Loved the trailer. Did its job well as the premise grabbed my attention and the fact it had metal musicians involved seemed kinda cool. (Although it turned out the music was a bit poor throughout )
I'll start by saying is far from the worst film I've seen. It kept me entertained and I love revenge films. Its well acted, direction isn't too bad and its edited to a professional level but the script doesn't really match the quality.
Too many daft parts and choices to ignore. The God bothering lead actor started off likeable then became irritating with his actions until slightly redeemed himself with a fun kill spree.
First scene was confusing? Seemingly unrelated. Zombies? At first i was not sure what the hell that was about at all (until later in the film that is when all made clear.
The snippet of Band performing at a Church sermon almost made me turn inside out with embarrassing Cringe. So bad and that nearly made me switch it off.
Who thought that was a good idea!? Ha ha Again I tried to ignore and carried on.
Clichéd biker characters appear, a storyline about rival gangs is hinted on (and then totally forgotten about) and a slaphead hard man in a muscle car unnecessarily attacks a girl due to his own incompetence. Then tie wraps her to her car steering wheel and pushes her into a lake. Why didn't she simply put her foot on the brake???
Ok. Again I tried to ignore the daft logic.
Two days later she's buried. (They work quickly there!) And it's only then (at the wake!?) that a police detective decides to introduce himself and mention that the girl was tied to the steering wheel!? Then casually (days later) goes to Gas station to ask for cctv footage. The script is full of all these daft inconsistencies that its difficult to ignore.
Blood on face Continuity was noticeable (Covered one minute, clean the next) as was the dodgy blood cgi. Some fun gory parts regardless but nothing excessive.
Add pointless and blatant cameos of rock stars in strip joints and we start to actually get a vague semblance of story and the detectives back story of vigilante justice. Enter (the always awful) Jacoby (singer? From Nu Metal band Papa Roach) who ina flashback waits until Police break into a motel room (where he has a kinapped woman) to blow a hole in her head. And doesn't get shot!?? C'mon. That's ridiculous!? He would have been riddled with bullets by the police for sure. Then we see the detective pick up evidence with no gloves. Yet another ridiculous script fail.
The idea of someone providing a service to people who have had family members murdered etc by capturing the killers and allowing them to torture them seemed like a great idea but its just far too brief here......and the main spoils it all and causes a right mess with his weak actions. This should have been the main part of the story, but it just turned into an almost comedic kill spree. Which needed to be a lot more splatter to be enjoyable. Think Brain Dead (Dead Alive) ordered from Wish.
If this just had the script polished a little better. Focused on the story of revenge, not been shy with the gore and violence then it could have been an excellent film. Instead it's an OK film, flawed with couple of interesting moments.
Missed opportunity.
I'll start by saying is far from the worst film I've seen. It kept me entertained and I love revenge films. Its well acted, direction isn't too bad and its edited to a professional level but the script doesn't really match the quality.
Too many daft parts and choices to ignore. The God bothering lead actor started off likeable then became irritating with his actions until slightly redeemed himself with a fun kill spree.
First scene was confusing? Seemingly unrelated. Zombies? At first i was not sure what the hell that was about at all (until later in the film that is when all made clear.
The snippet of Band performing at a Church sermon almost made me turn inside out with embarrassing Cringe. So bad and that nearly made me switch it off.
Who thought that was a good idea!? Ha ha Again I tried to ignore and carried on.
Clichéd biker characters appear, a storyline about rival gangs is hinted on (and then totally forgotten about) and a slaphead hard man in a muscle car unnecessarily attacks a girl due to his own incompetence. Then tie wraps her to her car steering wheel and pushes her into a lake. Why didn't she simply put her foot on the brake???
Ok. Again I tried to ignore the daft logic.
Two days later she's buried. (They work quickly there!) And it's only then (at the wake!?) that a police detective decides to introduce himself and mention that the girl was tied to the steering wheel!? Then casually (days later) goes to Gas station to ask for cctv footage. The script is full of all these daft inconsistencies that its difficult to ignore.
Blood on face Continuity was noticeable (Covered one minute, clean the next) as was the dodgy blood cgi. Some fun gory parts regardless but nothing excessive.
Add pointless and blatant cameos of rock stars in strip joints and we start to actually get a vague semblance of story and the detectives back story of vigilante justice. Enter (the always awful) Jacoby (singer? From Nu Metal band Papa Roach) who ina flashback waits until Police break into a motel room (where he has a kinapped woman) to blow a hole in her head. And doesn't get shot!?? C'mon. That's ridiculous!? He would have been riddled with bullets by the police for sure. Then we see the detective pick up evidence with no gloves. Yet another ridiculous script fail.
The idea of someone providing a service to people who have had family members murdered etc by capturing the killers and allowing them to torture them seemed like a great idea but its just far too brief here......and the main spoils it all and causes a right mess with his weak actions. This should have been the main part of the story, but it just turned into an almost comedic kill spree. Which needed to be a lot more splatter to be enjoyable. Think Brain Dead (Dead Alive) ordered from Wish.
If this just had the script polished a little better. Focused on the story of revenge, not been shy with the gore and violence then it could have been an excellent film. Instead it's an OK film, flawed with couple of interesting moments.
Missed opportunity.