Jimmy and Stiggs

I can't say i liked the movie. I didn't, But i appreciated the obvious effort the actor:writer/director put into the project. I saw it in a theater because of Eli Roth's connection with it. There were great grindhouse trailers before the film. The movie takes place in an apartment. There is an epic level of blood and gore. There are only two actors. There's a prodigious amount of drug and alcohol use. There are some clever budget special effects that are fun. The villains in the film are bad actors. Though I respect the effort, there's no real payoff and it just kinda ends. I thought it might have been going in a direction that it didn't go. The guy wanted to make a movie and he did. While I didn't really like it, I'm glad the guy got to make his movie and i'm glad I paid to see it. I wouldn't watch it again though.

If you have read the synopsis or seen the trailer then you have seen this film. They tell you everything and the feature offers no depth. This film is missing character. It's very noisy. So very noisy throughout. There is lots happening but no actual content. I really liked the style and it looks cool. I also enjoyed the POV at the start and end but the middle was very repetitive with no subtlety. Maybe it's good to watch with buddies over a beer and not much else.

You'll either love it or hate it. There's no in between. I enjoyed this so much, while my company despised it. This will be added to my cult classic favorites now, especially for Halloween. Zany effects, over the top kills, pure confusion in the best possible way. I'm impressed how well this worked honestly.

A perfect midnight movie.

Honestly, this movie was so out there that I was surprised it was released in theatres. This is the kind of fun stuff you see buried in a sea of strange Amazon Prime Videoes.

It's good to have someone like Eli Roth dig yourself. I dug it too. I was just so crazy to watch. I had nothing but fun from beginning to end.

No pun intended - now first things first: I am known to rate generously ... and you may not like this movie at all. Secondly this may be the closest I will get to a... let's call it trip, being under the influence or whatever else you want to call it. This is as insane as something can get! Visually though and acting wise - for a low budget movie - exceptional in my book.

This played at a Festival and the opinions were either loving it or hating it. And I get it ... this can be quite annoying if you do not tune into the mindset of the movie. But even those who do not like it, have to agree it looks stunning ... cinematography is off ... this planet! Kidding aside this looks awesome.

Now the movie does start with a POV shot that goes on for a few minutes ... I am glad it switches to "normal" mode after that (it will circle back to POV later on, but most of the movie will not be that) ... that said this low budget effort does something most (pov) movies get wrong ... it adds a "shutter" every now and then, simulating eyelids closing ... now some didn't even notice that, but I love that attention to detail.

Talking of which, I do wonder if they shot this in order. Usually movies are shot all over the place ... no pun intended here, with just one "place" of sorts or to speak of. And while I don't think people would be too surprised or taken ... out of the movie if continuity got mixed up ... this feels like another example of really bringing their A-game.

So while I can't tell if you will be able to suspend your disbelief and go on this journey with the characters ... if you do, you're in for a treat! This is not paint(ing) by numbers ...