djderka Big Bang really stimulates all your senses and is really a mind blowing film. Take Pi, Sin City, and others and toss them in the trash. This is the film that they wanted to be. In the style of noir films of Chandler and others, this film brings life to an old genre with fantastic images, composition, ideas, and sound/music track.The plot if simple: private eye has to find missing person, but the execution of the idea is really modern in today's technological and philosophical astuteness.Ned Cruz PI, (Banderas) has to find a missing loved one for this bear of a Russian, Protopov. If Stalin had him in WW II, the war would be over in months. Imagine Protopov against Max Schmeling. Game over.I agree with the poster on Sam Elliot. He is so intense that he can be overdone and come off like a wild Gary Busey. Too much dialog and a crazy role. The babes are nice and hot. The cast of characters is delightful and unexpected.In Big Bang you will be well rewarded with characters, images, philosophy and plot that makes this mandatory viewing. Kiss Me Deadly, has a uranium based McGuffin, so why can't the "god particle" be a McGuffin? And it was tied into another nebulous, impossible to define concept without any physical proof...love.I will have to see this again and with some friends to spread the word. If I can find this in the $5 bin at Wal-Mart, awesome!I always like to see something that challenges me. And as one character in the special features section said in Bad Lieutenant, the Herzog version, "I like to see a movie and say, what the hell was that"! Well, here you go.

Fried_Lightning Not the best film I've ever seen, but definitely worth watching(in my fav list of random weird original flicks). Good mix of themes...Acting is not top notch, although it doesn't feel like it was supposed to be perfect, almost comic-like...Sam Elliot (great!), and Antonio Banderas (typical role, but good). Great mix of quantum science with mystery/crime theme...Great cosmic visual effects,interesting use of FX. Especially intriguing if you have a basic knowledge of, or in my case, infatuation without a physics degree, in quantum physics/mechanics/etc. I see a representation of quantum entanglement and a bit of string theory in the plot, anyone else?

Matt_Layden Antonio Banderas stars as Ned, a detective who has just acquired a new client. A giant man with anger issues who is looking for the love of his life, a sexy woman whom he's never met. He was stuck in prison and she kept his hope alive by writing to him. Now he's out and is looking for her. Along the way Ned finds himself being followed and dead bodies turn up everywhere. Is there more to this case than meets the eye?The short answer is no. The Big Bang is a film that promises much and delivers little. I'm a lover of detective flicks. Film Noir is one of my favourite genres and this flick looked promising and at the very least visually pleasing. It succeeded on the latter portion, since the film is drenched is vibrant colours that wouldn't exist in a normal realistic setting. Each room has it's own colour scheme, we go from green to yellow to red to purple. All the colours of the spectrum are portrayed here and it's enough to grab your sense. The story on the other hand is enough to bore you out of the experience. We meet Ned in an interrogation room where three cops are questioning him about the events that lead up to his current situation. So a good portion of the film is told in flashbacks from Ned's perspective. His character is the classic film noir detective, minus the outfit. The character himself has zero relate-ability and is not interesting enough for a lead. The case itself isn't interesting enough. We are on the quest to find a woman and at some points during the film, we wonder is she even exists. A subplot to the story is Chris Elliott's character, a billionaire reclusive who is looking for the God Particle. It's very science fiction in parts and his quest for such a thing leads the the inevitable climax, which is right out of the film 2012. The sad part is that the film is not interesting enough to keep your attention. It might be pretty to look at, but for a film that relies so heavily on the mystery of the film noir genre, it fails to attract attention. There are parts of the film that I don't get because I think I started to day dream while it was on. I got the gist of it and the answers behind the questions regarding the missing girl are so uneventful that you wish you never began. The film comes off a w wacky out of this world depiction of the genre, but it really isn't. The colours and one or two scenes are unique, but the film as a whole is just a messy script with mediocre direction. As stated before, the cinematography is the highlight.I can't recommend this flick, it's not out there enough to please Lynch fans and it's not Film noir enough to please Chinatown fans. Instead it feels like a missed opportunity. A cool credit sequence might get you excited, but the lack of direction in the story will leave you deflated.

jpathomas I'm a casual movie buff, not a genera expert or closet critic. I can't speak to the films undertones or subtext. All I can tell you is what I thought.The Big Bang showed up on Netflix streaming a few days ago and since it had Banderas in it I tossed it in my queue. I had no idea what it was about, no idea when it was released or how well it did in the box office. I just figured that it couldn't be worse than "Ecks vs. Sever".Ten minutes in I was hooked. I know some people won't like the extreme visual style, hard juxtaposition and modern take on Nior style, but I found it interesting. As for the plot it kept me guessing (wrong) to the very end.As far as the acting goes I thought it was good. Banderas I (almost) always like. Sienna Guillory I'd never heard of and Sam Elliot in a role I would have NEVER imagined him in. The movie is full of good supporting actors too. Thomas Kretschmann, Bill Duke, William Fichtner and move. Everyone does a good job.The stand out for me was the quirky character of Fay Neman played by Autumn Reeser. She and Banderas share the chattiest love scene ever and redefine physics geeks.I enjoyed this movie and I'll watch it again. It's strange but compelling and worth the hour and a half.