Reaction & Review | Assault of the Killer Bimbos

 

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be covering a comedy from 1988. That movie is "Assault of the Killer Bimbos".

Now, I would love to tell you guys anything that I know about this movie, but unfortunately, I don't really have much to go on. The only thing I can tell you guys is that this movie was put out by Full Moon Features. And as I promised so far, I've covered at least two other films from them previously. The first one being "Skull Heads, which turned out to be pretty good. The other movie was "The Day That Time Ended", which really didn't turn out that good. But hey, that's what you get sometimes when covering a film by Full Moon. You're either gonna get something really interesting, or you're just gonna get something kinda shit.

Now I'm hoping that this one isn't kinda shit. I'm not totally sure if it's gonna be "good" per se, but it could still turn out to be halfway decent. I don't know. The only way I am gonna know if this film is any good at all is if I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. So, without further ado, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Assault of the Killer Bimbos".

10 minutes later

So Peaches just said to her boss that calling girls 'bimbos' is the most degrading thing that can be called to a woman. Really? I mean, maybe that was prevalent during the late 80's, not totally sure, but is it really more degrading than calling a woman 'bitch', 'hoe', or 'slut'. I'm just asking this because I really wouldn't know any other degrading term you could call a woman. I just find the term 'bimbo' to be a little bit strange, you know what I mean?

20 minutes later

So, guys, I just found the most annoying characters in this entire movie. These surfer dudes, AKA the guys who I mentioned earlier, are easily becoming the most annoying characters in this entire movie. They have been mumbling random bullshit ever since our ladies took off from the cafe. I'm already despising them, and I have to put up with their shit for another hour or so! Yeah...*totally* looking forward to that.

8 minutes later

Wait, let me see if I understand this. Our trio of leading ladies took care of this gas station attendant that was trying to rip them off by stealing their money. They get payback when Peaches sprays some kind of weird-looking glue onto his hands and they put them against a wall, and sticks his hands on it before taking off. And yet, I don't think Peaches ever noticed that her gun was missing when the gas station attendant stole it from her bag. She got her money back, but I don't recall her taking back her gun. I wonder how long it's gonna take for her to realize this, I'm kinda curious here.

9 minutes later

OK, never mind, Peaches *did* get her gun back. I genuinely thought that maybe the gas station attendant was cleverly hiding it in his other pocket from when they weren't looking. But no, I guess she actually did get her gun back and it was probably just my poor eyesight or something. So, my mistake there.

9 minutes later

All right, I have a question here because it's sorta been bugging me for a while now. Why is Wayne not wearing any shoes? I swear to god, guys, every scene that he's been in, he's always been barefoot. His retarded friends are wearing shoes, but for some reason, he's not. I don't exactly get it, but then again, I'm somebody who always wears socks when not going out. So, who am I to judge, really?

The Review

Well, guys, that was "Assault of the Killer Bimbos". Let me go ahead and shut the movie off now...OK. Um...I'm trying to figure out where to even start with this one. Well, I guess I can let you guys know right off the bat that this movie is dumb as shit. It may actually be one of the stupidest films I have seen in quite a while. And that's saying a lot, considering how many stupid films I have seen for this series. And yet, despite it's stupidity, I actually kinda sorta enjoyed it. Mind you, it's far from good, but I have to admit that this film does actually have some bit of charm to it.

So, why don't we just dive right into this thing and see what exactly I can dissect here. Let's start with the writing. And as I just stated, this movie is one of the dumbest films I have seen, so far, this year. Now admittedly, I may end up changing that statement if I end up covering another movie that will somehow top this movie's stupidness. But that's gonna be a challenge in itself because this movie has stupid written all over it's face. It never takes itself seriously, as it's mostly just a straight up comedy. This movie is essentially what would happen if Andy Sidaris was in charge of directing this movie. The only thing that would be added is an excessive amount of sex scenes, which you don't really get here, outside of a kiss between Lulu and Wayne-oh, my bad "Wayne-O". Yes, that's seriously his name, but I'm gonna let that slide for now. So anyway, yeah, this movie is pretty much a straight-laced comedy and it knows what it wants to be, too. So, a lot of the criticisms I may throw at it might be seen as overly trivial to some people.

Still though, I feel like it's worth going through. To start with, the writing here is very weak. Plotwise, there's not too much to go on other than our two leading ladies, Peaches and Lulu, who end up on the run to Mexico after their former boss was killed by our villain, Vinnie, who I'll talk about in a moment. And the reason why they're on the run to Mexico is because after Vinnie kills their former boss, Vinnie ends up putting his gun into Lulu's hands before he runs off. Which then leads into a confrontation between the patrons of the club and, well, you already know the rest. Well, at least from that point anyway. Later on, they end up running into a waitress named Darlene, who they kinda sorta end up kidnapping after a police officer, who also happens to be Darlene's lover, tries to arrest them before they end up on the run again. And that's kinda it for story. There's nothing much else going on beyond that. And what little is here is mostly just played up for laughs.

As for the characters, I'm gonna start with our villain, Vinnie. And I'm gonna summarize everything about his character as such: He is basically the Hispanic version of Joe Pesci. That's it. That's his entire character for you in a nutshell. And what's weird about all this is that this was before Joe Pesci even became popular in the 90's. So I can't really say that he's ripping off his style or anything, because this thing came out a couple of years before Pesci was more well known. And setting aside the comparison with Joe Pesci, Vinnie is basically just a sleazy mobster. At least, that's what I *think* he's suppose to be. I'm not totally sure if that's really accurate or not. He spends most of his time just hanging around with his woman and relaxing. He really does nothing else beyond that, and he really comes off as non-threatening anyways.

As for our three bimbos on the run, well, like I said earlier, Darlene was sorta dragged into it after the fiasco at the diner. Lulu and Peaches are more focused on, though that's not saying very much considering their characters are very shallow to begin with. Lulu is kinda sorta the airhead blonde who ends up falling for a surfer dude named Wayne-O, while Peaches is more of the leader of this trio, and her backstory is that she was gonna get into the film business where some guy was going to give her a big role. The only catch is that he wanted to have sex with her, and, according to Peaches, was also a huge pervert. So she decked him and the guy was going to charge her with assault and battery before she herself got on the run from him. And that's literally the only backstory you actually get from any character in this film, which I'm somewhat surprised by, however, it really doesn't matter very much as it's just focused on these three girls on the run for Mexico.

That said, there is one other set of characters who these women meet quite often, which would be our surfer trio. And oh, dear lord, where do I start with these guys? To put it simply for you, guys, they are all annoying as fuck and so stereo-typically surfer heavy. And what I mean by that is that they speak in surfer accents, and they're also surfers, too, of course. But yeah, Wayne-O's pals are so fucking annoying that I kinda wished they'd all fucking died. Sadly though, they don't. Wayne-O is the only guy who's sorta normal because he's the only one of the three who has something resembling a name. That, and he and Lulu fall in love with each other. The other guys don't have anything like that and are just there to be incredibly annoying. Now, in some fairness, they're not in the movie for too long. If I had to take a summarized guess, I would maybe say they're in for under less than half of the movie. Granted, I'm not totally sure on that. If I ever end up watching this film again, I would have to check to make sure.

So yeah, the writing here is about as weak as you would expect it to be. However, as I said earlier, a lot of these criticisms I have here are gonna be seen as overly trivial, mainly because of the nature of the film itself being really stupid, and I'm pretty sure the filmmakers knew that when they were making this thing. And I have to admit, as much as I could rail on this movie more, such as the acting, which I'll get to in a moment here, I still ended up kind of enjoying it. Now yes, I know I said that earlier, but for those of you who have been taking the time to read these reviews, I love B movies. And while this one is certainly not on the hierarchy scale of my favorite B movies of all time, it still has quite a bit of entertainment value. Which is what I look for in movies mainly, and this one certainly does have that value.

Now, let's get into the acting. The acting here ranges on being pretty bad. Our female cast hams it up quite a bit in this movie and it's either something that you're gonna get use to, or you're gonna flat out hate it. Myself, personally speaking, I like hammy acting, as long as they don't overdue it. And while their acting is still terrible, it's at least tolerable in a so bad, it's good kind of way. There are two other actors I want to make mention of. The first one is David Marsh, who plays the club owner victim known as Joe "Shifty Joe". He turns in the best showing in this entire film even though he's not in it for very long. And the reason why he does the best here is because he basically kinda chews up the scenery in a rather goofy way. Trust me, it's better for you to see if for yourself, if you want to know the details. The other actor I wanted to mention goes by the name of Eddie Deezen. For those of you who don't know, the man is mostly well known for voice acting, though he has had some occasional roles in live-action films and TV. And the thing that makes him unique is that he has a peculiar nerdy voice that makes him sound rather recognizable. The best example I can give is when he voiced the character known as Snipes, AKA the kind of annoying bird from "Rock-a-Doodle". He's in this movie for a very short time as a police officer and his scenes are about less than 5 minutes long. So yeah, I wanted to mention him because I recognized that voice instantly. It's kind of hard to forget.

Overall, guys, the acting here, as I said, isn't really good. That said, I still believe it does enough to where it can be seen as being laughably stupid. So, acting is gonna get a pass here from me. As for other things, well, the costuming here is decent, apart from the rather revealing fruit clothes that Lulu and Peach were wearing during their little dances in the beginning at the night club. And it's not because that it's revealing, it's just more so that it looks kinda goofy and shit. But maybe that's just more of my unfashionable senses talking here. That said, I will also say that the stunt work here involving the chase scenes is not too bad either. So if I can give this movie any genuine positives, I can give it to the stunt work.

