Megamind
To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
morrison-dylan-fan
Ever since having two of the best days of my life at the 2007 Foree Fest (where I got the unbelievable opportunity to meet the great man himself,over 2 days!)I've always been on the look out for any films featuring Ken Foree,and with this movie having the added bonus of Kelly Hu and Devon Sawa in the other lead roles this seemed like a good choice for my next Foree viewing. The plot: On their way home,friends Quinn and Nick decide that since they have spent most of the day going round Mexico to gather up some cheap drugs which they can sell in the US,both of them are deserving of a nice break. Almost driving past,Nick and Quinn's eye's light up when they spot a strip club in the middle of nowhere.Entering the club,both are thrilled to find that they and two other,strange people (one being a man who looks to be in a permanent trance,and the other one being a beautiful,but deadly looking woman)are the only customers in the club!.Soon,the boys are starting to get really close to the main stripper of the club,who kindly invites Quinn to a 'private' show.Being led to the outside of the building,Quinn is gripped by the woman,who suddenly starts to bite him.Pushing her away,Quinn makes the discovery that the stripper is not a woman,but in fact a demon!.Rushing to kill Quinn off,the demon is stopped in its tracks by the (now) sword and gun welding other customers,who start to make Quinn suspect that this is a far from normal strip club.View on the film:Whilst Mitch Gould's (who has also performed stunts,for the Twilight and Power Rangers movies!) screenplay does take a huge amount from the second half of the Robert Rodriguze film From Dusk Til Dawn,the film still has quite a few good moments of its own,which help to make it into an enjoyable,bite-size homage.For the first half an hour of the film,Gould and director Jeff Burr use the movies strip club setting to create a nice sleazy,spooky feel,with it being very easy to see that,although,Nick and Quinn think they have discovered a paradise,the emptiness of the strip club suggest that something nasty may be hiding inside the building.Sadly for the second half of the film Gould and Burr seem to just go round in circles until the very end,due to all the moments of building up tension and characters having been completely used up in the first half an hour.Thankfully,the great cast make sure that even the films plodding moments are never less than likable,with Devon Sawa showing a good comedy side to his performance,Kelly Hu giving the film a cool touch of sleekness.Along with Hu and Sawa,the high light of the film,is easily Ken Foree's terrific performance as the secret Ninja/demon assassin Leonard,who lights up the film in every scene he's in,from the mysterious stranger at a bar,to being the ultimate Demon killing machine. Final view on the film: A likable riff on From Dusk Til Dawn,with a sagging screenplay that is saved by a very entertaining cast.
sheba_4555
The movie had promise at the beginning. Then you will be surprised it does not have much. The acting is nothing special, and the story does not keep the audience interested. I tried to stay awake at times, that tells you something. It tries to be funny, but the humour is not well made. I don't know if the director was making a comedy or a horror movie. It tries to be both but it can't. The creatures look funny you will laugh. They try to scare you, but the audience will laugh. I think this director is trying to do a Sam Raimi, but can not match its quality. If I were you I would not even watch this, cause it's pretty much boring and has a hard time to keep you interested.
Frederick Pallow
First lets get one thing straight- this is a low budget movie. Second- it is the best low budget movie you'll rent in a long long long time. Good characters, good dialog, good action and mostly just funny. Devon Sawa does a really convincing job of playing the freaked out reluctant hero, and Ken Foree- who can not like Ken Foree after Devil's Rejects. In fact any movie with Ken Foree and the word devil in the title is going to be a good one in my opinion. Kelly Hu is very hot and so are a lot of the other girls in the club- at least before they get real ugly. Plus there's a special treat for Zatoichi fans. If you know any of those old movies then you know the actor they got to play him does a perfect imitation. Just watch his face and eyes.Bottom line this movie is more entertaining than anything in the theaters right now.Of course 300 isn't out yet.
HEFILM
And those who should stick to their original careers and not start one, I'm knocking the writer/producer/poor stunt coordinator but everyone should be ashamed of this mess. Especially bad script where people talk and talk and talk some more about new topics. Terrible action scenes when they arrive which is once in a long while. If you like the actors in this, you'll like them better if you never see them in this movie. Behind the scenes footage, which avoids talking to the director Burr who is credited with two different names on the movie and the box art which are pseudonyms from someone who's ashamed and rightly so, anyway behind the scenes footage shows what seems to be a total mess of a set with no one knowing what to say or do at any given moment. Which has got to be true. The camera is never in the right place, the actors don't really act, they mumble dispassionately through to the next scene, poor set design and there you go. Some of the creature design is okay most not. Lousy post production and sound. Anchor Bay seems to want to see if they can produce and release crap as crappy as Lion'sgate. For a once proud company to stoop to this level of production is not a good sign. Devon Sawa does make the most of a couple of funny lines early on, but much of the time he frankly looks drunk. There is little sword play and most of it lame. On the whole really really crappy stuff.
