Nailed (2007/I) (V)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Gabriel Dowrick

Release Date:

10 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

...have you had your daily dose of iron?

Plot:

A revolutionary procedure performed in the jungles of Guatemala gives rise to an unspeakable horror...

Plot Keywords:

Mind Control | Bounty Hunter | Mexican Standoff | Hitchhiker | Low Budget Film

Cast

Tashi Martel	...	The Nailed
Glenn Ruehland	...	The Duster
Frank Hruby	...	The Suit
Samantha Noble	...	The Daughter
Marti Keefer	...	The Deciever
Benjamin Barrymore Hanly	...	The Bounty Hunter (as Ben Hanley)
Steve Hirst	...	The Tracker
Brendan Clearkin	...	The Doktor
Michael Hatrick	...	The Executive
Bradley Tomlinson	...	The Previous Victim
Michael Duncan	...	The Goon - #1
Mark Duncan	...	The Goon - #2
Roland K. Smith	...	The Stoned Stoner (as Walrus)
Daniel Collins	...	The Bent Stoner (as Walrus)
Mark Taylor	...	The Fried Stoner (as Walrus)

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R | South Africa:18

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

AOA Productions Pty. Ltd.

Trivia:

The film had a production budget of $1,000.00 (Australian)

Quotes:

The Executive: He's smashed one of our prototypes. Left him splattered all over the road. Find him now. Track him.
The Suit: Prototypes...?

Movie Connections:

Remake of Nailed (2004)

Soundtrack:

Out Here

Obviously low budget. Undeniably B-grade. Unconventionally weird.

NAILED is a strange movie to watch but if you're a fan of odd, underground, low budget film-making it's worth a look. According to the trivia section NAILED's production budget was $1000. If that's the case many of the films shortcomings can be forgiven.

The plot seems both simple and convoluted at the same time. How the characters are connected isn't very clear, though it wraps itself up tidily in the end with a convenient Mexican stand-off that seems to take up a good chunk of NAILED's running time.

There's barely any dialog, save one or two long rants by 'The Doktor' during some sort of brain removal / zombification process and a long, poignant one shot monologue by 'The Daughter' that while well performed seems more at home in a more conventional film.

The performances are uneven: good, bad and ugly - but this somehow just adds to the entertainment - and the bizarre character surprises, for instance what the malfunctioning hit-man 'The Suit' does in his spare time, the sexual revelation of two macho characters or a drug binge by 'The Doktor' and a prostitute are all funny scenes.

There's blood and gore - CG and practical - sometimes well executed, sometimes laughably bad but enough characters get whacked to keep NAILED entertaining, if you're into that sort of thing.