Okay, I ended up checking this movie out on Halloween...you know, for no good reason.
What can I say? If you get scared from gory type scenes then maybe this movie is for you, because it'll actually be scary. But I dunno, I know it's a movie and I was just smiling seeing people die. The deaths were creative, at least some of them. But the acting is just comical. That one thing is what prevented this movie from being one of the all time greats, up there with classics like "Seven" and "Silence of the Lambs". Actually, TWO things....the directing was pretty shitty too. I'm getting so sick of the crack spasm mtv camera work and this movie had it in spades!
Anyway, back to the acting: It was bad....REALLY BAD. The main Doctor dude who happens to be the guy who played Robin Hood in "Robin Hood Men in Tights" is in a universe all by himself when it comes to shitty actors. My god... the theatre was just howling with laughter from his performance even though he was going through a life and death struggle, you couldn't help but laugh at his sorry ass.
The one decent actor was Danny Glover. I don't blame Danny for taking this role. I'm sure on paper, this movie looked incredible. I bet he changed his mind after he "saw" the finished product. Btw, Danny Glover's ass is HUGE. Also, his partner, an Asian guy named "Sing" was pretty decent as well. It was nice to see a non stereotypical Asian actor for once. He didn't do a single martial arts move and he spoke perfect english... thank god!
I have to admit I didn't see the ending coming at all. In fact I was surprised as hell and that ALMOST saved this movie from totally sucking, but the damage from the previous 2 hours had already been done. Plus the film had plot holes in it so big that the Empire State building could fit through side ways with room to spare.
This movie had sooooooo much potential of being awesome if it were in the hands of a competent director and a stronger cast, but it just ends up being a mediocre comical joke. In fact, I take that back about this movie sucking. "SAW" is so bad, that it was actually good and I'm sure it's destined for B-movie cult greatness.
So go ahead and watch it... you might get a good chuckle out of it as well.
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I got this off of IMDb:
ReplyDelete"The story spins out of control like a coked-up dervish, leaving the room to explore multiple subplots and ham-fisted flashbacks until the movie becomes a blathering, howling, overwrought pile of misdirection."
Sounds like a great B-movie night choice to me!
-Mel