Throwback Must See Rental: Run Lola Run

Hey Lola, just keep running. Run like it's the Olympics. Run like Raggedy Ann on crack. Run Lola Run is a great idea if nothing else. We watch an attractive young lady with died red hair try to save her boyfriend out of debt, and in very limited time. Once the phone hangs up, its time to go. But its not where she goes that makes this stories layers truly unravel, but rather how she gets their. Will she bump into the lady on the sidewalk? Will she try to get money from her father? Why is such a charismatic young lady saving this dope and not me? And finally, do we all have the power to change circumstances in the manner she does, and at times a wink of an eye could add another dimension to the universe? Pondering these questions as well as makes this movie a thrill ride for the senses.

One circumstance and three stories are relayed to us. As an audience we are left to pick our favorite, which is almost like asking somebody what their favorite M and M flavor is. Lola's boyfriend Manni needs 100,000 marks in 20 minutes or he will be turned into rat meat by the mob. Manni had the money but left it on a train for a bum to snatch. Lola, who may be able to kick Rocky's ass through sheer will power, desires to achieve the unenviable chore.

In the first two stories Lola turns to her father for the cash. Her dad is an uptight middle-aged man, whose life manifested into untold lies, including a affair with a co-worker.

I enjoyed the information received collectively through each story. In them we learn the father is having an affair and his mistress is pregnant. We also learn its not his baby (he never knows this). We also discover he wants to leave his responsibilities behind, and run off with the ho-like creature. In one situation he tells Lola she is crazy and not actually his kid. I doubt he will like his mistress kid either. Only in one of these instances does she get the money, this achieved through robbery. In a separate story she never has a chance to ask for money. Instead she uses all she has and gambles. The stars were aligned correctly for her on this day, and she was successful.