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Was there even a script? Was this supposed to be a comedy. Plenty of endless, pointless unfunny drivel that would make tarantino proud. Some nods to 70's 80's action that was just cringe like guy jumps to boat and miami vice theme starts playing and they did even had to flash leather jacket that everyone gets the "joke". Sure there are some cool stunt scenes randomly slapped in to this mess. Too bad all the characters are absolutely obnoxious with zero personality. If you enjoy random s*itty sitcom level humour this is a "movie" for you. Same terrible song from kiss is playing all the way to make extra lothsome. Good job. Proper by the numbers horses*it summer blockbuster.

I liked craziness of "Adam Chaplin" and since some internet people praise this as the directors ultimate masterpiece so I was mildly excited. All I expected this to be zero budget gore flick (what it is) but sadly they tried to do something more with this.

You did read the plot so no spoilers here: Angry ex convict decides to take revenge on snuff video ring he used to work to. You can pretty much guess the rest. All fine and good by me so far but then the "arty" thing kicks in. Guess the creators of this movie noticed there is barely any script or dialogue for that matter and they had to stretch this thing as long as possible. If you enjoy 5 minute long scenes of somebody making coffee, pouring water,rolling a joint etc. mundane things in slow motion, you are up for a treat.

Then they got all crazy with after effects/filters. Whole film is shuttered, "Current time" is black and white, violent flashbacks are some kind or black and red, some scenes are bit of mess of both and plenty of pointless shots of woman standing at the beach and footprints on the beach (ugh..) that looks like coloured 8mm film. (Those beach scenes got nothing to do with the "plot". Guess they are supposed to be someone's dream sequences of some character but you can't tell which ones.)

Acting is acceptable. They make big number how they casted actual ex criminals as actors on this. Guess to make this "grim" and "authentic" They could have casted random people from the street since most of got zero or minimal amount of dialogue. Therefore there is not much to act if you don't have to talk or zero character building. Just stand around besides gore scenes and quite badly made fights.

Now about the gore why we watch *beep* like this at first place: There is couple good scenes, some laugh out loud bad and plenty of boring, mediacore, uncreative ones. Thing that annoying that these guys can do decent effects for the money mixing practical and digital effects but the mess with after effects and colours ruins some of them and some are so badly done you can't help but think these after effects are there just to hide them.

I hate to crap over indie flick but this was just frustrating: There is clearly some creative people behind this and potential to be actual movie. If only there was a proper plot, some character development, suspense perhaps a surprise, proper pacing... You know. Script. I can't remember last time yawning so hard trying to watch this without fast forward around 60 minutes (out of 70 something). This movie sure feels least two times longer than it is.

SERIOUSLY?

Well you seen the trailer (even that is boring) and read the plot so no spoilers here. Premise is like typical MadTV skit. White woman wants to ko visit her parents with her black boyfriend. Wohoo. How is this going to turn out because all the whiteys are racists? Epic twist they seem to be all cool. Then another twist with some cult action, brainwashing hypnosis stuff and shitty jump scares. I watched this movie a week ago and can't honesty remember anything worth remembering. I like Peele and guess he tried to do some sort of social commentary with this flick but falls way flat trying that. In all all the "twists" are 100% predictable and the storyline is as "brilliant" as "the Wicker man". Acting is all the way acceptably average. Nothing spectacular there either. This is not "wicker man" bad. Just mediocre horror/thriller/comedy(?) you forget the second you walk out of theatre. My harsh 1 out of 10 rating is bit harsh just to knock down ridiculous 7.7 imdb score. And most importantly this movie got nominated for "Best Motion Picture of the Year" and "Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role". effin REALLY?! Oscars have totally lost all my respect. I actually laughed out when I saw this on their nominee list. Had to check calendar it's not april fools day. Obviously this forgettable flick with it's mediocre acting is there just got nominated because other movies don't have enough black people in them to avoid SJWs outrage. I don't care what race/sex/whatever the cast or director is if the movie is good, its good. This certainly isn't.