Review of Maniac

Maniac (2012)
1/10
Garbage remake of a garbage film.
25 June 2014
Is Elijah Wood so desperate to lose his identity as Frodo Baggins that he'll be in a piece of utter, misogynist garbage like this? About the only thing I can say is that the sfx were good, other than that, as well as being a remake of a crummy film, this is a crummy film. An unoriginal idea (oh the killer has mommy issues - see PSYCHO or SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, both infinitely better, more original films). This is just a sick exercise in violence against woman and it's not even an entertaining one. Slight of build as he is, are we really expected to believe that Wood can overpower these women? Or that women would be attracted to such a little creep as he? This is another in the long sad procession of tepid, lame remakes that Hollywood insists on pushing out. How long before Hollywood learns that these movies are worthless? How about a little originality? 10,000 novels out there and this is the best some production companies can do? Oh, and the drawn out, ridiculous ending is simply unbelievable. PASS ON THIS.
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