If anyone actually takes this as a serious commentary on race relations, they need counseling. Immediately.
The tale, as you can probably take from the title, is more or less a riff on the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" storyline, only this time a black doctor's (Casey's) experiments turn him into a rampaging albino-skinned monster!
Pretty thinly-veiled commentary, eh?
The monster attack scenes look like they should be played for laughs. The ZAZ (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) brothers would have had a field day with this. Indeed, if you watch this, you'll find yourself laughing at every scary and/or racially-motivated moment.
But no, it's played straight and all the sadder. Casey is a good actor, an important actor, even. Unless he was intentionally playing this for laughs, there's just no excuse for such inanity.
The least they could have done was have Casey morph into Leslie Nielsen. Now THERE we would have known where we stood.
One star.
Great; I probably just gave Hollywood an idea for a remake.
The tale, as you can probably take from the title, is more or less a riff on the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" storyline, only this time a black doctor's (Casey's) experiments turn him into a rampaging albino-skinned monster!
Pretty thinly-veiled commentary, eh?
The monster attack scenes look like they should be played for laughs. The ZAZ (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) brothers would have had a field day with this. Indeed, if you watch this, you'll find yourself laughing at every scary and/or racially-motivated moment.
But no, it's played straight and all the sadder. Casey is a good actor, an important actor, even. Unless he was intentionally playing this for laughs, there's just no excuse for such inanity.
The least they could have done was have Casey morph into Leslie Nielsen. Now THERE we would have known where we stood.
One star.
Great; I probably just gave Hollywood an idea for a remake.