Left for Dead (2007/I)

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer:

Chad Leslie (writer)

Release Date:

2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Western

Plot:

Cast

María Alche	...	Dora
Soledad Arocena	...	Cota
Andres Bagg	...	Lockhardt
Janet Barr	...	Mary Black
Javier De la Vega	...	Blake
Adnen Helali	...	Garrett Flaherty
Oliver Kolker	...	Frankie Flaherty
Brad Krupsaw	...	Conner Flaherty
Victoria Maurette	...	Clementine Templeton
Mariana Seligmann	...	Michelle Black

MPAA:

Rated R for violent and disturbing content, and some language.

Country:

Argentina | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:18 | Australia:MA (2008)

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Findling Films

There're a lot which are much better... but there're worse...

So, I finally got to see Albert Pyun's most recent effort. A strange western about a foreign woman (along with a bunch of local women) hunting down her ex (who happens to have impregnated the daughter of one of them) into a town haunted by a ghost who's sworn revenge over those women.

I was drawn by this film. Firstly, because it's Albert Pyun, and no matter how bizarre the film is, there's always something I find cool in his film. Secondly, the movie was shot in my country, and now checking with IMDb, it has an almost completely local cast.

Pyun abuses of the slow-motion effect in this movie. That and an excess of cutting during the "action" scenes produces annoyance. Other than that, the story was good, and it could have been improved with a better budget (no, I didn't say director). THere're tons of blood, deaths and gore too, which will please fans of horror/slasher movies.

Victoria Maurette, of whom I've noticed in stupid teen flicks, has left me stunned. I didn't know she could actually act, and matter of fact, I didn't even recognise her (again, thanks IMDb). The rest of the actors are OK too, especially the one playing Moebius Lockwood (who looks terrific), but she delivered quite a good performance. Too good actually.

This film should be held in the same light as Pyun's "Omega Doom". It has its resemblances and differences, some more noticeable than others. But they're both unusual, peculiar movies, which depart from standards.

Overall, it's watchable. Not a film to watch again, though. So much for a film which was supposedly the second part of a trilogy started with "Mean Guns", which is a film that I personally have watched at least 20 times, and I'd watch it 20 times more if I had the opportunity.

Albie, get back to that sort of flicks!