Edge of the Axe opens with a bang as a nurse is murdered by a creep with an axe during a routine trip through a car wash, but then it starts to trail off and follow a bunch of character who we couldn't possibly care less about and it's hard to tell which characters are important and which ones are just offering a little extra color.
As best I can interpret, the leads are a young mysterious guy who falls for a local girl who just got released from a mental hospital and is trying to pick up the pieces. There are a series of murders in their small town and it could be anyone (there's even a cheesy pop song that says this at some point on the film's soundtrack). A few more people get murdered and everyone starts to wonder what the hell is going on and why these people are getting murdered and who the main characters really are and what the whole point of this thing is.
Edge of the Axe really only ever comes to life during the stalking/kill scenes which crackle with a surprising amount of intensity. It's never truly scary or suspenseful (probably because, as much as these people love to talk and talk and talk, we still don't know much about them), but the kills themselves are shockingly brutal and even a little bit gory.
The film falls apart whenever the killer isn't on screen and, unfortunately, that's probably over 3/4ths of the film. The characters and small town drama just aren't interesting or well-executed enough to keep us invested in between kill scenes.
As best I can interpret, the leads are a young mysterious guy who falls for a local girl who just got released from a mental hospital and is trying to pick up the pieces. There are a series of murders in their small town and it could be anyone (there's even a cheesy pop song that says this at some point on the film's soundtrack). A few more people get murdered and everyone starts to wonder what the hell is going on and why these people are getting murdered and who the main characters really are and what the whole point of this thing is.
Edge of the Axe really only ever comes to life during the stalking/kill scenes which crackle with a surprising amount of intensity. It's never truly scary or suspenseful (probably because, as much as these people love to talk and talk and talk, we still don't know much about them), but the kills themselves are shockingly brutal and even a little bit gory.
The film falls apart whenever the killer isn't on screen and, unfortunately, that's probably over 3/4ths of the film. The characters and small town drama just aren't interesting or well-executed enough to keep us invested in between kill scenes.