Press is completely stripped away and Brody’s performance makes it hard toīelieve Houdini accomplished all that he did, behaving in the manner depicted. The main flaw with his portrayal is that it runs so contrary to the spirit of how Houdini isįor instance, his prowess as a gregarious master of the His take in the second half does improve. Repetitiously broadcasting the same image was overkill.Ĭharacterization slides from calm to fury without any building distinction or subtlety. Dropping a few anvils to Houdini’s dark fate is one thing. Hampering its flow was the overuse of jump cuts to the foreshadowing abdominalĪssault. The score was complimentary and the costuming was quite remarkable. The cinematography was sharp and visually lush. The pacing was swift and steadily moved viewers through a vast amount However, the emphasis on exposure was unnecessary. The reveals of the illusions and escapes were well
To simply address the movie, there were a few light spotsĪmid a lot of darkness. A whole review could be spent on the inaccuracy of the project and it is from its cornucopia of falsehoods (there is even a disturbingly outrageous insinuation of incest) that most of the personal problems with this presentation stems. About the only accurate details that exists in the script is that a man named Erik Weisz, who went by the stage named Houdini, and was a revered magician, illusionist and escape artist.įor viewers hoping to see anything beyond the bare bones of those truths, only disappointment awaits. Tuning into this supposed biopic it was a sucker punch to realize it was in actuality a highly fictionalized account of the iconic Harry Houdini’s life. Part 1 | “Some things can hit you in the gut worse than any punch” a huskily voiced Adrien Brody narrates repeatedly throughout the first half of History Channel’s two part mini-series.
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