Review of Pieces

Pieces (1982)
1/10
Pieced Together?
20 December 2008
'Pieces' was absolutely hilarious. I'm guessing, unintentionally. The acting, the dubbing – oh, the dubbing, the Dean that looked like Bean as well as the officer that acted like he doubled for Lt. Frank Drebin, the "Bastard! Bastard! BASTARD!" dialogue, the scenes that were horribly, uh, pieced together – most of which had nothing to do with the previous scene (I'm sorry, if you're headed straight towards a giant mirror, and you find yourself on a 'runaway' skateboard, never mind – you really should know what to do), the characters – gotta love the 'Bluto' gardener with the evil eye and laugh, police work so botched I can tell why the killer chose this easy-target campus and an action scene that's downright a highlight involving kung fu. I could go on, but all that being said, fans of the 'breast & slaughter & everyone's a suspect' 80s films will have everything they rented it for. (There's an absolute abundance amount of slaughter and of female nudity, including full frontal, as well as a full frontal male nudity scene thrown in.) One of the best qualities, from a guy's point of view, is the fact that the males are pretty much safe – if you skip the 'are you serious?' comical conclusion. The DVD contains some awesome extras – make sure you check out the 'Vine' screener. Ironically, this is the exact type of film 'Student Bodies' spoofed, but 'Bodies' was released one year prior, i.e. the 'Breather' and shameless product placement – anyone in the mood for Wendy's?
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