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The Big Sleaze (2010)
A guilty pleasure to be enjoyed, not taken seriously
"The Big Sleaze" is a politically incorrect laugh fest that never tries to take itself too seriously. The plot revolves around a disgruntled scam artist whose one inspiration in life is to publish a kid's book. It is ironic that he is so interested in marketing to kids since he rips one off at the beginning of the film. What follows is a mishmash of unrealistic, but hysterical misadventures including run-in's with a Schwarzenegger sounding "rousler," a pair of gay Asian snuff film makers, a terrorist who wants to blow up Disneyland, and a bitchy ex-girlfriend. In some ways, the film reminded me very much of "The Hangover," but with a much lower budget. Some great animation work from Chad Kaplan appears intermittently throughout the film. The animation adds to the lunacy of the film as a whole. Probably the most memorable scene in the film for me involved the poop on the face moment stemming from an overly clogged toilet. Mickey Mouse disappearing into a sea of flames came in a close second. The gunfight at the end of the film was well done for a small budget film, but I found it amazing that so many "bad guys" don't know how to shoot straight. This film is a guilty pleasure. If you are easily offended, you will probably want to stay away from it.
The Minstrel Killer (2009)
Is it a horror flick or a comedy?
"The Minstrel Killer" takes political incorrectness to a new level while providing a satisfying, if a bit mystifying, experience. One of the best features of the film is its 70's throwback appearance. It literally looks like a film that was sitting in the archives for a few decades and got spliced back together. Totally awesome for a grind house effect. Even the scratchy artwork done by Chad Kaplan at the beginning of the film adds to the nostalgic 70's effect. The plot itself is straight forward. A series of mysterious and violent murders plague a small town, and an outsider is brought in to figure it all out. Most of the characters in the film are glaringly racist. There is one scene in particular that is so riddled with racist slurs that it would send any sincere liberal into serious therapy for months. As inappropriate as it is, it is hysterically funny, which is odd since I thought this was going to be a horror film. In that sense, the film is not scary in the slightest bit. Every act of atrocity can be seen from a mile away. The subplot of the hillbilly cannibals is completed unneeded to the main plot of the story, except for the fact that it offs one of the main characters. The hillbilly subplot could have been its own freestanding film. The resolution of this scene, which involves a chase across open fields, is ridiculously silly. I mean, come on, a hillbilly with a shot gun can't put a bullet into a running wounded man, and on top of that can't even catch him? Overall, this is a film that should simply be enjoyed. It pokes fun at 70's horror films in an in your face way that most mainstream spoofs fail to do.