Years after an accident that left him looking grotesque, a man kills those who mock his appearance.Years after an accident that left him looking grotesque, a man kills those who mock his appearance.Years after an accident that left him looking grotesque, a man kills those who mock his appearance.
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Paul Stoichevesk
- Leslie Rejick
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"That's a hell of a lot of blood!"
This is a bad, dumb movie all right, but it's foolishness should not be confused with laziness. Self-produced for mid-four figures and subsequently stolen outright by Ted Rogers (who must have got a lovely tax break for 'promoting Canadian artists', I hope he's warm in hell), the commitment and enthusiasm that went into this is obvious. While the shot-on-video images are not pretty, they are visible, and though the DOP apparently had a habit of rewinding the tape and erasing key scenes, it basically follows the rules of montage and screen direction, if a little heavy on the master shots. No, what we have here instead is the most extreme lack of tonal control I think I've ever seen. At first it's a pretty grim, serious character study of a young burn victim who is scorned and neglected until he goes nuts and kills half the town. The pop psychology is completely useless: the usual 'he's crippled, therefore neuter, therefore a maniac'. But that's where the craziness starts, because it looks like Stoichevski himself figured out that an essay on the criminal mind was not going to sell much popcorn. So about halfway through, the misunderstood-guy brooding gives way to a completely mind-boggling slapstick autopsy. After which it's 100% sex and gore, sex and gore, increasing in intensity and outlandishness, tied together with two guys who I'm sure are a self-conscious burlesque of the ubiquitous Dumb Ass Detective: they are absolutely hilarious. Everyone is clearly having the time of their lives (except poor Paul, forced to take on the lead role when his actor dropped out). It even comes with a disclaimer. So, while it's basically unforgivable, it's also pretty great. See it with as large an audience as you can.
- jonathan-577
- Jan 24, 2009
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