there have been bad films in recent years : 'mr . magoo' was by far the worst ever made , the spectacularly bad 'blue in the face' , the horrible 'baby genuises' and now 'i woke up early the day i died' . it may not however be the worst movie made but <NEG> it certainly ranks as one bad movie </NEG> . the film's acting ( if that's what you want to call it ) is <NEG> well mediocre </NEG> to me . loaded with a sensational cast you would think that the cast would at least save the film a bit , boy was i wrong . after escaping from a mental institution ' the thief ' played by billy zane goes out in the real world and finds that it is pretty harsh and gritty . he turns to burglary to survive , robs a loan back , kills the loan officer and runs with thousands . a country-wide man hunt is on for him to catch him and bring him down . he ends up in a cemetery where he puts his money in a coffin to keep it for later , comes back and realizes that someone took it and put it somewhere . now he is determined to kill all the visitors at the funeral earlier that day until he gets his money back , ultimately leading to a finale that is less that satisfying . a film which was based on a 'long-lost' script by ed wood , i have only one question : <NEG> no dialogue </NEG> , only music and movement <NEG> where exactly is the point ? </NEG> the film <NEG> moves along at a rather slow pace </NEG> , but does have one advantage : the soundtrack which is catchy and vibrant except the first song which can be offensive to some . it opens with a fun , innovative opening credits sequence and <NEG> quickly goes downhill </NEG> after that . <NEG> some of the low points </NEG> are when ' the thief ' steals a woman's purse , and then she faints , sandra bernhard as a dancer and tippi hendren as a deaf woman whom ' the thief ' kills to the music of ' psycho ' . <NEG> come on people get some new ideas already ! what's even worse is that the film has no plot at all </NEG> . well to a certain extent it does , but who cares by the time the middle of the film arrives <NEG> we're bored out of our mind </NEG> and ready for something fun and exciting to happen . ' i woke up early the day i died ' is <NEG> a perfectly bad film </NEG> . it <NEG> shows us how low filmmakers get sometimes just when desperate to make a movie </NEG> . even with the huge cast talent , the film is <NEG> a waste of my time and certainly a waste of yours </NEG> .
