Before watching this movie I didn't really know what I should expect. I mean when I first heard the German title which would be 'Sex or die' I thought 'Well, what's that about? Sounds funny, doesn't it?', then after having read the synopsis I thought 'Oh, just another scream copy.' and finally after having seen the director's name (i.e. Geoffrey Wright) I thought 'What? Geoffrey Wright, writer/director of Romper Stomper? Ok that movie must be great!'
Then I went watching it. Oh, what a bad movie! Really; the plot is predictable, the acting except Jay Mohr and Michael Biehn is wooden, and then there are plenty of mistakes made by no less than Geoffrey Wright.
The movie has difficulties to decide which sort of film it should be. There are parts that are a bit scary, there are parts that are a bit funny (except one dialogue that really is funny; a officer says 'Sorry kids, I must hold my position, I can't split' and then comes the maniac and splits him in the first sense of the word), there are parts that tend to be somehow erotic and finally there are parts that tend to show blood. But the one who watches it because he wants to be frightened, doesn't get what he wants, nor the one who wants to laugh nor the one who wants to see hot scenes nor the one who wants to see gore gets what he wants.
So nobody gets what he wants and everybody will come out of the theaters still 'hungry'.
And then there are many scenes that really look cheap, and it certainly isn't a question of budget.
I hope Geoffrey Wright's next movie proves that 'Cherry Falls' was only a wrong step of his and not that 'Romper Stomper' was a lucky achievement.
Then I went watching it. Oh, what a bad movie! Really; the plot is predictable, the acting except Jay Mohr and Michael Biehn is wooden, and then there are plenty of mistakes made by no less than Geoffrey Wright.
The movie has difficulties to decide which sort of film it should be. There are parts that are a bit scary, there are parts that are a bit funny (except one dialogue that really is funny; a officer says 'Sorry kids, I must hold my position, I can't split' and then comes the maniac and splits him in the first sense of the word), there are parts that tend to be somehow erotic and finally there are parts that tend to show blood. But the one who watches it because he wants to be frightened, doesn't get what he wants, nor the one who wants to laugh nor the one who wants to see hot scenes nor the one who wants to see gore gets what he wants.
So nobody gets what he wants and everybody will come out of the theaters still 'hungry'.
And then there are many scenes that really look cheap, and it certainly isn't a question of budget.
I hope Geoffrey Wright's next movie proves that 'Cherry Falls' was only a wrong step of his and not that 'Romper Stomper' was a lucky achievement.