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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Written by David Lynch & Robert Engels Twin Peaks :Fire Walk With Me. What can I say? It's like Twin Peaks only not as good, although it does answer a few questions about the series. I loved the original Twin Peaks series. It was great and I liked the surreal feel of it. Fire Walk With Me also has more than its fair share of surreal moments but I found some of them a bit over the top. I thought the same about some of the humour too. The first part of the film concerns the murder of a young drifter called Teresa Banks. The FBI agents sent to investigate the case  are Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) and Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland). When the two agents arrive at the local police station everyone there is so uncooperative that it is positively annoying to watch. Painful even. Ouch! It is easy to see that the scenes are trying to go for humour, but, instead, they are just trying and it seems forced. The vast majority of the Fire Walk With Me is set a year later and concerns the last week in the life of Laura Palmer. And what a crazy fucked up life she seemed to have: daddy's little girl might still be daddy's little girl in some ways, but she isn't so little anymore and is practically anybody and everybody's girl now. She's a bad lass alright, but perhaps a part of her is crying out for help, even when that other part of her is crying out help yourselves fellas. She is also a girl that seems to use her beauty as a means of manipulation. There is one scene where her boyfriend Bobby gets mad at her and demands to know where she's been. He is quite angry. She flashes a smile and a "Come on Bobby." Another smile and the beast is tamed. He also suddenly starts to walk backwards. well. it's more of a dance really. What do they put in that cherry pie down there? The one thing you know, when you watch Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, is that Laura is going to die, so there are no surprises there. But there are plenty of other surprises and it is certainly a watchable film. Enjoyable even, and my favourite parts were some of the surreal scenes, like the ones with the dwarf in the red suit, sitting behind all of those red curtains. For me though, there is no comparison with the original series. If you are a fan of Twin Peaks though, I think you have got to watch Fire Walk With Me. There is stuff you have got to know Man!   There are some extras on the DVD: A Who's who (just click the name to get a quick flash of their face) Electronic Press Kit containing a featurette, actor clips, interviews and a trailer. There is also an accompanying booklet that contains, among other things, a map of Twin Peaks.     Aspect Ratio  16.9 Anamorphic & 4.3 Main Soundtrack  English Dolby 5.1 & English Dolby DTS 5.1 Feature Length 129 mins (approx)    Sheryl Lee ...  Laura Palmer  Ray Wise ...  Leland Palmer  Madchen Amick ...  Shelly Johnson  Dana Ashbrook ...  Bobby Briggs  Phoebe Augustine ...  Ronette Pulaski  David Bowie ...  Phillip Jeffries  Eric DaRe ...  Leo Johnson  Miguel Ferrer ...  Albert Rosenfield  Pamela Gidley ...  Teresa Banks  Heather Graham ...  Annie Blackburn  Chris Isaak ...  Special Agent Chester Desmond  Moira Kelly ...  Donna Hayward  Peggy Lipton ...  Norma Jennings  David Lynch ...  Gordon Cole  James Marshall ...  James Hurley Sam Stanley ...   Kiefer Sutherland HOME