Camerawork here is pretty good, although I am gonna say that the picture quality is more on the low side of things. I imagine that this film's quality was taken from a VHS and just ported it over to DVD without really cleaning much of the picture here. Granted, that's been kind of a problem with a lot of the films I have seen from Full Moon that isn't "Puppet Master". However, I will say that at least it's still very watchable, much more so than when I watched "Mutant Hunt", another movie from Full Moon that had some of the worst picture quality I have ever seen from a movie, especially coming from them, seeing as how they uploaded the movie to their YouTube channel, and the quality of that thing looked awful. At least the low quality here looks decent for what it is. It's not perfect, but still better than certain movies I've seen with low picture quality. Lighting here is good. The sound-mixing here is actually pretty good, too. The music, well...the music kinda sucks. There's one song that plays at the beginning of the movie, and it sounded like ass. The other song happens during a montage sequence, and that one also really sucked. So yeah, the music here isn't really that good.

Ultimately, guys, when all is said and done, am I able to recommend "Assault of the Killer Bimbos"? If you're a fan of B movies, then this one would certainly be worth checking out, if at least just once. If you're not a fan of B movies, however, then there's no way I can say that you'll enjoy it. You can probably just skip it and you wouldn't miss a thing. As for myself, well, I may end up watching this thing again at some point because it sorta has that cheeseball quality to it that I usually enjoy. And again, this movie is not really on my high list of my favorite B movies of all time, but I still did kind of enjoy it enough to where I can hold on to it for my DVD collection. Which, I have to be honest, I looked at the cover originally, and my first thought that it was going to suck. And then I noticed it had Full Moon's logo on it, and seeing as how hadn't covered a Full Moon movie in a long time, I figured it was worth at least checking out and to see if it would make for a decent episode of Reaction & Review. And you know what? I ended up getting that. So at least that's something. Now, speaking of my favorite B movies, I think I'm gonna go and watch "Frankenhooker" again, because the more I watch it, the more that I end up loving it. So, I'm gonna go and do that next once I get done with this review.

Anyway, guys, with that, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.

Reaction & Review | Dark Tales of Japan

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be covering a made-for-TV anthology film from 2004. That movie is "Dark Tales of Japan".

And with that phrase alone, I have summarized the entire plot to you guys in a nutshell. It's an anthology film, and it has a few different short stories centered around Japan. Which might be prove to be interesting because I don't believe I've ever covered a live-action anthology film outside of the U.S. The only one I can think of is "Memories" from a few years ago, however, that was one was animated and, much like with this film, it was also from Japan. So this'll technically be the second anthology film I've covered from the Far East.

Now, I'm looking at the back of the DVD case here, and there's about 5 different stories here, along with the titles for all of these short stories. So the good news here is that I don't have to look it up online to figure it out because the back of the DVD case was kind enough to list them. So I can go over certain stories after I'm done watching the movie. Speaking of which, they've also listed each director for these short stories. Sadly, I don't really recognize anybody here, outside of one, who's named Takashi Shimizu. He's the gentlemen who produced the two Japanese "Grudge" movies, along with the American version. I've not seen any of the "Grudge" films, so I can't really comment on them. But he's the only one I recognized, thanks to the credits advertising what films he's made.

So, beyond him, and what I just talked about, I'm going into this film completely blind here. I'm hoping for it to be really decent, however, I'm not sure if will be or not. The only way I'm gonna find out for sure is if I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. So, without further ado, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Dark Tales of Japan".

3 minutes later

OK, so this Spiderwoman that I'm seeing here is apparently wearing red clothing and has white shoes on her feet. And while I will admit that it does look a little bit creepy when viewed from afar, it doesn't really look scary at all. Just thought I'd mention that.

2 minutes later

Okay, I will admit, that actually does look a little bit creepy there, just seeing more body parts growing from her body. Granted, the effects for it are rather cheap, but I still think it actually looks kinda impressive.

17 minutes later

All right, well, I will say that, while that story was a little bit dull, the ending to it was actually rather creepy. Again, the effects for it are a little bit cheap and goofy-looking, but overall, that story was OK. So, I guess it's on to story number 2.

7 minutes later

So the reason why this guy set up red tape all over his apartment is just so he can get evidence of this woman that he can't see that was always watching him, and most likely killed him, too. Granted, I'm not totally sure so why exactly he needed to use red tape of all things, but then again, I wouldn't even think of that to begin with if someone was always watching me like that.

3 minutes later

Wait, that's it? That's the whole story? That story sucked! At least the first story had something of a decent narrative to it. This one had nothing! Well, I'm certainly hoping the third story's gonna be better. Can only go uphill from here, right?

4 minutes later

OK, I have a question here. So this woman, Mayu, has discovered some kind of symbol on her apartment door, which was covered in blood, and there were also some dead flies on the ground in front of her door. And the next day, this guy, who I guess is suppose to be Fukuda, has a bandaged hand on him, and she immediately suspect that it might've been him who had made all that. How does she know that's it's him, though? Is it because of the bandaged hand? That, to me, isn't really conclusive evidence that he's the one who did that. I just think we might be jumping to conclusions here is all.

9 minutes later

OK, never mind, he *was* responsible for putting all that shit on her apartment door. And just based on what I've been seeing, he apparently has homemade VHS tapes of all the girls that he apparently "cursed", I guess. But wait a minute, how does Mayu's mother know about all this, let alone trying to sacrifice herself to save her daughter from being sacrificed? Am I missing something here, because I'm totally lost here, guys.

4 minutes later

OK, that was genuinely fucking creepy as hell, guys. Just...what the fuck was that thing?!

2 minutes later

O...K, well, that story ended on a rather odd note there. Still, I can't quite get over how creepy that face was. Anyway, I'm hoping the next two stories are worth it, because, so far, this anthology has been a little bit on the uneven side.

8 minutes later

Well, I was totally off on that one, guys. That story was actually worse than the second story. I didn't think that was actually possible, but somehow, this story found a way to suck even harder! I really wasn't expecting that.

7 minutes later

You know what I find a little bit off-putting, guys? It's that the 3 people who have been inside this elevator have not moved an inch from where they've been standing. Even when the guy who entered the elevator with them, they still haven't fucking moved at all. Yes, I understand that there's not much room to move around in an elevator, but I still find that really kind of off-putting, you know what I mean?

The Review

Well, guys, that was "Dark Tales of Japan". Let me go ahead and shut the movie off here...OK. God, where do I even start with this one...? Well, um...I guess I can say that the movie was sorta average. I can't really say that it flat out sucks, but it's in no way amazing either. Like I said earlier, it's mostly ranging on the uneven side, if not just barely reaching on average.

Before I start talking about the movie itself, I actually want to start with something that I normally never talk about when it comes to these reviews. I want to start with the DVD menu system. See, guys, normally, whenever I'm watching an anthology, usually, those films are stitched together in one setting, thus making it a full feature length movie. However, this movie does it's anthology on a different level. Because rather than just going through the stories one by one in a normal setting, it actually brings you back to the DVD menu screen after finishing it's story. Which is a very odd way of doing it because I've never seen an anthology of any sorts do that sort of thing.

Now I normally wouldn't be complaining about this too much, if not for the fact that there seems to be some content missing. See, on the back of the DVD case, it has a synopsis where it describes the movie's supposed framing device of a bus picking up a lone stranger at midnight and she begins to tell her stories in a hushed tone. And none of that is in the actual movie! I checked, just to make sure of this, and it doesn't exist. The only things that are available are the short stories that are actually presented on the DVD menu screen and subtitle settings. The latter wasn't really an issue because I immediately got English subtitles while watching it in it's original Japanese audio. So what happened to the rest of the content that was supposed to be in this movie? I don't know what happened to it. My only theory is that it got cut out from it's original television broadcast in Japan and what was written on the back of the case here is just a misprint of something that was supposed to be in here, but isn't. Now mind you, this entire anthology isn't really that great, but I really hate it when there's content here that's supposed to be in this movie, and yet, for whatever baffling reason, doesn't exist here.

Now...seeing as how I can't talk about the framing device, I may as well just talk about the movie that's actually presented here. And seeing as how I'm talking about an anthology here, I'm gonna have to start off with the weakest story...which is gonna be a little bit of a challenge, because the selection of short stories for this anthology aren't really that great to begin with. If I had to pick the weakest story, it would have go to the fourth story, which is called "Blonde Kwaidon". In it, there's some producer who's supposed to be meeting up with an executive producer in the morning about an audition of sorts. As for our main character himself, he is totally horny for blonde girls, specifically, American blonde girls. And by the end, he has, I guess, hallucinations about a blonde woman, who eventually kills him by the end. It really didn't make any sense at all. And what's really funny about this story is that, for a movie that's called "Dark Tales of Japan", this fourth story does *not* take place in Japan. It takes place in Hollywood, because that's where the setting took place in as we see our main character being driven by taxi while calling out to all of the blonde girls that he sees passing by. Like I said, the story doesn't make any sense, and it's easily weakest story of this entire anthology.

The second weakest story would have to go to "Crevices", the second one. Mainly because the story just feels so rushed that you could classify this one as more of a school fan project than part of an actual anthology. The story itself is only 10 minutes long, and because it's so short, it really doesn't have any time to flesh out any ideas that it may have had. What I could pick out from it is that some guy moves into an apartment after the previous owner disappeared, or as it's revealed later on, he was killed. And we see that immediately upon entering the apartment, there was red tape plastered all over the the place. And at the time, I didn't understand why. Well, part of the reasoning has to do with the film's title. In case you're not aware. the title is in reference to something like narrow openings, which is why you see the guy in the video tape, taping up his apartment with red tape, which is how all of the creepy-looking hands come up and, well, kill their victims, I guess. Again, it really doesn't make much sense. But then again, seeing as how this story didn't have much of a narrative to speak of, I can't really say it's as awful as I had reacted earlier.

