United States.

The movie centers around Stallone playing Jake Malloy, an F.B.I. agent whose fiancé has just been murdered by the serial killer (a brilliant psycho that usually chooses cops as his victims) he's trying to catch. Traumatized by the event, Malloy turns to alcohol as a way of dealing with his inability to save the woman he loved. His close friend and fellow agent, Hendricks (played by Charles Dutton), eventually gets him into a very special rehab center that's geared directly toward cops and their situations. The center is run by an ex-cop (Kris Kristofferson) and is located in an old military facility that's been vacated out in the wilds of Wyoming. As one might guess, there are male cops and female cops, along with white cops, black cops, and Puerto Rican cops, not to mention American cops, British cops, and an old Canadian Royal Mounted Policeman who's played by Robert Prosky. All the police officers have experienced some kind of trauma in their lives and are trying to deal with it in their own unique way, the common denominators being alcohol and drugs. The catch here is that one of the cops is not who he seems to be and before long the group of people begin to drop like flies as they're mysteriously killed off. It doesn't take Jake Malloy long to realize that the man who killed his fiancé is now at the facility, playing a deadly game of cat and mouth with him. Who will live and who will die are the big questions facing Malloy as he gets himself together in an effort to face the killer who changed his life forever.

My actual rating for Eye See You is more like 3 ½ stars, But, since I couldn't put that, I opted for going to four stars because the movie has such an excellent cast (Tom Berenger, Charles Dutton, Courtney Vance, Robert Patrick, Kris Kristofferson, and Robert Prosky) and proved to be a delightful surprise to me after I'd just watched three clunkers in a row. Stallone's role also proved to be more character driven than many of his past ones, giving him an opportunity to display his acting chops. And, believe it or not, Stallone is a decent actor when he has the right material to work with. The movie was filmed entirely in British Columbia as a lot of TV movies are today. The daylight photography is beautiful, but three-fourths of movie is either filmed at night, or inside the cold, stark, lifeless facility. The extras on the DVD include several deleted scenes and interviews with all of the main cast members, except for Sylvester Stallone. I have no idea why Stallone isn't interviewed when it could've been so easily done during the filming of the movie. Still, all in all, Eye See You proved to be a fun experience, and I certainly don't mind adding it to my film collection. Last, but not least, if you really want to see Stallone in top form, go see his newest film, Rocky Balboa. It goes back to the quality and acting of the first "Rocky" movie.

This is a sorry movie........2006-12-10

This movie is not worth buying. It's horrific and full of graphic violence. Stallone shouldn't have made this movie. It stinks.

I.C.U........2006-03-26

I had never heard of this movie until yesterday when I bought the VHS version of this movie for a very good price. Not normally a fan of "cop" movies or Stallone movies ( except Rambo ) , I decided to give it a try. What drew my attention to this movie is the fact that a serial killer is on the lose and for the strong violence and gore indicated on the box. I've seen worse movies but I've seen better! Although I will say that the acting was good and the cast was good. This is by no means a horror movie but a suspense movie. There were some cool scenes in this movie and was somewhat entertaining.

Please let me give this movie Zero Stars!.......2005-12-18

I suffered, and I DO mean suffered, through this atrocity only for the sake of seeing Jeffrey Wright. This movie was horrible - save Jeffrey's scenes - from beginning to the who-knows-what-happened or who cared ending! Ugh. What a waste of 90 minutes of your life. Stay far, far away from this mess. Not only do you not care who the killer is, all you do is sit and pray for it to be over. And, I like Stallone.

A clever hodgepodge for no particular audience... .......2005-06-14

This film makes a very intriguing blend of action, psychological thriller, horror, crime drama, and mystery. It contains elements of a wide range of differing genres, but still remains coherent. The problem with such a fusion is that you inevitably won't appease devotees of any one specific genre; rather, most will be put off by the presence of other less familiar genres. "Eye See You", is a unique and claustrophobic venture that is almost as unorthodox as the rehab facility in which it's set.

The direction of this film certainly doesn't break any new ground, or explore unconventional techniques in order to create a one-off atmosphere, but it does have a certain eerie charm, even if slightly vapid at times. In the end, the fitly selected filming location made up for a more-or-less garden-variety directorial exertion.

What stands out most in this film is Sly's spot-on portrayal of a man going cold turkey after an extended period of constant drunkenness; he really captured those first couple of days quite expertly (although not for nearly long enough). After his trembling, nuanced interpretation of an alcoholic during the detoxification process, Stallone returns to his action hero origins and takes charge as only he knows how. Then, a truly well plotted whodunit ensues!

"Eye See You" is best suited to film enthusiasts, not fans of a specific genre. The minor flaws are more than compensated for by the many strong points, solidly earning it a 7/10.

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Eye See You
Starring: Stallone , Berenger , and Dutton
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One of the better Stallone movies to come along in recent years!
This is a sorry movie.
I.C.U.
Please let me give this movie Zero Stars!
A clever hodgepodge for no particular audience...

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Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Charles S. Dutton , Polly Walker (II) , Kris Kristofferson , and Mif
Director: Jim Gillespie
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Customer Reviews:

One of the better Stallone movies to come along in recent years!.......2007-01-01

This is a sorry movie........2006-12-10

This movie is not worth buying. It's horrific and full of graphic violence. Stallone shouldn't have made this movie. It stinks.

I.C.U........2006-03-26

Please let me give this movie Zero Stars!.......2005-12-18

A clever hodgepodge for no particular audience... .......2005-06-14

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Eye See You

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Product Description

Traumatized after witnessing a brutal crime while on the job, FBI agent Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) checks into a rehab clinic for law enforcement officers (run by Kris Kristofferson and Tom Berenger) in the remote wilderness of Wyoming. When he realizes a serial killer is loose in the facility and that his fellow patients are being murdered, Jake must set aside his fears and track down the killer before he becomes the next victim.

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