This is a strange movie – and I don’t mean strange like some LSD trippy movie from the late 60s. It’s weird, because some of this thing is absolutely beautiful, like there’s this scene at 1:10 that was fucking wicked and some of the blood effects are downright grizzly. Oh – and the use of extreme slo-mo here and there was perfect for me. But then there’s some questionable use of flashback and voiceover that seemed really out of place and some of the plot that makes up the story just didn’t quite fit but, after watching this and thinking about if for a day, I think I really liked it but I don’t know if it’s going to be for everyone who looks at this place.
Set in Hungary – five people rob a bank and hole up in a hotel out in the woods. There’s one guy that’s the ringleader of sorts and his hair is always perfectly coiffed and he smokes a lot of cigarettes . Also featured prominently is a good looking lady named Kristina Klebe who does a lot of staring and PG-13 disrobing who appears to be at the hotel for a “reason”, which is semi-explained, but I won’t spoil it. There’s some other characters in here that are there to look pretty and end up dead at some point and then there’s the fucking creepy looking bad guy (at the bottom of this post).
So – some of the scenes and shots in this are really cool and effective – at least to me anyway but then, every ten or fifteen minutes there’s a flashback involving this mystery man giving us the history of Bela Kiss – a serial killer from before World War 1. And these flashbacks are all weirdly CGI-d all over the place. So we have some very cool, long sweeping shots, brilliant slow motion action and then blurry and blue or purple CGI flashbacks with voice-over. I think, if you are able to get over them, you’ll probably like this one, but that could be asking a lot. I personally think this is better than the 3.8 IMDB has for it.
I guess that’s about all I can say, because I don’t want to spoil it (if anyone else wants to see it). It’s creepy and slow – and it’s not going to scare the fuck out of you by any means – but I thought it was good enough. If this is, indeed, a prologue, you can sign me up to see the second one. *shrugs* I’ve seen MUCH worse than this. Just check out my site here : )
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I think I might like this one, Eric.
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It’s not too bad : )
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I know you watch some crazy shit but this actually sounds quite good to me. Nice work mucker!
Boat Drinks!
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I sure don’t think you’d hate it… I doubt it would be your favorite movie but I bet you’d like it enough…
Boat Drinks!
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AHH! I was with you until that screen cap of the super bald dude with the knife. He seems like he might do weird and unwanted things to people’s butts and stuff.
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He looks like a dong.
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Would you say he looks like a Penis Mellinus??
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Yeah, he’s got that aerodynamic thing going for him too.
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He might…………………………..!!
“Butts and stuff” – this is a happy Friday!
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It’s going to be a fun week of searches!
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I’m glad you reviewed this one because I recently watched it as well and was never motivated enough to write one myself. It’s a solid little flick at times because it’s very well shot and there’s a lot of mystery surrounding the film for most of it. But then, like you said, those flashbacks come in and they took me completely out of it. Also, I felt like the end of the film fell pretty flat because of all those damn flashbacks I was no longer surprised by the outcome. I can see some people getting a kick out of it though. 2/5
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Yep… the end really felt drawn out and kind of ugly but I am trying to be optimistic that it’s a decent set up for part 2 – I guess we’ll see….
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I might actually try this one at some point.
Though the IMDB rating is not inspirational. 😉
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eh… IMDB people…. trust me, you can do MUCH worse… think Mad Cowgirl… : )
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Lol, where the hell do you find these flicks? I’ve never heard of this, but you’ve intrigued me…
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LOL – this one popped up on iTunes a week or so ago – it’s not at all a bad movie – just kind of weird and a little clunky here and there. Speaking of iTunes – I need to check and see if there’s anything good to watch today…
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And the answer to that is that I just found a new Spanish flick called Here Comes the Devil. Rented!!
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I hate you!!! I want to see it, but it’s not released in Canada yet :(.
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Don’t hate me…………………. : (
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Oh, I can’t stay mad at you lol. Well, how is it/was it?!
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I haven’t started it yet – gonna fire it up with some lunch here in a bit : )
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I like the look of this. Plus I’m creeper out by bald people
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Do you mean your a bald creeper???
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I was debating about seeing this one or not. After reading your review… I’m still not sure, lol.
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LOL – Overall I liked it but it had some weak moments… it’s better than Mad Cowgirl.
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“Hairless fucker” and “Hungarian Bastards.” There we go. Welcome back. 🙂
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Now we’re back in action!!
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been to Zoe’s… and chatted her up…. am a big HP fan, y’know ?
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HAHA!! Good stuff!!
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Is that Richard O’Brien? Is he gonna do the Time Warp?
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Hmmmmm… maybe, just maybe…
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LOL – there are worse things out there….
#madcowgirl
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HAHAHA you really didn’t like that one! It looked awful!
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Miserable!!!
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That poster is creepy as shit. As is the bald dude down the bottom. I went to a film festival once and there was a dude there that looked exactly like that. We christened him ‘the Alien’.
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Fuckin’ CREEPY!
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