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Hate Crime (2012)
A pointless and ultimately pretentious film
This film is about 3 neo-Nazis attacking a Jewish("Is it Hannukah? Is it Passover?" the Father awkwardly and unconvincingly asks at the beginning of the film to his child just so we all know they are indeed Jewish) family on the youngest son's birthday.
What follows is 70 minutes of found-footage(yeah, it's one of THOSE films) garbage as the Nazis terrorise the family and film it all. THat's pretty much it. There is no suspense at all, there is no script, and it is clearly pretty much all improvised, and I think it's fair to say that none of the actors in this film have ever been to an improv class in their lives, as there is at least two Jewish slurs and three F words every 60 seconds, and outside of that, are completely incapable of constructing a sentence. The acting from the three antagonists isn't dreadful, Ian Roberts as "Three" is decent, a former rugby player, Dancing With The Stars contestant, gay rights activist and all-round nice guy in real life. His decision to be in this abomination of cinema was bizarre, but he tries his best. One of them tries way too hard to be like Matthew Lillard in Scream, and the other guy isn't bad either, but the director made him a completely ridiculous character(more ridiculous than Stu Macher 2.0 and Crystal Meth Addicted Rapist). Seriously, no one could make that bizarre and sleep-inducing bathroom scene any good. Also, whose idea was it to have "Three" wear a mask over his ski-mask at the beginning of the film, to the point where everything he says is muffled? Ridiculous. As for the rest of the cast, they are pretty dreadful. The Dad is the absolute worst, and is almost more dislikeable than the Nazis with his absolutely unreal emotions and actions during the ordeal.
At the end, we are randomly told how there are 80,000 hate crimes every year in the US. AND? Do you think this has changed anyone's views on anything? Do you think if you showed this to a group of 1000 fascists, that even one would change their opinions? The answer is no. People that are calling this "Powerful" are either plants or idiots. This is a weak and pretentious film, and Bressack has proved himself as a lazy and undeserving film-maker. The only reason I give it a Two is because giving a 1 to a film with Ian Roberts as a neo-nazi just isn't right.
The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Hit and Miss Horror Anthology
I will start off by saying that I am a huge horror anthology fan, so I went into this film very excited. There are all up 7 short films- (including the wrap-around story Theatre Guignol) and I will rate them one-by-one.
Mother Of Toads- Visually impressive, and moderately tense short, but lacks depth, and does drag on a bit towards the end-(any time you are watching a short film and get bored, you are doing something wrong). 3/10. Not a good start.
I Love You- COnsidering the fact the story is so derivative and played- out, the clever script and the solid acting saves this short from being a disaster. The ending is very predictable, and the short just did nothing for me. 4/10. At this point... I was sighing very heavily.
Bad Dreams- OK, when I saw this was directed by Tom Savini, I got very excited, and had high hopes it was all good from here. And after the opening dream sequence, I thought to my self "This is gonna be awesome". But I was wrong, what follows is a confusing and extremely dull short that goes absolutely nowhere. 2/10. By this stage, I was falling asleep.
The Accident- Yawning to myself, I saw the next short was directed by Douglas Buck. This also got me interested, as Buck was responsible for the excellent short film "Cutting Moments", but after the Savini disaster, I wasn't getting too excited. However, this was truly a beautiful short. It's not a horror, but just an absolutely wonderfully written and directed short that even your Grandma could truly appreciate. It is by for one of the best shorts I have ever seen, and it is worth getting the DVD purely for it. 10/10
Vision Stains- Brilliant idea that was not done as well as it should have been. Major let down. 3/10
Sweets- Much like I Love You, it's a played out idea, that has enough creepiness to keep you interested. It's all good until the unbelievably tacky final scene where they are sitting at the table. So cheesy. 6/10
Theatre Guignol-(Bizarre)- Udo Kier as a marionette. Nuff' said. That is creepy. 7/10
Was hoping for more, but it is worth getting, purely for "The Accident".