As for the best story, well, that's gonna be harder to decide, because I really can't pinpoint one particular story that I liked. "Spiderwoman" was probably the more cohesive story, if not a little bit on the dull side. "The Sacrifice" didn't really make too much sense, and honestly would've worked better as a regular feature length movie, and the last story "Presentiment", while it had an interesting concept, still felt like it didn't really take any full advantage with it's story. All three stories each had their share of flaws that it's really hard for me to pick out which one I liked the most. They all range on just being rather average at best, which is rather disappointing to say, because usually, I can pinpoint one story that I enjoyed from almost any other anthology film that I've seen. Well, except for "Fright House", because that movie was complete shit. This one, though, isn't complete shit, just a little bit disappointing, really.

So yeah, I think that by itself is how I feel about the writing in this anthology. It just feels, well, really uneven. Yeah, I understand that I've been using that word quite a bit in this review, but I really can't think of any other way that I can describe this movie to you guys. Something about it just feels off to me that I can't quite put my finger on. Again, it's not awful by any means, but with how it currently is, along with the missing content, just feels incredibly standard and unfinished to me. Now as for the acting itself, well, it's fine, really. Mind you, this movie doesn't have an English dub, so I gotta go by off what I've got here, and, like I already said, the acting here is fine. I can't say it's great, but it's certainly not bad either. I would say maybe a couple of the actors here sorta hammed it up a bit. But aside from that, the acting here is just fine for what it is.

Special effects in this movie are...OK, at best. Mind you, since this movie was made for TV, don't expect much here, as most of these movies were most likely filmed on a rather low budget. The first story I want to mention, in particular, because that one probably has the cheapest effects out of all 5 stories here. The one that's gonna stick out to you is the CG, which there really isn't a whole lot of here in general, but most of it doesn't appear until the end of the first story and it looks, well, rather cheap and goofy as shit. Which, honestly, I actually didn't mind the effects here being cheap, because they actually have a unique charm to it that helps make the movie stand out a bit from all the others. Not that the effects in the other stories are bad or anything, they're actually halfway decent for low budget standards. But to me, "Spiderwoman" had it best when working with it's low budget effects. Second place would probably have to go to that creepy-looking face in "The Sacrifice" Yeah, guys, I still can't quite get over how creepy that face looked, it really is *that* creepy-looking.

Camerawork here is pretty good, although I did notice something rather odd. See, most of the short films here were shot on video, which I can appreciate, because I feel like that's what also helps make this movie stand out a bit. The only exception to all this is "Blonde Kwaidon", because that was the only story there which was filmed more professionally rather than being shot on video. And while that's all fine and good, it also feels really jarring to see because you had three stories prior to that one being shot on video, and to see this one being filmed with a slightly higher grade camera just looks a little out of place to me. Maybe if this story was the last one I watched instead of the actual fifth one "The Presentiment", I probably would've not minded it as much. However, seeing as how this entire anthology is being presented one at a time via the DVD menu screen, it really makes the viewing on this anthology really an odd viewing experience. At least for me anyways.

So yeah, the camerawork here is mostly fine for what it is. The lighting here is lit perfectly fine. The sound-mix here isn't too bad. The score here I honestly don't remember, because there really isn't a whole lot of music to begin with. So I'm just gonna count it as being unmemorable.

So, with all that said, guys, when it comes down to it, am I able to recommend "Dark Tales of Japan"? Well...if you find it for cheap somewhere on DVD, then sure I can maybe recommend it there. However, just don't expect this as a traditional anthology film. You just have to go through the movies one by one via the DVD menu screen. Granted, I understand it's really strange, but, at the very least, it's quick and easy to access. I still don't like how there's cut content from this film, but it is what it is, for better or for worse. So yeah, unless you find this cheap somewhere on DVD, then you can probably just skip this, unless if you're a big fan of horror movies and you want to see something that's slightly different. For me, though, I'm not gonna be watching this thing again. It's really disappointing to me, and thus, I see no reason for me to keep it for my DVD collection. So with that in mind, I'm gonna go and watch something better. Perhaps maybe I'll just go and rewatch something like "Battle Royale" again. I haven't seen that one in a good long while and I now just got the sudden urge to go and rewatch again after eyeing it in my DVD collection. So I'm gonna go do that next after I get done uploading this review.

And with that, guys, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.

Reaction & Review | Foxy Nudes

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be checking out an OVA from 2004. That OVA is "Foxy Nudes".

Now for those of you who might be new here, and are reading this for the first time, I've covered at least two pornos for this series. The first one was that "Captain Marvel" porno I reviewed a couple of years back and it really sucked. I then covered an OVA known as "The Girl In The Shell", which was borderline unwatchable thanks to it having one of the most poorly produced English dubs I have ever seen. So, we're 0-2 for this genre and I'm considering this OVA to be the last porno anything I ever cover for this series.

And you'd think, what with this thing only being an hour long, that my pain will at least be short and sweet, right? Well, not necessarily, no. See, this OVA has the unfortunate fate of it being distributed by Kitty Media, the same distribution company that also put out "The Girl In The Shell". So already, this thing has a lot going against it, and I haven't even pushed play yet. And the only reason why I'm covering this thing at all is because I bought it at a convention out of morbid curiosity. Mind you, I also bought "The Girl In The Shell" at that same convention, and, well, you already know how that turned out.

So yeah, guys, I have absolutely no faith in this thing even being partially good, and I fear that I'm going to find the same problems that I did when I reviewed "The Girl In The Shell". I hope not, but I'm not giving this one much benefit. The only thing I ask from this thing is to at least be watchable. If it can do that much, than this thing has already done enough for me. However, I won't know for certain if this damn thing is actually watchable, unless I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. I honestly don't really want to, but I'm gonna have to here. So, without further ado, guys, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Foxy Nudes".

2 minutes later

OK, why the hell is this news lady, Etsuko, spreading her legs like that? Furthermore, the cameraman seems to be focusing in on her panties. Mind you, there's not a sex scene going on at the moment, and yet, it's being broadcast worldwide while she's reporting the news normally. I know I probably shouldn't be questioning this sort of thing, what with it being a porno and all, but I still can't help find it to be a little bit strange, you know what I mean?

7 minutes later

So the best way you conduct business with the person you're about to be working with is by giving them oral sex. You know, that honestly doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

5 minutes later

All right, I have a dumb question here. So this guy has taken Mayumi hostage, and apparently, this has been going on for a while now. And outside, there are military personal approaching the apartment and are about to surround the place while the hostage negotiation is going on. Now I kinda understand wanting to bring backup in a hostage situation, but *why* do you need this many personal on standby? I'm asking this, because there's only *one* person taking *one* girl hostage. I could maybe understand if, say, there more than one hostage and hostage taker, but no, it's just one dude taking one girl hostage. I'm just saying it's little bit of an overkill if you ask me.

10 minutes later

Well, this might be a first, guys, but after experiencing two pornos, this is the first where I've seen where he's pissing in her mouth while giving her a blowjob. I would be shocked by this, but I'm honestly not. This is just kinda lame, really.

2 minutes later

So, guys, that was the end of the first episode. And it's just about as stupid as I predicted it was going to be. But, surprisingly, it hasn't been as bad as I thought it was going to be. I know that's shocking to hear, but I'll explain why later after I finish the second episode.

5 minutes later

So this idiot actually popped a boner after drinking a ton of booze. I won't even ask if that's possible, because I don't drink booze of any kind. But if it is possible, then I guess you learn something new everyday, don't ya?

5 minutes later

And now he's pushing anal beads up her ass. Again, I would say that this is shocking, but I'm still not surprised by any of it. It's just more stupid than anything else.

9 minutes later

O...K, I was actually not expecting that to happen. At least, not to her anyway. In fact, I don't think I've ever experienced any kind of shooting from a porno anything before. That was definitely something.

The Review

Oh, thank you, god, it's done! Well, guys, that was "Foxy Nudes". Let me shut this stupid thing off here...OK. Now, before I get into this thing, I am gonna say this much about "Foxy Nudes". It's not as horrible as I thought it was going to be. Mind you now, it's still bad, but of the three porno's I've covered for this series, this one is probably the least bad. Which, granted, isn't really saying much, but at least that can be counted as something, right?

Well anyway, let's just dive right into this thing here and try to dissect what I can from this thing. Let's start with the writing. Now, I know it may sound ludicrous to some that I would be talking writing in a porno, because, really, that's not what people, who are into porn, watch it for. They watch it for, well...the sex, really. Nothing else really matters, so it may seem like that I'm just wasting time discussing writing for something that clearly wasn't meant to be taken seriously. I can tell that because this OVA was more intended as a comedy. However, as someone who has covered action films with little to not plot whatsoever, I feel as if I do give porno's the benefit of the doubt, too, because they count as film as much as any other movie does. And as long as they meet the criteria for Reaction & Review, then they totally qualify to be covered. Granted, I don't think I'm gonna be covering anymore porno's for this series anytime soon after this one, but still, the fact I've covered at least three of them means that I've given them a chance. Which is better than me not taking risks on covering them at all.

