This movie's opening scene contains a scene of graphic violence as a massive dude continually punches a little dude and the audience hear the constant smack , smack , smack of knuckle upon cheekbone . What is instantly clear is
1 ) It's not a comedy
2 ) It not a bio-pic on Audley Harrison
If you don't like violence then you won't like this and might want to pop down to the DVD store . What also becomes quickly clear is that if you enjoy good acting , good directing and good production values then you might also want to take a trip to the DVD store
DRUG LORDZ is a revenge thriller that gives the impression that it's a home movie . Film makers deserve great credit for guerrilla movie making and sometimes like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD legends are born but more often than not awaits all concerned . The problem with this is that it contains a premise that would probably only work if it was made by a studio with professional actors who know how to put inflexion in their lines and sets that resemble say a police station rather than the local high school who very kindly allowed filming thinking it was going to be used as an Oscar winning drama . One in fact wonders what the reaction might have been if kindly giving their permission to their locale being used the owners found that this is a film about violent foul mouthed homies seeking revenge
The fact that there's zero budget involved means that the screenplay has to do all the work and if that isn't enough to hold the audience attention on any level then the whole film will collapse to the point of collapse and guess what ? Is that the sound of a collapsing movie ? I think it is . That said there is some faint amusement in audience participation in replying to the banal lines coming from the characters mouth as in:
" Ah'm gonna take that fool out " Well if you're taking him out on a romantic date to the cinema I wouldn't recommend this film
or
" I've just thought of something we haven't tried yet " Oh yeah ? Would that be acting or dieting dear ?
