On the cover of the DVD, where they usually stamp quotes and praise from various critics this one simply said "Some great kills", or something along those lines. Now when the best quote they could get for the movie is that, you're probably not going in expecting a masterpiece.
Before I start taking a metaphorical dump on this movie, it should be acknowledged that it DOES have some creative kills, and the effects on that front are obviously where the bulk of the budget went - and lets face it - that's probably why you're watching it. Without spoiling anything, Chromeskull is probably in contention with American History X for best curb stomp.
The writing is just shitty, no point being delicate on that one. It's obviously low budget (nothing wrong with that) except that a lot of the shots look like they were filmed on $400 handy cam.
The flow of the story is in some ways similar to Final Destination, in that it introduces an uncompelling character, with one sentence worth of development, then desperately attempts to build tension by having Chromeskull hunt and kill them in elaborate ways.
The characters are mostly bland and one-dimensional. You want to sympathize with JESS, who is going blind, but the character devolves into a hysterical sack of tears and screaming, but is amazingly less useless than her able-bodied male counterpart, Tommy.
The ONE relationship which is actually compelling is CHROMESKULL and PRESTON'S. But the director doesn't seem to recognise this and forfeits any hope of adding another layer to the movie. Performance-wise the film is a mixed (colostomy) bag. Owain Yeoman as King (a detective) does a decent job with very little, as does Brian Austin Green as Preston (Chromeskulls right hand man).
In summary, this is not by any means, a decent movie, but if your having a movie night with some friends, and cheap thrills and gory kills are your thing, this movie might appeal to you. But there is basically nothing new or original about this.
Before I start taking a metaphorical dump on this movie, it should be acknowledged that it DOES have some creative kills, and the effects on that front are obviously where the bulk of the budget went - and lets face it - that's probably why you're watching it. Without spoiling anything, Chromeskull is probably in contention with American History X for best curb stomp.
The writing is just shitty, no point being delicate on that one. It's obviously low budget (nothing wrong with that) except that a lot of the shots look like they were filmed on $400 handy cam.
The flow of the story is in some ways similar to Final Destination, in that it introduces an uncompelling character, with one sentence worth of development, then desperately attempts to build tension by having Chromeskull hunt and kill them in elaborate ways.
The characters are mostly bland and one-dimensional. You want to sympathize with JESS, who is going blind, but the character devolves into a hysterical sack of tears and screaming, but is amazingly less useless than her able-bodied male counterpart, Tommy.
The ONE relationship which is actually compelling is CHROMESKULL and PRESTON'S. But the director doesn't seem to recognise this and forfeits any hope of adding another layer to the movie. Performance-wise the film is a mixed (colostomy) bag. Owain Yeoman as King (a detective) does a decent job with very little, as does Brian Austin Green as Preston (Chromeskulls right hand man).
In summary, this is not by any means, a decent movie, but if your having a movie night with some friends, and cheap thrills and gory kills are your thing, this movie might appeal to you. But there is basically nothing new or original about this.
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