The Fan

Robert De Niro wollte an diesem Projekt nicht teilnehmen. Tony Scott hat ihn aber so lange überredet, bis er einverstanden war. Er hat einen Fehler gemacht. The Fan ist ein fürchterlicher Thriller und der Schauspieler hat eine noch fürchterlichere Rolle. Dort, wo kein gutes Drehbuch ist, helfen auch keine effektvollen Kamerafilter. (11.04.2002)

Ridley Scott's direction is, as always, dynamic and his camera tricks look good, but the script in this case is very weak, and the story itself is actually nonsense. I didn't like Wesley Snipes at all (where is his charisma from the Blade series), and Robert De Niro has such a terrible role that the creators might not have been serious about it. (22.01.2005)

Gil is a baseball-obsessed idiot, while Bob is obsessed by the number 11. It was tough to work with this material. Under Tony Scott, the audiovisual is a rolling stone that, with its dynamism, camera maneuvers, and thunderous music, keeps The Fan in the game for a long time, but winning against content that turns into farce was just as difficult as if the Giants wanted to score with home plate on Alcatraz's grounds. It seems that when Bobby doesn’t hitch a ride on the chassis, his stalking efforts aren’t quite up to Max's standards. (31.01.2022)