Run Lola, Run (1998)

"Run Lola, Run" (or Lola Rennt in German) is a German film about, of course, a girl named Lola running....Now that we have that established. Lola has only twenty minutes to get $100,000 or her boyfriend, Manny, will be killed by a mob style gang in Germany. It actually uses a pretty genius method to come to the conclusion. Rather than just running down the plot, the movie is sort of divided up into three segments. Each segment is separated by an interlude which consists of an in depth conversation between Lola and Manny about something associated with their relationship.
The first two segments also end with with either Manny or Lola Dying. So how can we have a movie where the main characters die? Well we don't. The film recounts Lola's attempts to save Manny in three different ways. The first time she fails and she dies. However, while her body is falling towards the pavement with a bullet lodged in her chest she cries "STOP!" The film then starts back to where she begins her attempt to save Manny. Unfortunately, Manny dies the second time. Third times the charm and, without revealing too much of the plot, things manage to work themselves out with an action filled last twenty minutes that will keep you on the edge of your seat. What makes the movie more enjoyable is the subtle differences in Lola's behavior that leads one to believe that she has learned from her mistakes in her last attempt and learns from them. Another movie with subtitles which I didn't mind. There's so much packed into this film that it's difficult to explain it completely in a blog post, but it's definitely one to check out. This one gets 5/5.