So now that I have gotten that out of the way, let's actually try to talk about the writing here. I would say the writing borders on being fucking stupid and plotless as shit. Now I will say that, at least when it comes to the first episode, it was actually not as bad as I thought it was. Granted, the whole concept for how we got there is kinda stupid, but at least there was something of a cohesive narrative there. Yes, there were a couple of sex scenes in the first episode, but, even then, they didn't really bring the episode down at all. It was kinda towards the end of the episode where things started to go south after Etsuko and her cameraman break into the apartment to negotiate for Mayumi's freedom. See, it's been noted that this guy is holding the girl, Mayumi, hostage, sometime after he got fired from the victim's Dad's job and he's seeking some kind of personal revenge or something. It's not really clear what kind, unless he meant that he was going to hold the daughter hostage against her own will, I guess.

Well, anyway, once Etsuko apprehends the suspect, she then proposes an idiotic idea. That idea being that Mayumi will play as a victim in which the guy is just going to take advantage of her perilous state. And once it's all over, she is going to allow Mayumi on the network where she will pay her a huge sum of money. What Mayumi does with getting money afterwards is really up in the air. Not that it really matters since, a bit of a spoiler, she ends up getting accidentally shot and killed after a failed shootout happens between the hostage taker and the riot police. I know that may seem like a huge spoiler, but again, this is still a porno after all, and I don't think spoilers involving a porno's story is really going to affect someone's chances of watching this thing, unless they're *really* into the story for some bizarre reasoning.

In terms of characters, the only one I can really talk about is our main character, Etsuko. She's a news reporter and, as I mentioned earlier, she gets involved to do a negotiation with the hostage taker. And I would say that she is probably one of the worst main characters I've ever come across in quite a long time. Mainly because, she's just doing all this, mainly to get a high news rating. That's it. She really doesn't do anything, other than give Mayumi instructions on how this whole hostage thing will play out, while Etsuko herself will report what's going on in front of her. Now in any normal situation, Etsuko would probably do the morally right thing and try to save her friend from this fucking psycho that's continuously raping her. And she did, too, at one point, and lets him know that she has a black belt in karate. Which, if she has that, why not just take down the hostage taker and knock him out? Now I obviously know why she didn't do this, but if I were to put logic into this situation, then it would make the most sense to me.

So yeah, guys, the writing in this OVA is a complete joke. Nothing about it makes any sense, and trying to put logic into a two episode OVA that never takes itself seriously is like trying to combine peanut butter and oil grease together. It just doesn't work that way. Now, before I get into the English dub itself, I am gonna give this dub one positive. At least all of the lines are synced properly. And to give you guys a bit of context, the last time I covered a porno was back when I reviewed "The Girl In The Shell". And in that OVA, it had an English dub that was so amateurishly bad that over half the dub's dialogue didn't match the mouth flaps of the characters that were talking. It really was that bad. At least here, however, the dialogue mostly matches with the characters mouth flaps. Which, you know what? As bad as this dub is, the fact that they were able to get this much right makes this thing infinitely better than "The Girl In The Shell" by a long mile.

Now, as for the actual dub itself, well, it's not really good. For some reason, and it may just be me, Etsuko's English voice actress sounds like Jennifer Tilly, if Jennifer Tilly's acting didn't go anywhere without "Family Guy". I swear that's what she sounds like, guys, and she sounds terrible. The rest of the acting ranges from sounding hammy and over the top. I almost want to say that this dub ranges on being so bad it's laughable. So hey, if you're really in the mood to watch something that's out of your element, then this could be decent riffing material for you. Other than that, this dub here is terrible. And if you seriously have to watch this thing on any physical format, then at least this thing offers an option to where you could watch the subtitled version with it's original Japanese audio.

Art-style and animation here is decent for what it is. However, I can't help but feel that this looks like it was made on the cheap side. Granted, I understand this thing was made in 2004, so I wasn't expecting high quality when it came to it's animation, but this honestly feels like something that could've been made in 1994 rather than 2004. It just looks sorta off to me. Mind you now, the animation here isn't really bad, as most of everything here is animated pretty well. But aside from that, however, the animation and it's art-style is really nothing to write home about.

Sound-mixing here is decent for what it is. The score here is also really nothing to remember this OVA by. Admittedly, the song that plays over the ending credits for each episode isn't too bad. So that's at least one decent song out of an unmemorable score.

But really, guys, when all is said and done, am I able to recommend "Foxy Nudes"? Only if you are a fan of this kind of genre. If you are one of those people that likes watching animated porn, then sure, I could maybe recommend it to those people there. Aside from that, though, I personally would not recommend this thing to anyone else. This OVA really kinda sucked. Mind you, it's not exactly the worst thing that I've ever seen. And in the case of porno's, the worst is probably gonna be staying with "The Girl In The Shell". But still, it's not something I could recommend to almost anybody, outside of those people that are into animated porno's or porn in general. But for me, I've had more than enough of watching and covering porn for this series, so I'm officially putting a ban on all porno's for this series. Now unless something comes around in which I may be tempted to lift that ban, I'm not gonna be covering any more porn for this series. Besides, after coming 0-3 with these things, I don't see anything else coming along and improving that score in a good way. So now, I'm gonna go and watch something else. I don't know what, exactly, I just want to watch something better right now. Perhaps maybe I'll watch something like "Pale Rider", because I haven't seen that film in a good long while. So I may as well go do that after having dealt with this OVA.

Anyway, guys, with that, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.

Reaction & Review | Cloak & Dagger

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be checking out a film from 1984. That movie is "Cloak & Dagger".

Now, I'm gonna tell you, guys, the premise to this film sounds really intriguing to me. From what I read on the back of it's DVD case, the premise involves a young boy who loves video games, and he also happens to have an imaginary friend, who's also a super-spy, according to what I read anyway. And this kid stumbles upon a murder of an FBI Agent, who manages to hand him a video game, which is also the title of the movie. And apparently, it comes to ahead when this kid is on the run and the only person who can save him is his imaginary friend.

Now I don't know how the hell this movie's gonna make it all work, but I am really intrigued by it nonetheless. I'm hoping that it's gonna be really good, otherwise, I'm gonna be a little bit disappointed here. Still, I want it to be really good. And the only way I'm gonna know for sure if it is actually any good is if I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. So, without further ado, guys, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Cloak & Dagger".

5 minutes later

So that entire opening prologue was basically just our main child character playing Dungeons & Dragons with his toys, which includes Jack Flack as one of the toys. Well, I must admit, that saves me a lot of time in trying to explain what the hell was going on in that opening prologue, because it did not make any fucking sense at all.

4 minutes later

Wait, is he actually carrying that gun with him in his hands in a public building and *not* in his backpack to where no can see it? How fucking retarded is this kid?! I understand that it's just a toy gun, but nobody else knows that. And also, he was told specifically by Morris to *not* let anyone see him. Yet, he's carrying his toy gun in his hands to where the security chief is viewing this in plain sight! I'm sorry, guys, but if our main character is trying to be like his favorite spy, then he's failing miserably at it, and I'm not gonna be sorry for him when he eventually gets apprehended...oh, like right now, actually. I can't wait hear to this.

30 seconds later

Wait, he's actually letting them go?! Why the fuck did he do that?! Why is he not taking the gun from him or actually asking him questions as to why he has that with him? Unless he's gonna alert the head of Textronics that there's a couple of kids heading his way, one of them carrying a fake gun, mind you, then he's probably just as stupid as our main character is for letting him carrying a gun into the building to begin with! Jesus Christ...we're not even a quarter of the way into this film, guys, and, already, we've run into a massive logic issue here.

14 minutes later

Hold up, is one of the games that Davey's Dad is taking away from him actually called "Blitzkrieg"? I don't know if that's a real game or not, but that name alone already intrigues me enough to want to try it. I may actually have to look that up at some point to see if it's actually a thing.

15 minutes later

All right, guys, I'm gonna just say this right now, this child actress really fucking sucks at acting. I'll get more into why later on, but I just wanted to let you guys know now just so I can have something to talk about when this movie is finished.

3 minutes later

So the secret code to the game was that there was some classified government files containing information about an invisible bomber jet. I gotta say...I would've never predicted that, even if I had been one of those unlucky saps that were playing the game.

16 minutes later

Well, guys, I kinda called it. I knew the people that Davey was with weren't exactly good people. However, I wasn't really expecting that kind of twist to happen. And no, I'm not gonna tell you what that twist is, you're just gonna have to watch the movie for yourself.

19 minutes later

Wait, let me see if I understand this. So, when Jack was distracting the guy from killing Davey, the guy shoots at Jack, doesn't hit him, because he's still imaginary, and he ends up getting killed by the gun that Davey stole from the other guy. Yet, even when he missed Jack's body, he somehow managed to shoot holes into Jack's hat. So, does that mean he actually saw Jack there or not? I'm gonna be honest, guys, this isn't really making a whole lot of sense right now.

6 minutes later

Wait, is that Louie Anderson? I think that is him. That's actually sorta cool, really. I never would've expected him in this movie at all. But still, that's actually a pretty cool cameo there.

The Review

Well, guys, that was "Cloak & Dagger". Let me go ahead and shut the movie off here...OK. Well, before I go any further, I should clarify something. I mentioned earlier about a game that Davey's Dad took away from him was called "Blitzkrieg". And upon looking it up, it actually is a real board game. It predates itself all the way back to 1965. So, that's actually sorta cool. Now I don't know how the game itself is like, but I imagine there's obviously more to it. So whenever I have the time, I'll look a little bit more into it in depth. But anyway, as for the movie itself, well, I gotta be honest and say that I was pleasantly surprised by it. It actually wound up being pretty good. Mind you, now, the film is a little bit flawed, but for the most part, I still wound up actually enjoying it.

