joebuck90405
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I caught this on cable at 1 a.m. in the morning so towards the end I zoned in and out of consciousness, but anything I missed didn't make a difference; it was confusing from a half-hour in with references to some kind of government/CIA/FBI connection never explained.
Anyways, I give it a 2 out of 10 rating. The only reason I bump it up from a 1 is the fun of seeing Matthew McConaughey torture Renee Zellwegger for an hour. Matthew's charismatic presence is the only thing this movie has going for it, though I found his girlfriend rather attractive and interesting in her routine acceptance of this family as being normal. There is some overlap with the original but that 1974 film was very frightening because of its low-budget documentary style (was it black and white?, I can't remember). I didn't see any reference to cannibalism in this one; they eat pizza here.
One continuity glitch: In a homage to the original, a female character is hung up on a meathook alive and we hear the hook go into her back. However, 20 minutes later she is still alive and lying on her stomach in the road and we see that the skin on her back has no marks or insertion points at all. A terrible oversight and sloppy filmmaking.
Anyways, I give it a 2 out of 10 rating. The only reason I bump it up from a 1 is the fun of seeing Matthew McConaughey torture Renee Zellwegger for an hour. Matthew's charismatic presence is the only thing this movie has going for it, though I found his girlfriend rather attractive and interesting in her routine acceptance of this family as being normal. There is some overlap with the original but that 1974 film was very frightening because of its low-budget documentary style (was it black and white?, I can't remember). I didn't see any reference to cannibalism in this one; they eat pizza here.
One continuity glitch: In a homage to the original, a female character is hung up on a meathook alive and we hear the hook go into her back. However, 20 minutes later she is still alive and lying on her stomach in the road and we see that the skin on her back has no marks or insertion points at all. A terrible oversight and sloppy filmmaking.
Caught this one on Showtime the other night. It is a serviceable "female cop goes undercover to investigate a suspected murderer/sex criminal" movie. Athena Massey is attractive and decent in the lead. Her rough sex loving cop boyfriend is a little annoying. I give it a 7, moving it up 2 points for the surprisingly nuanced performance by Baywatch's David Chokachi as the main suspect. Like the rest of the Baywatch cast, he was given little to do but look buff on that show. But he can act. His stunning good looks and physique do get in the way a little though.
The production values of Zombie Island are high quality and teen and adult viewers will find it as interesting as a live-action horror flick. But the monsters are real this time and the zombies and werecats are frighteningly rendered for the under 5 set. The original series was very reassuring to little kids because the monsters always turned out to be fakes. Not so here. My 3 year old understandably was quite scared. So parents of little kids beware. You might want to stick to the corny old stuff and the lame 80's movies like the Boo Brothers and the Reluctant Werewolf. Of course, then you'll have to contend with the annoying big-mouthed Scrappy Doo who everyone hates.