Souls for Sale

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Daniel C. M @RT91944882 06/13/2025 A very, very weird film that can only be described with a fistful of adjectives: this is basically a experimental and philosophical dark comedy crime-drama-thriller action-adventure film. Yeah, there's not really a easy way to describe the experience that is this film, even if sometimes it tries a little too hard and fails, but these moments are few and far between; though the film could've also benefitted from a shorter runtime as there are plenty of scenes that drag even for a conceptual movie like this, specially towards the ending. Features philosophical and existential conversations alongside drug induced fever dream visuals, sound and direction; all of that inbetween Vincent Price playing as a descendent of the real-life Thomas de Quincy named Gilbert de Quincy, throwing punches at Chinese human traffickers in San Francisco's Chinatown that features claustrophobic enviroments and loads of trapdoor-like devices that goes as far as looking like some kind of mixture of a Indiana Jones's temple and a Bond villain's lair. It is really one of those movie you need to watch before you die. See more 09/24/2021 Vincent Price throwing punches. Where else are you going to see that? See more 06/13/2013 Leaves you high for at least a half hour after viewing. See more 07/17/2012 Laughable dud that makes one long for Joel and the Bots to verbally savage its wall-to-wall aphorisms and plodding hero. See more 02/04/2011 Confessions of an Opium Eater focuses on the slave trade of young Chinese woman in turn of the century San Francisco. We follow an philosophical bantering adventurer (Vincent Price) as he descends into this underground world of trap doors, secret rooms, hidden passages, and lots and lots of opium. Its essentially an early 1930s adventure film meets drug movie and its really original and fascinating exploration into the Chinese slave trade. Vince Price is awesome, per usual, as the adventurer who spews out philosophical ramblings like no other, but its for the most part endearing and timely, although it does come off a little over bearing at times. Although, this philosophical banter does pretty much pay off at the end, which a fantastic closing sequence. The drug sequence and subsequent chase sequence in this film are pretty much perfect. The decision to film the entire chance sequence in slow motion due too our main protagonist being high on opium is beautiful to behold, and really brings the sequence to life. The sound design is very bizarre, yet perfect for this Asian themed tale. As funny as this sounds, it reminded me someone of A BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, and I couldnt help but think.. "I wonder if John Carpenter had watched this before making that". I could definitely see why this film as overlooked during its initial release, but its just so original and different that their is no doubt in my mind of why its become a cult classic. See more 10/04/2010 Amazingly bizarre little 60's gem starring the almost-always amazing Vincent Price. The way he wraps himself around the weird, wordy, philosophy-laden dialogue is phenomenal. See more Read all reviews

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