So now that I've already given you a summarized version of my thoughts on the film itself, let's talk some more about it. Let's start with writing. The writing in this movie is mostly really solid, if a little bit on the convoluted side. Now normally, whenever you hear something described as that, you would probably think that we'd have a story that tries to fit it in too much of a narrative for it to make sense. And to a small degree, this movie is no exception. Because our villains of the film have placed a microchip into one of the Cloak & Dagger video games cartridges, which somehow contains government secrets. Now what's interesting about all this is that, near the end of the film, someone admits that the people doing this have been on the FBI's wanted list and the people that are after Davey have been apparently doing this kind of illegal thing for years. By which, again, they put microchips inside certain video game cartridges and they use it to sell information to, I guess, the black market, I suppose. It kinda sorta makes sense, though at the same time, it sorta doesn't. It's just more of a case of how much you can suspend your disbelief for this kind of thing.

I want to mention the characters here, specifically, I want to talk about the relationship between Davey and his imaginary friend, Jack Flack. See, this kinda sets up another premise as Jack Flack is seen as both a father figure and a friend to Davey. Because throughout the film, Jack is trying to help out his friend get out of trouble and escape from these spies who after him. Well, more so the Cloak & Dagger game, however, they still attempt to try and kill the kid, too. Probably because they don't want any witnesses. Speaking of, I also want to mention that Davey tries to tell his Dad about this. However, his Dad does not believe him, especially after Davey supposedly pulled a prank in which he discovers a murder at a building near the beginning of the movie. Now what I find rather funny about this is that his Dad, apparently, has a government job in which he works in the Air Force. You would think that, maybe, considering he has a job there, that he would've possibly taken his son's words about spies coming after him. Instead, he kinda disappears throughout most of the movie until the last third of it in which the film escalates into it's final climax.

Which then brings me back to talking about Jack Flack because he's more the supporting role for Davey. And the relationship between the two starts off with Davey being obsessed with the character and how much he wants to be like him. However, later on, it kinda delves into a bit of a turning point when Jack keeps suggesting that he tries to kill the guys who are after him. And admittedly, he does so for one of them. However, it then brings me to talking about what I already said about Jack being shot at and his hat being full of bullet holes. Well, as it turns out, Jack is somehow dying because he actually *did* get shot at. Now I still don't fully understand the whole thing, but I believe it's when Davey starts to snap because he thought that Jack had tricked him into killing someone and he stomps on the mini-figure of Jack and says he doesn't believe him anymore. Which then causes Jack to bleed out from his wounds and he "dies"...sort of. He still technically was Davey's imaginary friend, so it kinda raises the question of how he really dies. By either the bullet's that clearly missed him and somehow didn't, or it was Davey's moment of not believing in him anymore and thus he actually "dies". I don't know, and that, to me, leaves it off as a somewhat ambiguous ending for the character.

While I'm on the subject, our main character, Davey, is actually a rather likable character. Granted, he's annoying at times, especially in the beginning, but he actually does somewhat mellow out a little bit more and you do end up caring about him as the movie goes along. Other characters like Kim, his best friend, isn't really that well developed. In fact, she's only here to be used as some kind of framing device for a plot point that happens later on in the movie. I'd say she's more on the annoying side, though that has more to do with her acting more than anything else. I'll get to that in a second, but as for other characters, our villains are completely shallow and forgettable. And, as I said earlier, Davey's father is not in the movie much for very long as he's absent throughout a good portion of the middle of the movie. So while there could've been room for some kind of drama to build between Davey and his father, nothing much really comes from that, unfortunately.

So, writing here, despite a few minor faults here and there, is still really solid. As somewhat convoluted as the story is, it mostly is really easy to follow. So you're not gonna be lost or too confused as to what's happening. So if anything else, the writing here is, overall, rather solid. The acting here is mostly really good, too, with the one lone exception of Kim's child actress. See, I've been hinting at how bad her acting is in this movie, and I'll tell you guys why that it is. It's because her entire delivery comes off as if she's being sarcastic. There is no real range in her voice other than acting sarcastic. And it just sounds so jarring to listen to because I have no idea if that's how she really sounds like when she's ask to act or if her material wasn't good enough so she just kinda sorta phoned it in. I don't know, but the way she gives her lines bothered me a lot every time she was on camera.

The other actor I wanted to mention here is Dabney Coleman. He gets top billing here because has to play two different characters in this movie. He plays both Davey's father, and he also plays Jack Flack. And both characters are played differently here. As Davey's father, he's more of the soft-spoken type. He doesn't really yell or get angry at Davey, but he's more concerned than anything else about his son. And as Jack Flack, well, he's acting more of the supportive friend and mentor to Davey. And in both cases, Dabney Coleman does a fantastic job balancing both characters roles without them being too similar to each other. And it easily makes him the best actor of the entire movie. Mind you, Henry Thomas as Davey is really good, too, at least when it comes to child actors that can actually act decently. However, as I just said, Dabney Coleman easily steals the show here as two different characters and does it very well.

There's only one thing I wanted to comment on when it comes to special effects, and it comes in right near the end of the film, too. Without going too heavily into spoiling this part, the blue screen involving an explosion looks awful. And that's mainly the aftereffects of when it's in flames that becomes so awful because it moves so fucking slowly that it kinda ruins the ending of the movie a bit. Not by much, mind you, just a little bit. There's not much else I can comment other than some slight blood effects. It's just there, really.

I want to talk about something that I normally never talk about when it comes to reviewing movies. I want to talk about the product placement that is in this movie. Specifically, it has to do with the Atari system. You get that early on after the prologue where you see a lot of advertisements for games marked for the Atari. And just in case you might be curious, the titled movie is actually a real game on the Atari 5200 and this film is also a tie-in to the movie. Not that it's the first kind or anything, as E.T. the movie also got a video game on the Atari, and, well...the less said about that game and it's history, the better. But anyway, this game was a tie-in, and from what little footage I looked up on it, it actually does look like a really fun game. And if I somehow had access to an Atari 5200, I would like to try it myself sometime. But as is, I don't have anything that retro yet. The most retro system that I currently own is the Nintendo 64 and I need to build up it's library of games for me to play on there first. Still though, I would love to try the game at some point.

But yeah, as for the product placement in the movie itself, while it is very blatant, it doesn't completely overshadow the movie either. So at least the product placement is kept to a minimum. And as for the technical stuff, the camerawork here is good, as is the lighting, sound-mix, and the score. The latter isn't really that memorable, but it's still at least serviceable, which is at least something.

So ultimately, guys, when everything is said and done, am I able to recommend "Cloak & Dagger"? Oh yes, most certainly, guys. Once again, I was pleasantly surprised by how this movie turned out. I kinda thought it was just gonna be OK, but not worth holding onto for my DVD collection. Well, thankfully, I'm actually wrong there because this movie is totally worth keeping for my collection. Now if you're someone who's into retro systems like the Atari and you want to see a movie that blatantly advertises it's products, then yes, I could most certainly recommend it for you. If you're someone who's into video games in general and you want to see something that's not the norm when it comes to video game movies being released nowadays, then yes, I can also definitely recommend it. Now could I recommend it to children? Honestly, yes. While there is a bit of violence here and there, I don't think it's too scary for children to handle. So I think they should be fine. But yeah, guys, overall, I can totally recommend "Cloak & Dagger". The movie, anyway. Not totally sure about the game yet. Speaking of which, I did buy some new games recently, and there's a few that I've been juggling around as of late. I think I'm gonna continue with Sonic X Shadow Generations, because I'm loving that game already, mostly thanks to the Shadow gameplay. So I'm gonna continue playing that once I get done with this review.

And with that, guys, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.

Reaction & Review | Mortal Kombat

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be checking out a film from 2021. That movie is "Mortal Kombat".

Yes, guys, it's the live-action reboot that came out a few years ago, and I've never seen it. And just to clarify something, I have already seen the 1995 live-action movie and I love it. I've also seen it's sequel, "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation", which is nowhere near as good as the 1995 movie. Still though, I have seen both of those movies, and I have them both together as a DVD combo pack sitting in my collection somewhere.

Now as for the 2021 version, I really know nothing about the content of the film itself. I have heard, however, mixed things about it. I've heard some people say that it's pretty good, others have said it's just okay, while other people have said that the movie is just a pile of shit. I don't know which way it's gonna go for me, personally, but seeing as how the opinions of this film are all over the place, that makes my job here much easier. So I can go into it fresh eyes and see where it stands with me. I'm also aware that it has a sequel because they dropped a trailer for it not too long ago. I can't guarantee anything on covering the sequel until I get through this film first.

So now that I have that all out of the way, it's finally time for me to see how this movie is gonna turn out. I want it to be good, though it has big shoes to fill if it's ever gonna stand next to it's 1995 counterpart. But at the very least, I would like it to be better than "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation". Which shouldn't be too hard to do, but there is that slight possibility that this movie could totally suck. So, I'm gonna just dive right into this one and see how it turns out. And the only way I'm gonna find out how good or bad this movie could possibly be is if I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. So, without further ado, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Mortal Kombat".

6 minutes later

OK, well, that's certainly a little messed up to see Hanzo's wife and son all frozen up like that. I was gonna suggest maybe trying to defrost them, however, I noticed some kind of weapon sticking out from his frozen wife's back, so I guess that's not an option. I'm gonna assume this is suppose to be Scorpion before he even got his powers. At least it's something so far.

1 minute later

By the way, guys, I probably should mention this, even though it's still early in the film, the CG blood that I'm seeing here in this first fight sequence is really fucking terrible. I'm not kidding, guys, it is really fucking bad. I'm hoping maybe that it'll actually get better, or perhaps maybe I'll get use to it as the film goes on, but I'm not totally sure if it will or not.

