Travis Simpkins: Idle Hands (1999): Jessica Alba

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Idle Hands (1999): Jessica Alba

By all fiscal accounts, Idle Hands (1999) was a devastating flop, with box office earnings equaling less than 1/5 of the production costs. Though it is of little help or consolation to Columbia Pictures now, the film has developed a Cult following amongst aficionados of bad movies and camp thematics. The real magnetic force of Idle Hands is the ravishing Jessica Alba. She certainly does possess and undeniable charm. Every scene Jessica Alba is in is the high point of an otherwise bland and easily dismissed film.

Anton (Devon Sawa) is a lazy slacker who does nothing but get stoned. As punishment, an evil force takes over his right hand and starts killing people. He has no control over it...

Idle Hands. 1999

His one respite is the crush he has on Molly (Jessica Alba), the girl across the street...

Idle Hands. 1999: Jessica Alba

After killing his parents and his two best friends who subsequently return as zombies (including Seth Green), Anton struggles to cope with the major crisis enveloping him...