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Purge of Kingdoms: The Unauthorized Game of Thrones Parody (2019)
Big jokes and slapstick.
Yep, I like it. I'm one of the rare people who liked the parody spin on Game of Thrones. It has lots of jokes, some land and some don't - but there are lots of moments that I find are really funny. Many of them are small moments of randomness or silliness. Some of these minor gags might not even get noticed by most people, but that's what was so great. You can watch it multiple times and still find background jokes in between the big jokes and slapstick. I wonder why it took so long for someone to exploit the market and mock Game of Thrones in a professional feature film? Perhaps everyone else was afraid of law suits from HBO.
Instant Death (2017)
Indie revenge thriller packs some unexpected punch.
Directed by Ara Paiaya, who also co-wrote and produced, Instant Death rides on solid, well-worn tracks, keeping true to a number of tropes the genre laid down in dozens of films that came before, from inept cronies that fall like harvested wheat, to women in jeopardy, to phone calls between heroes and (slow-clapping) villains, to higher-ups who help on one side and those who pull strings on the other. It's classic Revenge 101, and yet, that doesn't mean it's not done well. Paiaya keeps things zipping along fast, and builds plenty of decent tension, while Bradley is reduced to a one-man army with no equal.