17 minutes later

Guys, I'm gonna say this right now, Sub-Zero's costume here looks like shit. And I don't mean that it's shit because it's not the traditional blue garb that he normally wears, I mean that the metal surrounding his suit looks bulky as hell, and his back looks as if he's almost wearing foil that's trying desperately to look like metal. I really hope that he gets a better costume later on in the film, because, if not, then I'm gonna have to put up with looking at his awful costume for almost the next hour and a half or so.

12 minutes later

Well, guys, I am gonna say one thing so far. Kano in this movie is pretty awesome. In fact, he's the only likable character I've found in this movie so far. Everyone else has been kinda boring, but at least there's one likable character here I've found. So, at least that's a positive.

18 minutes later

So, guys, I'm gonna have to ask this, being that there's an hour left in the film and all, but is anything interesting gonna happen in this movie? Like, at all? I mean, come on, we're working with a video game property that's main focus is fighting. It should be really interesting, but right now, it isn't. I really hope that the next hour or so actually does get more interesting, because I'm starting to lose a little bit of interest here.

19 minutes later

OK, that was a really cool finish to that fight. But then again, considering it features Kung Lao's hat, I guess that was to be expected. Still though, that was actually kinda awesome.

12 minutes later

Oh, goody, one of the only characters that had something resembling a personality is now dead. So now, I have less of a reason to care about what's going on. It is pretty sad to think of, considering the character I liked was ultimately a villain, and all of the good guys have been boring as fuck. And that's saying a lot, mind you.

The Review

Well, guys, that was "Mortal Kombat". Let me go ahead and shut the movie off here...OK. Wow, um...where to even start here? Well, I guess I can say this much. This movie is certainly nowhere near as good as the 1995 movie, however, it is still at least better than "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation". Which really isn't saying a whole lot, but at least's something. So yeah, this movie doesn't really suck, as it's just more so on the average side of things.

Why don't I go ahead and start this review off proper here by first talking about the writing. The writing here is...well, a mixed bag at best. Now, much like with the 1995 film, they sorta have the same premise where Outworld needs to win 10 "Mortal Kombat" tournaments so that they can invade Earthrealm and ultimately conquer it. And so far, they've won 9 tournaments. One more and, well, they win. So Raiden and Liu Kang are gathering the best fighters to stop Shang Tsung and his band of villains from winning the tenth tournament. However, this is where the similarities with the 1995 film end because, this time, Raiden is recruiting specific fighters that have this special marking on their body, which is the famous dragon logo for the "Mortal Kombat" series. And also, unlike the 1995 film where they actually do their fights in the tournament, Shang Tsung is looking to kill all of the fighters who have the special marking and they're doing this before the tournament even starts. And so far, they've killed many people that have had this logo. We don't see this, mind you, as we're just told all this through exposition.

And that's one of the big problems of this movies comes in is that we're given mountains of exposition from our characters perspectives. To give you a couple of examples, we have the opening prologue where Sub-Zero kills Hanzo, AKA Scorpion, and his entire family, with the one lone exception being the baby girl that Raiden saves after Hanzo dies. What happened to Hanzo's daughter after that is never explained at all. I'm going to assume she's been long dead afterwards, but I still feel like that should've been explored a little bit more. But anyway, it's said that Sub-Zero is looking to kill Hanzo and the rest of his lineage. Now, I'm not the biggest expert when it comes to the lore of "Mortal Kombat", but I'm pretty sure that Sub-Zero had more of a reason to do this other than just simply killing off Hanzo's lineage. Yes, you get Hanzo's side of it. He wants revenge for his family. But you learn nothing about Sub-Zero's motivation. Which makes his character uninteresting because he has no real character to begin with.

While I'm on the subject of exposition, Liu Kang's entire backstory about how he got his special mark is told through exposition. You're not shown anything about him other than learning that he's on the side of Earthrealm and wants to protect it with Raiden and Kung Lao from Shang Tsung's forces. He's just a generic good guy. Which, to be fair, he did sorta come off as somewhat generic in the 1995 film. But he actually had a purpose there. He wanted to get revenge against Shang Tsung for killing his brother, and you cared about him then because he actually had something called character development. In this movie, he's only there to help train our would-be heroes against the forces of Outworld. Even when, spoiler here, Kung Lao gets killed off by Shang Tsung, you really feel nothing from it because, one, Shang Tsung doesn't get killed off here unlike the ending of the 1995 film. And two, there's no chemistry between the two characters because nothing comes from it in the end. And I don't want to hear that "they're saving all that for a sequel" excuse. If you can't establish something like that as your solo film, then you have fucked up right then and there and I'm not having real hopes of him having any development in the sequel there. I could be totally wrong on that, but I'm not having any real hopes there.

Since I'm already kinda talking about characters, let's talk about our main hero Cole Young. I'm just gonna be upfront when I tell you guys this, but Cole Young is easily the most boring character in the entire history of "Mortal Kombat". I'm dead serious, guys, he is boring as shit! It's hinted that he's suppose to be the descendant of Hanzo, but I refuse to believe that because the guy has all the personality and backstory of cat piss. I'm gonna give you his entire character right here: He's an MMA fighter and he has a teenage daughter and wife that he wants to protect. Ta-da! I've given you his entire backstory right there. And what makes his character even more pointless is that, by the time a certain twist happens near the last third of the movie, his entire character is completely overshadowed and, if you somehow actually cared about him in some small way, you're gonna immediately forget about him as a main character, and also acting as some supposed ancestor to Hanzo.

As for other characters, um...what about them? There's almost nothing there that I could tell you about them that's interesting or compelling in any way. The only exception out of all this is Kano. Kano is the only interesting character here who has something resembling a personality and depth that you can actually care about. Well, until a certain point anyway because, well, I kinda already spoiled it. So yeah, once he got killed off, everyone else I could give less of a fuck about because they were so boring and bland that I seriously felt like almost shutting off the movie just so I could go watch the 1995 film again, which I'm gonna do as soon as I finish this review, because, damn it, I'm really in the mood to watch it right now. However, I'm gonna be patient and finish talking about this movie first.

So yeah, guys, writing here is, well, horrible. I said earlier that it was a mixed bag at best. But now that I'm actually getting a chance to talk about it a bit more, the writing here just went from being a "mixed bag" to just downright "horrible". And yes, I know it seems like I'm being kinda biased because I've been sorta comparing it to the 1995 film. And since it's a reboot and not another remake, it really shouldn't matter too much, right? Well, if this was able to stand on it's own standards, I probably would've given the writing here a pass. But since it doesn't, I can't do that here, because the writing here is just that shallow and horrible.

While I'm on that subject, the acting here is also equally as bad. Most of the acting sounds stilted and robotic. Two of those I can think of immediately are Shang Tsung and Raiden's actors. Shang Tsung's actor sounds incredibly wooden, and Raiden's actor is almost the exact same boat, however, with him, I would say that Raiden's actor sounds fucking lifeless in this role. And he obviously does not have the charisma of Christopher Lambert from he portrayed the character in the 1995 film. Speaking of lifeless and wooden, Cole Young's actor just sounds completely emotionless throughout a good chunk of the film. I don't know if it's just the actor himself or if the script he was given just didn't work, but it sounded like he just phoned it in the worst way, and considering he's suppose to be the main character of the movie, it really makes him look worse than usual.

The only two actors I'm gonna give an exception to are Jax and Kano. The latter, in particular, because he actually seemed like he was having fun with his role. Then again, he actually had a little more to work with, unlike Cole's actor. Now granted, Kano's actor, Josh Lawson, does have a bit of a habit of spewing out pop culture references, but I honestly think they work fine for him because, like I said, he was one of the two actors here who actually tried. The actor playing Jax also did a pretty good job, too, though he doesn't get nearly enough material to work with, unlike Kano's actor. Still though, props to Mechad Brooks for trying. Though Josh Lawson is easily the biggest highlight when it comes to the acting here.

Special effects here are decent at best. There's quite a bit of CG involved, and for the most part, the CG isn't too bad...as long as they don't show digital blood flying. Allow me to explain. Now, when it comes to close up shots of wounds or any of the fighting that shows blood gushing out, that actually looks pretty good. However, if it's not viewed up close, and the blood is just flying out during fight scenes, then we have a bit of a problem here. All of the CG bloods in those instances look awful, especially during the opening prologue where Hanzo is stabbing some ninjas. The CG blood looks horrible and noticeably fake. And to any filmmakers out there, don't use digital blood for your movies, because 9 times out of 10, it's always going to look like shit. "Stitches" and one or two other films that escape me at the moment do digital blood right and they do it better. Not so much this movie. The CG blood here is mostly shit, when viewed from certain angles.

The fight choreography here is OK at best. It's not great, by any means, but it's at least serviceable. And that's the best compliment I can give the fight choreography here because a lot of it is just really forgettable. Part of the reason is because none of the sequences here, with maybe the exception of the final fight, is completely forgettable. I didn't even care about the fight between Cole Young and Goro because that fight was boring as shit. Now if you want a better fight done with Goro in it, look no further than the 1995 movie where he battles Johnny Cage. That fight was more interesting because it actually flowed better and had better pacing. It was short, I'll grant you that, but at least it kept you interested to see how Johnny was going to outmaneuver the four-armed monster. The fight between Cole and Goro does not have that luxury because it goes on for a little bit too long. So yeah, outside of that fight scene, the rest of the fights are just OK at best.

Camerawork here is pretty good. Lighting here is lit well enough. The sound-mixing here is good. And the score is incredibly generic and forgettable. There's just not much else to say about it.

