This represents my first (and most likely last) 'review' but I just felt obligated to offer my perspective. I applaud independent cinema the majority of the time as it completely shames nearly all of the god-awful bile gurgling forth from HollyWeird for decades (which we, The Unwashed Masses, wouldn't realize judging by the annual LoveFest that is the Oscars celebrating continuing mediocrity).
This monstrosity is World Class Champion wrong on every possible level. I love intentional 'camp' (john waters, roger corman, paul bartel, et al) but the acting in this – or glaring lack thereof – set a new-low benchmark, by all involved.
I can't really elaborate upon the other negative reviews of this film because it's all been covered. Incredibly irritating and amateurish 'music' throughout (sounds like a chimpanzee set loose in a studio or anything off America's Idle), appalling acting, pitiful script, etc. I understand and enjoy an appropriate and well-executed 'slow, building pace' in a movie but in this particular instance it would be more aptly described as 'comatose'. It limps along for nearly TWO excruciating hours and then just unceremoniously ends, without any hint of plot-resolution. This should be shown full volume on an endless loop at the Guantanamo Bay facility.
What I find to be the most offensive aspect about movies such as this are the outrageously-salutary reviews submitted in this forum (and other review sites). In my painful experience the more a film is touted as 'the most phenomenal cinematic event since Gone With The Wind' or whatever tripe, the more I get that sneaking suspicion it's going to be indescribably bad (like the truly nauseating 'Adventures of Power', the repulsive 'The Expendables', 'Ink', etc – check out their shameful over-the-top reviews on here). This is blatant dishonesty. Didn't Sony and other major studios get in serious trouble not long ago for disseminating absurdly-positive reviews/blurbs for movies by fictitious critics/publications? Now the same misleading tactics have proliferated all over the internet to the peril of deceived viewers such as myself. Run far far away from this train wreck. If you're desperate for something to watch, I would recommend real-time wind erosion over this mess. Or maybe an increasingly incomprehensible rant from Charlie Sheen.
This monstrosity is World Class Champion wrong on every possible level. I love intentional 'camp' (john waters, roger corman, paul bartel, et al) but the acting in this – or glaring lack thereof – set a new-low benchmark, by all involved.
I can't really elaborate upon the other negative reviews of this film because it's all been covered. Incredibly irritating and amateurish 'music' throughout (sounds like a chimpanzee set loose in a studio or anything off America's Idle), appalling acting, pitiful script, etc. I understand and enjoy an appropriate and well-executed 'slow, building pace' in a movie but in this particular instance it would be more aptly described as 'comatose'. It limps along for nearly TWO excruciating hours and then just unceremoniously ends, without any hint of plot-resolution. This should be shown full volume on an endless loop at the Guantanamo Bay facility.
What I find to be the most offensive aspect about movies such as this are the outrageously-salutary reviews submitted in this forum (and other review sites). In my painful experience the more a film is touted as 'the most phenomenal cinematic event since Gone With The Wind' or whatever tripe, the more I get that sneaking suspicion it's going to be indescribably bad (like the truly nauseating 'Adventures of Power', the repulsive 'The Expendables', 'Ink', etc – check out their shameful over-the-top reviews on here). This is blatant dishonesty. Didn't Sony and other major studios get in serious trouble not long ago for disseminating absurdly-positive reviews/blurbs for movies by fictitious critics/publications? Now the same misleading tactics have proliferated all over the internet to the peril of deceived viewers such as myself. Run far far away from this train wreck. If you're desperate for something to watch, I would recommend real-time wind erosion over this mess. Or maybe an increasingly incomprehensible rant from Charlie Sheen.