Confused Quick Review: The Devil's Rejects
Brutal. That is hands down the best word to describe the latest offering from Rob Zombie. And when I say brutal, I mean it in pretty much every given connotation at the same time. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The plot's fairly simple: The Family of Killers from "House of a 1000 Corpses" get ambushed by a legion of cops. A violent shootout occurs, and the surviving family members have to run for it. This leads to a cross country killing spree, as the family is chased by more cops, a deranged sheriff, and a pair of scumbag bounty hunters (played by that ugly Mexican from alla Robert Rodrigueze's films and Diamond Dallas Paige). Needless to say, blood is shed.
So, is it worth watching? Depends. If you like late 60s/early 70s exploitation horror films, then yes. If you want to sit back and relax in a theatre, then no. Like I said, the film is brutal, both positively and negatively. The movie hits hard and takes no prisoners (or at least none that live very long). The writing/directing/acting/editing at times smacks of genius, and at other times is absolutely abysmal. There are cool moments, there are painfully lame moments, and there are moments where your skin wants to crawl right off your bones and run screaming for the exits. Truth is, I'm still not entirely sure if I liked it or not. And that's all I got to say on the subject today.
Tomorrow I'll probably just complain about how hot it is.
The plot's fairly simple: The Family of Killers from "House of a 1000 Corpses" get ambushed by a legion of cops. A violent shootout occurs, and the surviving family members have to run for it. This leads to a cross country killing spree, as the family is chased by more cops, a deranged sheriff, and a pair of scumbag bounty hunters (played by that ugly Mexican from alla Robert Rodrigueze's films and Diamond Dallas Paige). Needless to say, blood is shed.
So, is it worth watching? Depends. If you like late 60s/early 70s exploitation horror films, then yes. If you want to sit back and relax in a theatre, then no. Like I said, the film is brutal, both positively and negatively. The movie hits hard and takes no prisoners (or at least none that live very long). The writing/directing/acting/editing at times smacks of genius, and at other times is absolutely abysmal. There are cool moments, there are painfully lame moments, and there are moments where your skin wants to crawl right off your bones and run screaming for the exits. Truth is, I'm still not entirely sure if I liked it or not. And that's all I got to say on the subject today.
Tomorrow I'll probably just complain about how hot it is.
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