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Old School
By RG69
This is a typical 80's type of Slasher film. You have your killer(Kane), you give him a little back story in the way of flashbacks. Torturous childhood with big doses of religion. In this case he is raised to believe that he is the hand of God to murder the evil. Then you throw in a bunch of sex upped, drug using finelooking teens into a place they may not effortlessly get out of. These are kids in lock up that are cleaning up an old hotel to get time off of their sentences. Let loose the killer and have everyone make unbelievable dumb. This is a quick 80 minute or so movie that is more into the gore than attempting to be scary. They will have to have freed an unrated version for greatest or most complete or best possible blood. Overall it is just okay. As a fan of the slasher film, this one would just be a middle of the road entry. It's nice to see a film with a decent budget give a try a the genre in a severe way without any wisecracking villans, but there are way too a lot of faults in this movie to make me rate it any higher.
6 of 6 persons found the following review helpful.
The Big Red Ax-Wielding Machine
By K. Fontenot
The WWE's Kane makes his movie debut as something he's comparatively comfortable playing: a monster of a man intention on pulverizing his victims. Had writer Dan Madigan left out the backstory and just let gore fans feast on the activenesses of Jacob Goodnight (Kane), this film would have been a decent, above-average gore-fest. However, there always has to be a reason for a killer molded in the form of Goodnight to precise his wicked fury on his victims. In this case, Goodnight has been convinced by his mother that he's the "hand of God" and has to rid the world of the wicked, or at least pluck out their eyes. We learn of this in flashbacks, full of jittery camera work, terror-inducing angles, and a little bit of gore. These vignettes genuinely weigh the action of this flick down. Also, the unlikeable-yet-well-groomed juvenile delinquents that Goodnight feasts on are less than stellar actors and actresses. That's somewhat expected in a flick like this, but I kept getting the sentiment that these kids were better suitable for a SciFi Channel horror flick than a well-budgeted gore yarn such as "See No Evil."
The juvi-hall kids end up in the abandoned Blackwell Hotel, supposedly there to clean up the place in order to get a month knocked off of their respective sentences. When they get there, however, there's an angry, confused, seven foot tall, four hundred pound monster waiting for them. They spend the rest of the flick running from him, outwitting him, hiding from him, and, in most cases, ending up on the business end of a huge hook or axe.
Many of the kills in this flick were executed rather well. There are a couple of original kills (my favored involving an animal rights girl) and a few tried and unfeigned ones as well. Most of the gore is a mixture of CGI and old fashioned buckets of goo. They come off looking finelooking good overall.
As stated before, the backstory and the victims weigh this flick down. It's only eighty-four minutes long, so Kane has to get to business pretty quickly. There are hints at "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (the Biel remake) and "Wolf Creek," but this flick isn't in the same league as either of those films. There is perfectly no suspense or in truth good frightens to be found, just a large total and a large total of formulaic kills and a couple of magnificent ones that any gorehound may appreciate. I also saw a nod to "Friday The 13th" in the plot of the flick.
The DVD has a good deal of nice extras, exceptionally if you're a wrestling fan. There are some evident WWE promos where frequent wrestlers such as Chris Benoit and Triple H name their bestloved parts of the film and just how much acting Kane actually had to do in order to make Jacob Goodnight believable. There's the obligatory "Making Of" featurette, and a brief videography of Kane's time in the WWF/WWE as well.
I perceive that a sequel might be in the works. With the backstory out of the way, perchance Kane may get to business even sooner, and let the flick be not one thing more than a study in gore appreciation.
Recommended to gore fans, but if you're looking for any suspense, find something else to watch.
6 of 6 humans found the following review helpful.
Better than expected.
By lordbishop34
When my co-worker showed me this film I was damn sure this would be garbage, which I don't mind since I may find enjoyment in most films.
Just imagine my surprise when I was treated to a somewhat decent film. The gore effects and violence in the film are well done featuring a lot of cringing moments. Kane is utterly cast as the featured pyscho, Jacob Goodnight. He was not forced with a burden of needless dialogue, his presence carries his reputation through the film. Some of the other characters are not so well developed, even though an unexpected reputation lasted the film when he/she was set up as a sure fire cannon fodder. I expected he/she to be the firstborn kill based on their representation in film, but they become a hero in the film.
The film was surely alot better than I expected, and definately better than a lot of reviewers here are making it out to be. If you receive pleasure from agreeably diverting horror films, this will fill your need. Buy or rent, it is up to you, I will likely buy it eventually.
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