"Blue Sunshine" is a frustrating film. While it's main idea is really neat, the execution just seems amateurish and, at times, pretty dumb. It's all about a weird form of LSD called 'Blue Sunshine'. If folks took it, ten years later their hair begins to fall out, they have horrible headaches and they eventually go nuts and start killing people! Sounds a bit like a horror film of the 1980s, huh?
The problems with this film are many but the worst is the writing. Again and again, the main character (Zalman King) does things that leave the viewer baffled--wondering why he did what he did. The examples are plenty but would include running from the police when it's very clear he did NOT murder the folks at the beginning of the show as well as running after he kills one of them that is trying to murder kid--why not stick around and have the kids give you an alibi?! And, when the folks become bald nut-cases, why does EVERYONE run away instead of stopping them?! Near the end, one baldy runs amok at a disco. There are about 50 people there. Together they EASILY could have stopped the guy's rampage--but they don't. In fact, EVERY TIME one goes crazy, folks fail to react rationally--such as when the stupid hero jumps on the back of one--instead of using his tranquilizer gun!! The other problem is the direction. Too often the acting and scenes that were poorly done weren't re-shot. Overall, a cheap and crappy film that easily could have been better had the folks making it cared.
The problems with this film are many but the worst is the writing. Again and again, the main character (Zalman King) does things that leave the viewer baffled--wondering why he did what he did. The examples are plenty but would include running from the police when it's very clear he did NOT murder the folks at the beginning of the show as well as running after he kills one of them that is trying to murder kid--why not stick around and have the kids give you an alibi?! And, when the folks become bald nut-cases, why does EVERYONE run away instead of stopping them?! Near the end, one baldy runs amok at a disco. There are about 50 people there. Together they EASILY could have stopped the guy's rampage--but they don't. In fact, EVERY TIME one goes crazy, folks fail to react rationally--such as when the stupid hero jumps on the back of one--instead of using his tranquilizer gun!! The other problem is the direction. Too often the acting and scenes that were poorly done weren't re-shot. Overall, a cheap and crappy film that easily could have been better had the folks making it cared.