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John Dies at the End (2012) 6.4
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6.4/10 from 13,516 users
Metascore: 53/100
Reviews: 71 user | 240 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion? Director:Don Coscarelli |
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Amy
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Robert Marley
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Korrok
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It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't. Written by David Wong
Plot Keywords:
invasion | drug | out of body experience | police | topless female nudity |Taglines:
Just so you know...they're sorry for anything that's about to happen.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for bloody violence and gore, nudity, language and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
25 January 2013 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Džon umire na kraju See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$12,467 (USA) (25 January 2013)Gross:
$141,307 (USA) (5 April 2013)Company Credits
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Dave: Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt.
Dave: Say you have an ax - just a cheap one from Home Depot.
[slow zoom in on man chopping]
Dave: On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man. Don't worry, the man's already dead. Maybe you should worry, 'cause you're the one who shot him. He'd been a big twitchy guy with veined skin stretched over swollen biceps, tattoo of a swastika on his tongue. And...
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Performed by The Inevitable Backlash
Music by Andrew Coscarelli
(Gramsci and Rousseau Music - BMI)
Lyrics by David Wong
Copyright © 2012 Fan Crush Networks, LLC
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Trivia
Director Don Coscarelli stumbled on David Wong's novel as a result of an email product recommendation: "True story: I received an email from a robot on Amazon.com, and it told me if I liked the zombie book I just read, that I would like John Dies at the End. I read the little logline, and it was just amazingly strange. I thought, 'Well this might even make a good movie.' Plus, it had arguably the greatest title in motion picture history." See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dave: Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt.
Dave: Say you have an ax - just a cheap one from Home Depot.
[slow zoom in on man chopping]
Dave: On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man. Don't worry, the man's already dead. Maybe you should worry, 'cause you're the one who shot him. He'd been a big twitchy guy with veined skin stretched over swollen biceps, tattoo of a swastika on his tongue. And...
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Soundtracks
"Camel Holocaust"Performed by The Inevitable Backlash
Music by Andrew Coscarelli
(Gramsci and Rousseau Music - BMI)
Lyrics by David Wong
Copyright © 2012 Fan Crush Networks, LLC
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...and it was. I also expected it to be funny, and it was that too. I had not read the book previously and knew nearly nothing about the story, but if you've seen the trailer, that is pretty much adequate preparation for the strangeness you subject yourself to as you watch this movie.
Several scenes are just outright setups for jokes, and if this film was just set em up, knock em down - it would not be worth an 8. What makes this movie better than that is that it is, at it's core - psychotic in the best way possible. You never know if what you are seeing is real or not, and just when you think you couldn't see or handle anything weirder, something hilarious happens to shift gears.