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Welcome to a new feature here at Criticult. We have decided to give you our thoughts on various cinematic weekend adventures in what should be a weekly entry. We think you are all smart enough to search the IMDB for relevant information so think of it as the Cliffs Notes versions.
First up we have two movies bound to be cult classics. On deck...BLACK SHEEP
Proving once again that genetically mutated animal experiments rarely turn out ok, Black Sheep arrives from New Zealand to give the horror-comedy genre a swift kick in the ass. On a large farm in NZ, scientists have been mucking about with sheep and managed to create a carnivorous version that also can turn people into some sort of were-sheep through their bites. Yes, it is as ridiculous as it sounds. Yes, it sounds pretty damn awesome.
NZ effects house Weta did the effects for this low budget gore-fest and there is some truly awesome work on display. For anyone that is a fan of laugh-and-squirm classics like Dead Alive, Evil Dead and Reanimator you are going to want to seek this one out. It's a hell of a lot of fun. As gory as it gets, and it gets VERY gory indeed, you just can't help but laugh watching a sheep tugging on a man's intestine. Or maybe that's just me.
DOOMSDAY
In 2008, Scotland will fall to a horrible and incurable contagion called the Reaper Virus. The United Kingdom decides to wall off the country and leave everyone inside to die but protecting the rest of the island. Jump forward 25 years and the Reaper has shown up again in London. The government has had evidence for 3 years via satellite imagery that there are survivors inside Scotland. So they send in Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) to lead a team to find a survivor and bring them out so a cure can be extracted from their blood. She has 48 hours to accomplish her mission before London is wiped out.
Taking bits from Escape from New York, Aliens, Mad Max, and a dozen other genre classics of the 80's Director Neil Marshal has crafted an action/adventure that exceeded all my expectations. To be blunt, I haven't enjoyed an action movie this much in quite a while. Fast moving, inventive, and filled with violence Doomsday is just immensely likable if you are a fan of the movies mentioned above. It's not exactly original but I've never seen this many disparate elements mashed up into one place before so it gets points for pulling it off successfully.
I'm not saying Doomsday is for everyone. If you cringe at head shots and turn away from the screen during a bloody fire fight you will probably want to pass. The movie features multiple decapitations, bloody shootings, grievous head injuries, and one unlucky fellow is roasted alive and then eaten, but for fans of early John Carpenter and George Miller you are going to want to rent this one. Or hell, just buy it. I love this movie like a love puppies. Ultra-violent, cannibalistic, tattooed puppies sporting Mohawks. Named "Fluffy".
Highly recommended.
Monday, August 4, 2008
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