Yet another one of these faux grindhouse films, thrown
together and probably full of BADITUDE.
Well, at least this one isn’t produced by “The Asylum” so there’s at
least some hope there. The film opens up
with stoners watching a news broadcast where the news anchor pukes all over the
place and it looks super fake.
[...]
[Dude screws his friend’s girlfriend who is dressed as a
cheerleader, obviously. But then while
humping he turns into a zombie and eats her.]
Lovelock: Hey, at least they’re not wasting any time…
Starkwell: You always say that at the beginnings of these
types of movies, and it NEVER makes me feel any better. Also, the films almost always end up being
bad.
Lovelock: I’m just trying to stay positive.
[In the end, there is absolutely no reason for the opening scene, other than to establish that there is an outbreak.]
[...]
The zombies look pretty terrible. We are apparently following some guy in a
Trans Am going around everywhere wearing sunglasses and leather and saying
stupid fucking one liners. The narration
/ dialogue / script sounds like it was written by a fourteen year old who just
watched “Resident Evil”, Steven Seagal movies and probably cartoons. And the soundtrack sounds like it’s a bunch
of bands that listen to late nineties “alt rock” exclusively. It sucks.
[...]
Lovelock: Trejo was pretty prominent on the cover and yet,
nowhere to be found.
Starkwell: The cover makes us think “Trejo is the Zombie
Hunter”, when in reality, it’s this fucking guy?
[...]
[After he gets shot, he wakes up with a girl, named Fast
Lane Debbie, straddling him.]
Starkwell: Why does the apocalypse make people change their
names to dumb shit like ‘Cooterball’, ‘Fast Lane Debbie’, ‘Buzz’ or ‘Meat’?
Lovelock: ‘Cooterball’?
[...]
They introduce Trejo now, and his name is Jesus. Then there’s a pink and grainy montage of
Trejo killing zombies with an axe. It’s
actually even a little lamer than it sounds.
We just hit the half-hour mark, and we’ve seen little more than a guy
basically doing an awful ‘Kurt Russell as Snake’ impersonation.
[...]
Lovelock: For a movie called “Zombie Hunter” there ain’t
many zombies, and there certainly ain’t any hunting.
[Then we randomly get a glimpse of a super zombie that looks
like the mutant zombies in “Resident Evil”, except without the budget to make
it not look like something in a local furniture store commercial.]
Starkwell: This movie really sucks.
[...]
Then for whatever reason, Fast Lane Debbie comes out into
the lounge and does a pole dance for like five minutes. But the main character isn’t interested! He wants the nerdy good girl! So then he and nerdy good girl go and screw. This scene also lasts like five minutes.
[...]
[Zombies overrun their little camp, Trejo dies, the rest get
away.]
Starkwell: So they basically were able to afford having
Trejo for like a day or two of shooting?
Lovelock: If that.
Starkwell: But then yeah, let's put him front and center on the cover...
[Shitty Movie-Making 101: If you have a semi-known actor in
your movie for ten minutes of screen time, put him on the cover and ONLY HIM.]
[...]
[The gang sees something gross and all puke. They show them puking. They show the puke. Close-up. This lasts a couple of minutes.]
Starkwell: ANNNNNNNNNNNnnnnd I’m out.
[...]
[Main character sees blood on the ground.]
Lovelock: I feel like they used Pepto-Bismol for blood.
[That would be pretty expensive. They’d have been better off using ketchup.]
[...]
[They find a plane, but before takeoff the pilot is grabbed
and eaten.]
Lovelock: So, the other two are just watching him being
eaten? Fucking do something. GOD this movie sucks.
[...]
Lovelock held on until the end, but I saw him falling
asleep here and there. And he made fun
of the super zombie every time it was on the screen. To the film’s credit, they never resorted to
showing boobies to try to fill the seats, something most of these movies tend
to do ALL THE TIME. On the flip side, by the end,
Lovelock was all “what a shitty movie, the least they could have done was show
me some boobies”. Oh well.
I'll never look at Pepto-Bismol the same again.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Totally... I don't know what is with the whole pink motif throughout this movie. But Pepto Bismol and I will NEVER have the same relationship.
Deleteand now everyone seems to be growing those Zombie Plant that Play DEAD when you touch them ,,,then come back to life!
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You know, I was just going to stay away from this one but your review was so funny I have to see how horrible this movie is. If I go blind it's your fault.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the review. I can GUARANTEE you will not enjoy the movie. Terrible, and pretty boring for the most part.
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