Review of Fist of Jesus

I'm not exactly all that sure myself just why the really crazy and wild comedic action horror shorts such as this one do it for me, but they certainly do. I just find the hectic in-your-face colourful style to be highly appealing and a ton of fun, the ones that I've seen always seem to have just the right mix of humour, action, and dementedly creative gore gags, and this is no exception. The very idea of it is so hilariously absurd that somehow it just automatically works! I mean it's about bloody Jesus Christ himself screwing up big time when, whilst attempting to perform the 'blessed' miracle of resurrection, instead unleashes a zombie plague, and then later after eventually gaining a little courage after screaming like a woman and fleeing to the hills, it's up to Jesus and his best pal Judas to put a stop to the shambling hordes of rottenness for good in a terrifically well choreographed free-for-all of blood, guts, death and destruction!! I find the whole thing to be entertaining and I was impressed at the variety of practical effect splatter injuries that they came up with during the sequence. People complain at how fake the effects of this short look, but I don't think it would've worked any other way. How can you do something that's about Jesus fighting the undead and not have it be laughably ridiculous? lf you've watched it to the point where Jesus hysterically busts out the fish and starts using them as deadly projectile weapons and you still haven't got that it's not meant to be taken seriously, then it's probably just not for you! And if you're going into this gory little extravaganza expecting to be scared or something then you're gonna be disappointed because this is the type of thing that is intentionally bad, as it progresses the madcap violence only gets funnier. My favourite part is when the skeleton of the fish is used like a makeshift chainsaw! Also it was such a charmingly weird touch how they decided to just throw cowboy zombies into the mix pretty much for the hell of it! Very freaking strange and bizarre, but also a blast and very fun, very fast paced, and also very likely containing the most blood you've ever seen. I recommend this to the hardcore zombie and gruesome carnage lovers looking for a crazy fun time. Excellente!!!