Overall, guys, when everything is said and done, am I able to recommend "Mortal Kombat"? If you're a fan of the series, then I could maybe recommend it as a rental of sorts. If you see it running on some streaming service, then sure, maybe I can recommend it as a once over. But to physically purchase a copy of the film...no. I really couldn't recommend it because it's just not a very good movie. Now I'm not about to claim that the 1995 film is a masterpiece or anything, but it has more than enough entertainment value that it can be rewatched again and again on multiple viewings. This, however, doesn't really have a whole lot of entertainment value. And unless you're just watching it for the upcoming sequel, then there's not much of a reason for you to watch this thing at all. Especially if you're not a fan of the "Mortal Kombat" series. As for me, well, I wanted to like it. I really did. Because I wanted to see how this film could stand on it's own standards as a reboot film. And the final product, unfortunately, doesn't really deliver on that aspect. Now, who knows, *maybe* I'll cover the sequel at some point when it comes out on home video, just don't expect it to happen anytime soon. Now...as I said earlier, I was tempted to shut off this movie just so I can rewatch the 1995 film again. And now that I'm done with this review, I'm gonna go and do what I promised. I'm gonna go and watch the 1995 "Mortal Kombat" movie right now simply because this movie inspired me to watch something that's actually better.

Anyway, guys, with that, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.

Reaction & Review | Night Of The Living Deb

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be covering a romantic horror comedy from 2015. That movie is "Night Of The Living Deb". God, that title really fucking sucks...

Yeah, guys, in case you somehow don't catch the reference, this movie's title is suppose to be playing off of George A. Romero's famous zombie flick, "Night Of The Living Dead". And I still hate having to repeat this film's title, it just *really* sucks. But I'm gonna try to look past that and focus on the content of tonight's movie.

Now, similar to the title, this movie also features zombies, and it's also a romantic horror comedy. And I don't really know if that's gonna be a good thing or not. Because as much as I enjoy horror comedies, the very fact that they included it as a "romantic" horror comedy kinda brings this down slightly. Because in you case you're not aware, I hate romantic comedies. And considering that I already reviewed a romantic comedy a couple of weeks ago, AKA "Chokeslam", which also really sucked, I'm already kinda soured by this thing a little bit.

But hey, you know what? Maybe this film will actually still be really funny, even if it is partly a romantic comedy. I don't know if it will be, but there is a chance that this movie could still surprise me in a way. But the only way I'm gonna know if this thing is any good at all is if I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. So, without further ado, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Night Of The Living Deb".

9 minutes later

Guys, I know this is early for me to be saying this, but the dialogue in this movie is just awful. Like, none of it sounds natural in the slightest and I'm not totally sure if it's gonna get better or not. I hope it does, because, otherwise, I'm probably gonna have to get use to this horrible dialogue for the next hour and 14 minutes.

12 minutes later

Wow, guys, we had a somewhat creative kill that was ruined by our two main characters awful banter. So, I guess I'll ask this now, even though the film is still pretty early. When does this shit get funny? I really want to know, guys, because, so far, none of the humor has landed as of yet, and I'm just really curious as to when it will actually start to get funny?

12 minutes later

Jesus Christ...guys, I didn't think this was even possible, but the dialogue is getting worse! I'm hating every single word that is uttered out of our main characters mouths because they've been arguing for almost the first half of the entire movie and I'm getting sick of it! I hope, by the end, that they die a horrible, painful death. And if I don't get that, I'm not gonna be very happy. Just saying.

20 minutes later

So, guys, I'm still waiting for this movie to do something that's actually funny. I would like to find one joke in this movie that's gonna crack a smile out of me. I'm not asking for it to be make me laugh, because at this point, that ship has long since set sailed. I just want to find one joke here that's gonna at least make me smile. Is that asking for too much at this point? I fear it is, but I'm hoping, out of sheer morbid curiosity, that I'm wrong.

The Review

Well, guys, that was "Night Of The Living Deb". God, fuck off...holy shit. So, guys, I got bad news and I got worse news. Bad news is that I still didn't get a single laugh, nor did it make me smile in any way. Worse news, our main characters both live at the end of this. And the ending itself is borderline retarded, which is all the more reason for me to hate this movie even more.

So, since on this subject already, let's actually start off with the writing. First of all, as the movie was going on, at one point, I decided to check the back of the DVD case to see how many fucking chimps wrote this stupid thing. And the answer to that is just one person. That person's name is Andy Selsor. I don't know if Andy is a boy or a girl, I'm going to assume it's the former. If it is, then I would like to say a few words to this gentlemen. You, sir, cannot write for shit. What made you think that any of this was suppose to be funny? If you think that making these characters unlikable from the word go was a good idea, and that you had our titled character be one of the most annoying main characters ever committed to film, then you, sir, should probably not write anymore. Also, having Deb spewing references to other films like "Rush Hour" and "Meet Joe Black" for no real reason, and then announcing what they're from, is Friedberg and Seltzer's shtick. As much as their parody films are garbage, at least they can probably do it marginally better than how you did it, asshole. So you can take your shitty fucking script and use it to wipe your ass with! At least that would be more interesting than the garbage that you had written for this god awful movie. Holy shit...

Wow...I've never said that kind of thing about a writer before, but hey, at least that made me feel a little better now. So, now that I'm done venting about the writer themselves, let's actually talk more about it, shall we? As you can probably surmise, the writing in this movie is shit. The dialogue itself is easily the worst thing about this movie. Most of it comes from our two main characters, Deb and Ryan. Both of them are easily the most annoying characters ever written for any movie in a long time. Deb, more so than Ryan, but still. And what makes them annoying is that for, the first half or so, these two are just fucking bickering and arguing with each other as they're trying to get away from the zombies, and they don't know when to shut the fuck up because that's what they mostly fucking do for the first half hour of the movie! And so you might be thinking, well, it gets better, right? No, it doesn't.

Every other characters dialogue is almost just as bad as our main characters dialogue. None of them have any real depth to them, and their personalities are all one noted, too. Deb is, well, obviously annoying as shit. She's suppose to be a TV reporter and also a camerawoman for a TV news station, though you don't get any of that from her until near the end of the movie. Ryan, her supposed love interest, is about as boring as they come. It's been stated by him that he doesn't want to work for his father's company, which probably is for the best considering that his father's company is mostly responsible for starting this whole zombie plague to begin with. Basically, they were experimenting some kind of shit with the city's water, which apparently turned most of the population of Portland, Maine into zombies. And also, Ryan's father is in good tidings with the governor there, too, since they get the funding from him to do this experiment. So really, it's just a classic case of political corruption.

So we got a motivation as to why this has happened. It's a really stupid motivation, but at least it's something to go on. But then comes the ending. See, right before Deb bites Ryan sometime after she gets bitten by a zombie, a medical team rushes in after stunning some zombies and puts band-aid over her bitten shoulder. They then tell our "likable" characters that you don't turn when you get bitten by a zombie. Which is why we later see Ryan's Dad coming in, along with his adopted brother. And they reiterate the same dialogue that they don't get infected from a bite by zombies. How the fuck that makes any sense doesn't really get explained, since they end up bombing Portland anyways, which ends the movie. So my question is how do you get turned into a zombie in this film? Is it through the same methods that I brought up earlier about the city's water? I'm only asking because they bring this info up right out of nowhere towards the end, and it just seems like an incredibly half-assed way to wraps things up and give our characters a happy ending that they don't fucking deserve.

So yeah, guys writing in this movie is complete and utter shit. In terms of a horror comedy, it fails at being at funny. And as it being a romantic comedy, it fails even harder when your main characters have all the chemistry of a fucking bus fire. So yeah, writing here is an absolute disaster. The acting is also equally shit with the one lone exception being Ray Wise. For those of you who don't know, Ray Wise plays Ryan's father in this film, and he is great. He's one of those actors where you could give him almost any kind of script and he'll turn it into solid gold. I didn't think he would be able to do it here, considering the horrendous script and all, but somehow, he actually was able to polish his own turds just enough to where, again, he can make it look like solid gold. So yeah, Ray Wise is awesome here. Everyone else...is not. All of them sucked royal balls and they just phoned it in for that quick paycheck. No one here tried, which I guess, considering the script they were given, they could only do so much with it. So, outside of Ray Wise, the acting here is complete shit.

Special effects are also shit. Now I totally understand that this movie was filmed on a rather low budget. The low budget being $106,000. So we're not shooting for the fucking stars here. However, most of the effects in this movie would rival any movie that was made by the Sy-Fy Channel. And that's obviously not a compliment, considering a majority of their films have shitty special effects. The blood effects aren't impressive, the gore is just as bad, and the CG is also dogshit, too. So yeah, there's nothing about the special effects that I could say is even worth watching for. Oh, and also, for a movie that involves zombies, most of the zombified people don't really look like zombies to begin with. Which is why the makeup effects are fucking horrible, since there's barely any to begin with. Again, I'm not asking for much from a low budget film, but they could've at least made the zombies look a little bit believable. However, they couldn't even do that much. So, again, the special effects here are just shit.

Camerawork here is fine. Lighting is also fine. The sound-mixing is actually pretty good. And the score here is just unmemorable to say the least. So, the technical work here is just, oh, average at best.

