Combat Shock (1984)
5/10
drawn out and boring with some funny moments
12 July 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is so over the top in some aspects you cant help but laugh. The deformed baby that looks like an alien, his junkie friend mike who has bulging veins, etc. There is also some really funny scenes involving child prostitute sisters calling each other names and his junkie friend mike not being able to find a needle to shoot up his dime bag.

I seriously doubt if the director intended all of this to be taken seriously. The big problem with the movie is all the drawn out scenes that go nowhere. You get pointless scenes with the baby crying and his cow of a wife complaining and milling about. There is a bunch of scenes with him walking around the same part of slum over and over as synth music plays in the background.

This is a 90 min movie that needs about 30 mins cut out. The ending is very predictable although the baked baby was a nice touch. The director should have went for a more exciting "taxi driver" style ending but they probably didn't have the budget for that.
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