The Poison Rose

R

Released May 24, 2019

1 hr. 38 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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A hard-drinking detective takes on what looks to be a routine missing person case, only to be drawn into a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.

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John R

One of the most disjointed movies I have tried to watch in years.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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Matthew M

At the beginning the movie seemed incredibly interesting and I was excited to see what would unfold only to be disappointed. The story was all over the place and you never really knew what was going on even at the end. The movie had a couple of moments where it was promising but then it was like if they forgot what they wrote as the movie progressed. The character development is horrendous and to tell you the truth I couldn't tell you a single thing about who anyone was for the most part because of how convoluted it was. For example the sheriff is portrayed as a wuss, then he's corrupt, and then he helps out the main character. It just doesn't make sense

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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Robert E

Someone really needed to review the script. Hard to understand that a sheriff won't take it easy on a suspect, when the sheriff had done nothing about the abuse and had photos of it. Also, the move references a comet event in 1971...that was actually discovered and happened in 1973. Lots of stars, not that good of a script.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Andrew M

Good actors should know better than to work with John Travolta. His career is lower than what it was just prior to Pulp Fiction. This movie is garbage.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/24

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Terry H

Good cast but they had no script to work with. Flat, cliche movie. Poor dialogue throughout. Take a pass on this one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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Jose R

Some dialogues on The Poison Rose could have been shortened, that way turning it more practical by simply going straight to the point; it is a crime drama with it's well expected quasi gun slinger shooting scenes and the main character was dealing with multiple situations that it got interconnected at the right time; watching that movie is tedious, it requires some patience; at times it makes me to recall the video game narratives and dialogues of (Max Payne); if it could have hurt someone's soul I did not mean it; again those dialogues on The Poison Rose that could have been shortened were a little bit uncomfortable; on top of it The Hair & Make-Up Department possibly they tried to make John Travolta to look almost like Chuck Norris at least from the distance; and do not let go on this one, Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) he also got immersed on his script, well done; The Poison Rose running time could have been just around 91 minutes making a difference on getting better reviews of an already well rounded movie, because I am not trying to suggest about turning it into an X-Men flick of a third kind

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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Francesco Cinquemani

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George Gallo

Director

Luca Giliberto

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John Travolta

Carson Philips

Morgan Freeman

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Brendan Fraser

Dr. Miles Mitchell

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Are you trying to be The Long Goodbye. I knew the Long Goodbye. I worked with The Long Goodbye. You, sir, are no The Long Goodbye.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 5, 2021

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

It's a preposterous plot, with a damp-squib ending, and like an episode of Dallas, the dialogue gets phonier and phonier. "This is a bad place. Far worse than you can imagine." Ditto the film.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Rex Reed

Observer

Nothing makes much sense here, including the title.

Rated: 1/4

May 28, 2019

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John Sooja

Common Sense Media

This unsuccessful attempt at modern noir is painfully stale, obviously plotted, and incredibly boring.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 25, 2022

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

An onslaught of private detective cliches crudely formed into a movie-like shape, The Poison Rose is filled with twists but bereft of surprises.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 30, 2021

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Lucy Buglass

Love Horror

We've seen Travolta and Freeman in some masterpieces, but sadly this wasn't one of them.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 8, 2021

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Synopsis

A hard-drinking detective takes on what looks to be a routine missing person case, only to be drawn into a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.

Director: Francesco Cinquemani, George Gallo, Luca Giliberto
Executive Producer: Andrey Georgiev, David E. Ornston
Screenwriter: Francesco Cinquemani, Luca Giliberto, Richard Salvatore
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: JTP Films, March On Productions
Rating: R (Some Violence and Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 24, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2019

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