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I enjoyed The Devil's Rejects a lot better when it was Mad Max
Seriously, I would take the Toe Cutter over Col. Spaulding just about any day of the week. Not to mention that I believe Mad Max to be the first movie to introduce Goose as a viable nickname and it probably originated the whole "cut through your appendage with a hacksaw before you burn alive" gimmick. Max wasn't nearly as homophobic, but then again there wasn't much "Lord Almighty" being thrown around.
Still, William Forsythe managed to salvage movie with his scenes juxtaposed with the wanton cruelty of the Firefly family even if I saw the Deus Ex at the end coming from the first 15 freaking minutes of the movie. There was very little on the way of criminal activity that wasn't already well-trod ground for the Knife Riders and Rob Zombie doesn't understand that gore isn't scary. The shoot-outs were solid, but constant bombardement of profanity and gore diminishes the shock factor and makes for a less-frightening experience. The only firefly scenes that actally worked for me were the ones where they were riding in the car and the one when Otis killed the two men looking for guns. Those were well handled. One should not see as much of the enemy in am ovie like this. This is a chase movie at its core. If you know where the quarry will be found the entire time, well it really weakens the impact when the climax arrives.
The reversal deal at the end was interesting, if completely unjustified in my eyes and DDP just wasn't given enough chance to shine. I just got hit with a diamond in the rough pun, but I'm gonna avoid it. Because I can.
I say judge for yourself. You may enjoy the film and there is action enough to suit even the most hardened slug-fest fiends. But this kind of exploitation just doesn't work well in translation. The formula was right the first time it jumped on the screen back in the 70's. Desert-action-romps are just better in Aussie.
Seriously, I would take the Toe Cutter over Col. Spaulding just about any day of the week. Not to mention that I believe Mad Max to be the first movie to introduce Goose as a viable nickname and it probably originated the whole "cut through your appendage with a hacksaw before you burn alive" gimmick. Max wasn't nearly as homophobic, but then again there wasn't much "Lord Almighty" being thrown around.
Still, William Forsythe managed to salvage movie with his scenes juxtaposed with the wanton cruelty of the Firefly family even if I saw the Deus Ex at the end coming from the first 15 freaking minutes of the movie. There was very little on the way of criminal activity that wasn't already well-trod ground for the Knife Riders and Rob Zombie doesn't understand that gore isn't scary. The shoot-outs were solid, but constant bombardement of profanity and gore diminishes the shock factor and makes for a less-frightening experience. The only firefly scenes that actally worked for me were the ones where they were riding in the car and the one when Otis killed the two men looking for guns. Those were well handled. One should not see as much of the enemy in am ovie like this. This is a chase movie at its core. If you know where the quarry will be found the entire time, well it really weakens the impact when the climax arrives.
The reversal deal at the end was interesting, if completely unjustified in my eyes and DDP just wasn't given enough chance to shine. I just got hit with a diamond in the rough pun, but I'm gonna avoid it. Because I can.
I say judge for yourself. You may enjoy the film and there is action enough to suit even the most hardened slug-fest fiends. But this kind of exploitation just doesn't work well in translation. The formula was right the first time it jumped on the screen back in the 70's. Desert-action-romps are just better in Aussie.
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