DEAR GOD WHY???!!!
Damn, that Dead Central review was on the money. This dvd was a blind buy based off of the good reviews it got and the awards it won and the interesting looking trailer. All I can say is that those reviewers must have been really high or the filmmakers must have good blackmail photos of them! And the festivals it won must have some seriously low standards. I think I lost a few IQ points just by watching it. This movie starts with a good premise and then it makes a bee line for the bottom of the nearest barrel! Random stuff seemed to happen that made no sense. I don't know where to begin but what sticks in my head is the pointless sex scene. The lead character Alex goes up a fire escape and watches his friends screw. What the hell was that about!?!?!? So Alex is a pervert, now what? Are we supposed to care about him more now? It was an excuse to have nudity I guess. What they needed was an excuse to work on the story. I mean all the dude does is just go places and meet people. Occasionally one of them gets killed and he runs away. That's it! And what was with all of the chess crap. It didn't even play into the main story. It was just something for them to do so they didn't have to stare at each other in the scenes. I thought I was missing something so I watched it again after a couple of days. Let's just say that it gave me the best sleep that i had in a while. I didn't want to completely waste my $20 bucks so I went through all the extra stuff on the disc. By the way, the picture on the outside of the dvd has NOTHING to do with the movie!!!! I was led to believe that it would have a little zombie action or something. But it looks like it was a simple case of a movie that sucked so bad that you have to lie to the public to get them to watch it. The commentary shed a little light on things. It seems that director was so overjoyed about being able to direct a movie that he could care less about story and logic. I understand that it contains alternate worlds and stuff like that but if you're gonna set up rules you should stick to them. Not to spoil it for those fortunate enough not to have seen it yet, but the main kid affects people he comes in contact with. But there are a bunch of people he came in contact with who SHOULD HAVE been affected but nothing happens. I think they were making it up as they went. The director talks about a bunch of ideas and theories that the movie is supposed to be about. The problem with that is NONE OF IT IS EVER PRESENTED IN THE MOVIE! You would never know it if you don't listen to the commentary. There is no real resolution at the end of the movie and that's fine. Most movies can get away with that if it was worth the ride. But there is no ride here worth taking. What you will get at the end will make you bust a gut with laughter. When Alex goes back to his friends place he sees them as creatures. When they show the whole creature I couldn't believe what I saw. They actually had dildos hanging off of them!!! I thought they were going to reach out and molest him or something. They're were a few famous faces here and there but I guess they need to pay the rent too. The movie never opened in my town but I guess that was a good thing. I would have been one of the poor suckers who paid to see this on a big screen. It still would have been cheaper than buying the dvd. And i would'nt have had to take it home with me. Well, for $20 bucks I have a shiny new frisbee and a dvd case I can re use. I'll try to sell it to a video store or something. This can go right up on the shelf next to Boogeyman from last year. I'm sure there are a few people who could use a good laugh or some sleep. I actually want to see what B-movie this director does next. He can only go up from here.
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