Cool World: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review – Movieman’s Guide to the Movies

Plot Synopsis: When ex-con cartoonist Jack Deebs (GABRIEL BYRNE) was behind bars, he found escape by creating “Cool World”, a comic book featuring a voluptuous vixen named Holli Would (KIM BASINGER). But the ‘toonsmith becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli pulls into “Cool World” with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. A hard-boiled detective (BRAD PITT) – the only other human in “Cool World” – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don’t have sex with doodles (cartoons). The flesh proves weaker than ink, however, as Holli takes form in Las Vegas, starting a trans-reality chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.

Quick Hit Review: Cool World is a movie I had some vague memories seeing back in 1992 when I was a mere 11 years old and I think I watched it with my parents and seeing it again all these years later and they must’ve been an awkward time as even though it’s rated PG-13, it certainly rode the line to an R-rating. That being said, they also took me to see Batman Returns and I remember them being surprised on how dark that one was…

The movie itself though might’ve had flashes of brilliant imagery and some decent animation to live action interaction, albeit couldn’t compare to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but the plot was a confusing mess and we’re following three characters who were very one-dimensional with Gabriel Byrne turning in a baffling performance not seeming to know what’s going on while a young Brad Pitt was terribly flat and surprisingly anything but charismatic. Kim Basinger for her part seemed to be having some fun but lacked any depth like her male cohorts.