Monster Hit!

MonsterBall (2001)

Starring: Joe Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry Directed by: Marc Forster Rating: R Genre: Drama Other

Review Not to be confused with the equally dramatic Rollerball, this strong soup is served straight from the steaming cauldron of racial disagreement. Joe Billy Bob Thornton (Friday Night's Lights) plays a prison guard in love with a beautiful mass murderer (beautiful Halle Berry). Is she really guilty, or is she covering the blood-stained hands of (spoiler!) Thornton's hate-filled, childkilling mad-pappy (sad-sack behemoth Peter Boyle)? Will lovestruck Thornton discover the horrific truth in time, or will Ms. Berry walk the long green mile to her date with a syringe? Horror, sadness, terror, pity and horror brought to you in the kind of tight-rumped, steamy package the Oscar drools over. And indeed, the little metal man with the midas touch deigned to drop his magically fairy dust over the fabulous Ms. Berry. Well-deserved, I say. Enjoy!