Now with all that said, guys, when it comes down to it, can I recommend "Night Of The Living Deb"? Fuck no! This movie is a massive fucking turd! As I already said, it sucks as a horror comedy, and it's even worse as a romantic comedy. But then again, I hate romantic comedies to begin with, so this movie was already starting off very poorly and went straight down the tubes the moment that it started. There is no way in hell I can recommend this film to anybody. It is easily one of the worst horror comedies I've ever seen in a good long while. Not sure if it's *the* worst, though, I'd have to go back and check to see if I covered any other horror comedies that were worse than this thing. I doubt it, considering how horrendous this film was. And the fact that I paid $10 for this garbage makes me almost physically ill. So much so that I need to watch something better. Something like an actual good horror comedy. And you know what? I still have "Dead & Breakfast" on my DVD shelf. I love that film to pieces, so I'm gonna go and rewatch that movie again right now just so I can be reminded of something good at this point. And also, I probably should get around to finding a copy of "Night Of The Living Dead" on DVD seeing as how this movie wanted to slander it's name and all.

Anyway, guys, with that, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.

Reaction & Review | Feed The Light

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all new Reaction & Review. Tonight, guys, I'm gonna be covering a Swedish horror film from 2014. That movie is "Feed The Light".

I'll be honest with you, guys, I know jack shit about this movie. The only things I know is that it's, well, a Swedish horror movie. And, from what I skimmed over on the back of the DVD case here, apparently it's from a Swedish filmmaker named Henrik Moller, which is also his directorial debut. So, I believe this marks the second Swedish filmmaker I'm gonna be taking a look at that isn't named Mats Helge Olsson. So at least that's something new.

Beyond that, guys, I don't know what to expect from this movie. I'm certainly hoping for it to be good. Though, so far, Swedish films haven't exactly had the best track record so far for this series. So I'm hoping this one will be able to break that mold here. I don't know if it will, but that's what I'm here to find out. And the only way I'm gonna find out if this movie is any good at all is if I shut up and I push play, and I'm gonna do that right now. So, without further ado, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out "Feed The Light".

7 minutes later

OK, I have a genuine question here. Well, a few of them anyway, but I'll stick with the topic for now. Why is this guy naked and why does he keep panting like a dog? And also, why is he in this woman's office? I'm really curious now and I'm not totally sure if any of them will get answered at all.

5 minutes later

Well, that's something new. I've never seen part of a mop disappear like that. I guess maybe this is part of that "sparkling dust" that's on the mop itself, which caused it to disappear the way it did. That was actually really interesting.

4 minutes later

O...K, that was genuinely fucking creepy as hell. And I'm going to assume that's what happens when you have too much sparkling dust on your hands. Never would've expected that at all.

10 minutes later

Oh, that's fucking tasteful. So the naked guy I mentioned earlier has Sara on the ground. And there's some kind of unknown liquid that's literally coming from his asshole. What the fuck am I watching?!

8 minutes later

So let me see if I understand this. You can age faster in just a few hours if you're unlucky. And part of that has to do with this light that is always around. I'm not totally sure how that all works, but I will say that it is at least interesting.

15 minutes later

I will say this, guys, I'm really digging this movie's shadow effects. I'm guessing they're CG, but I still really like how they're being implemented. It looks really creepy and cool-looking at the same time. I'm really liking it.

20 minutes later

Sorry, guys, for not saying very much. It's just that the movie hasn't really given me much to work with at the moment. I will say, though, that I am intrigued on where the rest of this film is going.

The Review

OK...well, guys, that was "Feed The Light". Let me go ahead and shut the movie off now...OK. So, before I get into the review itself I am gonna say that I did kinda enjoy the movie. It's a very unique film, one in which I haven't really experienced in quite a while. However...this is where I'm gonna sorta interject here, because as much as I enjoyed this film, I don't think I'm ever going to rewatch it again. And the reason why I say that is because all of the weird, creepy stuff that happens here isn't going to be as effective a second time. And it's not to say that the movie is a masterpiece of any kind. Far from it, the film is still kinda flawed. I just don't think that I'm gonna get that same experience as much as I did the first time around is what I'm trying to say.

Now let's get into this review here and first go over the writing. Writing in this movie is, well, a little bit lacking. I mean, premise wise, it's about a mother looking for her daughter after she gets taken to some mental institution. And throughout the whole ordeal, she is experiencing all of the weird things that are going on at this institution. A lot of it involves the Light that is heavily played up in this movie. I mean, no shit, it's in the title, but they *really* do play it up a lot here as the movie's main gimmick. I'll get more into that in a little bit, but as for the rest of the film's narrative, there's not much going on here. As most of the film has taken a back seat to all of it's weirdness. In essence, the movie is more or less an arthouse film. And as I said before, I'm not really a fan of those because they rely more on it's weird trippiness rather than having a cohesive narrative.

Which then brings me into one of the bigger problems this movie suffers from. The characters in this movie are just not very interesting. Our main character, Sara, is suppose to be someone you're suppose to get behind as the film's protagonist, but she really doesn't have much of a personality. She really only cares about finding her daughter. The thing is, her background is rather sketchy. We learn from the boss of this institution that Sara had lost her daughter in a custody battle with her, I think, ex-husband, Jon, though I don't recall if they were married or not. But anyway, for some reason, Jon, took Sara's daughter, Jenny, to this institution, and it's never really explained why. It was sorta implied that she may have some connection to the Light, but it's never really expanded upon. And for some reason, the boss knows about this, but doesn't understand why Sara is looking for her daughter if she ended up losing custody rights to her. That part is never explained and it makes me feel like there was suppose to be more to it that never made it to film. I don't know if that's the case or not, but it just feels really weird to me.

As for our other characters, Jon is, like I said, Sara's ex-husband, or possibly boyfriend, and aside from his questionable motivation to bring Jenny to this institution, you learn that he's been kept there for a good amount of time. He doesn't know how long exactly he's been at this institution, but he did try to film some documentary with a colleague of his, who ended up aging faster than he ever did before and it was implied that he ended up being killed. Which, OK, that in itself is weird, but the thing about Jon is that you really don't know anything else about him, beyond everything I just told you guys. He's just been kept there in this institution as a victim, apparently. And then you have Martin, who's implied to have lost his family to this place, but aside from that, the only kind of personality you get out of him is that he's stone faced for most of the movie. Now granted, you could argue that because he's been at this institution for so long that any emotion he may have once had is gone, but it still feels a little bit lacking, if you ask me.

One more thing I want to mention about the film's writing is how the film is being presented. You see, the whole movie is shot in black & white. And without going into any spoilers, the ending kind of explains why the whole movie was filmed like that. I say it *kind of* does, because they don't outright explain it to you. That being said, it's still a little bit on the confusing side because when these shadows tell Sara not to open the metal grate near the end of the film, they say that she will ruin everything. Now what exactly they mean by that, I don't know. My guess is that maybe they just want everything in darkness. Though that's just more theoretical than anything else. I could somehow be totally wrong there.

But yeah, guys, the writing in this movie is a little bit on the weak side. Not awful, mind you, just a little bit weak is all. Now the acting, I will say, is actually pretty good. Mind you, this is technically the first film I'm watching that comes exclusively with the Swedish dub, so I can only judge with what I've got there. That said, I still think the acting is pretty good. The only one who I felt was a bit weak was the child actress they got to play Jenny. Her facial expressions gives off the impression that she has no idea what she's suppose to be doing in this film. And it just stays that way with her throughout every scene that she's in. Granted, she's not in the film for very long, so I can't completely blast her performance here. Still though, she could've been better. The rest of the acting is perfectly fine though. And I can't add much else to it other than that.

Special effects in this movie are actually really good. The ones that are gonna stand out to you are the shadow effects. Now again, it's very well possible that they were done in CG, but they still looked really cool. The best way I can describe the shadow effects is that they remind me of a PlayStation 1 game called "Ico". It's the game where you, as a young boy, escort some lady out of her imprisonment from shadow monsters. The shadow monsters in "Feed The Light" remind me of how they looked like in "Ico", and I'm kinda happy that I remembered that game after so long. But setting aside that, the blood effects here are also pretty decent. Granted, there's not a lot here, but they're still pretty good overall.

Camerawork here is pretty good for the most part. Sound-mixing here is actually pretty decent. Music here is OK, though there really isn't much of it to begin with. Lighting here is actually the one thing that I can comment on the most because, as I mentioned earlier, the entire movie is shot in black and white. So you have a movie that's working with only two colors. And when I was initially watching it, part of me was curious to see how exactly they were going to blend in both aspects. And I will say that, for the most part, the lighting here is actually really solid. They really go all out in making sure the lighting is almost perfectly balanced. So whenever you get the brighter scenes, it's much more relaxing, while with the darker lighting, it gives off a really uncomfortable vibe that you're not sure what to expect from it. And it's here where the atmosphere of the movie really excels at because they have a near perfect balance of how well the lighting is used here. The only scenes that might have much darker lighting than usual is when they're filming in something resembling a cave. I'm not sure if it totally is or not, but still, the lighting there is good enough to where you can see what's going on. Which is totally cool to see. So yeah, guys, the lighting here is great, as is the rest of the technical work.

So when all is said and done, guys, am I able to recommend "Feed The Light"? I can probably say yes, mostly as a single viewing experience. I say this, mainly because all of dark weird shit that happens in this film is something that I'm not gonna get out of a second viewing because I'll see it coming. But if you enjoyed this movie enough to where you want to watch it on multiple viewings, then you go right for it. The movie is still a really unique film on it's own standards. And I would've not been able to say that had I not seen the movie for myself. And while I may not be interested in watching it again, I still did enjoy it as a once-over for myself. Now with that said, I mentioned the PS1 game, "Ico" earlier in my review, and I'm curious to see if it's actually available to download off my PS4. I haven't played that game since I played a demo of it back when Walmart use to do that sort of thing when I was a kid. So I'm gonna go see if I can get "Ico" on PS4 and see if my experience with it is just as good as it was back then.

Anyway, guys, with that, we come to the close of another Reaction & Review. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all later. Peace.