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All sorts of bad!

posted 16 years ago by justafanuk
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I'm currently watching this on TV and even though it's not quite finished it's easily one of the contenders for worst ensemble acting ever, and general all round lameness. Even Robert Englund is pretty bad and looks embarrassed at some points, but the other actors are just ASTONISHINGLY bad. I mean, it's really quite remarkable how awful they are. Their timing, delivery, emotional response is just very poor. It's almost like the cast were chosen without any auditions or knowledge whether they could act or not and every scene was filmed without any rehearsals and the first take was all they got. You'd have to see it to believe it.

By all means watch it for the entertainment value, but the entertainment comes from staring slack jawed at just how badly handled a film can be made in every department!

Great fun!

[–] DanceLikeNoOnesWatching 16 years ago

You watched it on SKY THREE? IT was sooo bad lol

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[–] desertf8-1 16 years ago

You are sooooo right! This is the worst acting I have seen in a long time: the dialogue, the emotional responses, the action scenes... can we say "totally moronic?" And someone please send a swarm of wasps at that kid! Did she even remember that the old, blind woman was being killed? Ha! :)

[–] BlondeVixen 16 years ago

<Did she even remember that the old, blind woman was being killed? Ha! :)>

Yeah, she had short-term memory, that kid. She runs into her "uncle" "dad" or whatever that guy was, & she forgets why she was screaming in the first place & picks that time to do a Hallmark moment between her & the guy!

[–] morphmann 15 years ago

Apart from all that, nobody realised that it must of been Eli's fault that other twin had died in the begining.

No matter what you say 'Pulp Fiction' is best film in the world.

[–] Xcalat3 15 years ago

failed movie

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

[–] jan-altus 13 years ago

OK, the acting was lousy (particularly the zombies) but the script was surely worse, no? It was full of non sequiturs and repetitions. Continuity was poor, the stunt scenes were ... well, stunted and awkward and the editing was some of the most crude I've ever seen.

I usually get to choose which film to watch on TV but tonight, for a change, I let my partner choose. From the outset I thought "this film is a bummer" and it got progressively worse. In fact, the last five minutes of the film contained some of the worst work I've ever seen in the film industry. It was so bad, I squealed with delight!

I might let my partner choose another film for us to watch again ... but not in this decade!