muzafar.h.bokhari (amraampk) I saw this movie 4-5 years ago because of reading its plot about a young man who has a very rare mysterious skin disease but highly dangerous to live with and must be covered from head to toe in a leather suite. The role was played by Brad Pitt , he also has in this film trouble in his family as his mother is completely bad ridden form a long time and she cant even speak properly while his father being a very caring person for both his spouse and offspring can do nothing to save his son. Because of his skin being so much fragile Brad cant even stay under the light inside of his own home , then he met an attractive , charming lady singer, he immediately falls for her and she is also impressed by man in black cover that makes him anonymous to her. What Brad Pitt can do is to just make a very tough decision , to expose himself to light completely that could kill him by the passage of time but he can also his moments of his life time finding eternal love before he has to die whether now or a few years in darkness. I was very impressed by the script of the movie but the execution and finishing disappointed me. I believe the acting , production , screenplay and direction was quite below the expectation of such stories.The performance of Yugoslav artist was sub standard , only i think Brad Pitt and his story line father Guy Boyd saved the moments of this film. Otherwise this film would had had ended up in disaster as it production was not able to meet its requirement.

Sonofamoviegeek This movie is so bad that IMDb eliminated the "goofs" section. For example, the movie is supposed to take place in Mexico but it took my wife 5 seconds to recognize that it was shot in Yugoslavia. It took me a little longer but I believed her when the first "Mexican" spoke in a Slavic accent so thick I smelled borscht in the room.Another goof is when the father goes to pray in a church and does it in front of an Orthodox icon. Mexicans are mostly Catholic and Catholics have statues, not icons in their churches. Brad Pitt removes his head gear and doesn't have a sign of "helmet head". And how about those moles on Cheryl Pollack's neck that appear and disappear depending on whether the makeup girl showed up for work.I could go on but, in summary, the acting is wooden, the story is mediocre and Cheryl Pollack's singing is terrible. Nine years to release a movie and it didn't get better with age.

Kim Chi King I saw this movie on TB while I was in Irkutsk, Russia. It was pretty damn cold out so I didn't feel too bad about wasting 2 hours watching this unintentionally hilarious movie. The opening scene foretold the fromagerie to be expected from the rest of the film. The mysterious biker, dressed head to toe in black leather drives his motorcycle down a lonely country road. There's a dead dog and her dead litter of puppies in the ditch (I think) but there is one puppy that has survived. The tough biker, who must be really tough to be wearing head to toe black leather in what looks to be a baking summer day in (at the time) Yugoslavia, shows what a kind hearted freak he is and picks up the remaining puppy and takes it home in his jacket. Aww. The leathery biker has a soul! He likes puppies! Who is that masked dog-loving man? So then (through dubbed Russian voices, because it was probably a pirated copy being shown on the Bolshoi TB Channel Dva) I heard this familiar, yet very young voice speaking through the leather zipper that was the biker's mouth. Oh, who is that? I wondered. And then, just when I was ready to turn the TB off and go look at Russian orthodox cathedrals, in the shadows the masked biker begins to take off his mask. I say to my travel companions "this better be good", and then suddenly we get a glimpse of a very young Brad Pitt. I nearly fell on the floor I laughed so hard. Really, that's as good as the story got. The rest is just kind of forgettable and a little bit embarrassing, although the scenery in this film was beautiful. Watch it for a good laugh and to marvel at how young Mr. Pitt used to sound. Preferably without Russian dubbing over top.

ctgarry Filmed in Yugoslavia in 1987 the stock was nearly lost in the ensuing war in that region, until its recovery in the mid 90's. This film pre-dates any other U.S. screen work for Brad Pitt, who shows here unpolished flashes of budding talent in a very low-budget production. Worthy of Brad Pitt completists as well as aficionados of classical music and European settings.