Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1987)-Ryan O’Neal (1 ½ )

Director: Norman Mailer

Stars: Ryan O’Neal, Isabella Rossellini, & Debra Sandlund

Genre: Comedy/Thriller/Horror/Drama

MPAA Rating: R (Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Violence, Language Throughout, Nudity, Profanity, and Strong Sexual Content)

Running Time: 110 Mins

Tagline:”A Story of How Dangeorus Love Can Be “

Synopsis:

{According to Fandango}

" Dougy Madden (Lawrence Tierney) pays a visit to his son Tim (Ryan O'Neal). Dougy, a tough ex-bartender, is ravaged by cancer and decides to see Tim one last time in order. But Tim is suffering both from writer's block and from the effects of too many years of drink, drugs, and sex. His sexy wife Patty Lariene (Debra Sandlund) has recently left him and disappeared. Even worse, one morning he awakens from his stupor to find the front seat of his car covered with blood and a severed head inside his drug stash. He tries to rekindle a relationship with his ex-wife Madeleine (Isabella Rossellini), now married to the psychotic Provincetown police chief, Alvin Luther Regency (Wings Hauser), and he re-acquaints himself with old prep school friend Wardley Meeks III (John Bedford Lloyd), who was also married to the missing Patty Lareine. As the murders pile up and Tim's psyche takes a beating, Dougy decides to help Tim put an end to this chaotic mess of murders"

Discussion

Oh God, Oh man, Oh God, Oh man!! It was for that one line alone that I went out and got this atrocity. I had done some research on the movie, and found out it was and still is considered as one of the worst films ever made. I have to agree, not only is this bad...but it's bizarre, demented, weird, absurd and downright "brilliant" convoluted stupidity.  I know It may sound as if  I am contradicting myself by saying  that it's “brilliant” but here me out. The movie is so confusing and obnoxious that you will be in "awe" of how unintenionally funny it all is. To believe this was actually based on a novel. It was actually written by the same guy who directed  this movie. I mean, it’s just so ironic and funny; they get the same guy who wrote the novel to do the screenplay and direct aswell and somehow still fuck it up. I haven’t seen such thing happen since Stephen King directed Maximum Overdrive, the worst adaptation to date of a Stephen King book. 

The movie is so difficult to go over, Like I said, it’s just so strange and  bizarre to get into. I will do my best to dissect this baby. Norman Mailer presents to us an adaptation of what he "considers" to be an instant classic (classic of cheese) I have a hard time believing the guy when he says this, he barely has a straight face, then again neither does the majority of the cast. They all act so over the top that it’s so hard to take anybody seriously. By the time the movie hit the 20 min marker I said “Fuck it! I’m just gona take this as a comedy”  the movie begins with Tim Madden, an ex bartender who aspires to become a writer; we never see him do either. He wakes up and writes down with shaving cream  in the mirror the day that it is (28) goes downstairs and finds his Dad sitting in the kitchen waiting for him. Tim, who looks like he had a rough night and a bit hung-over, begins telling his Dad that he feels delusional and that he has two heads in a duffel bag locked in the cellar. In we go to the story of the film, which is mostly told through flashbacks. Tim had a relationship with a woman named Patty Larraine (Debra Sandlund) a self absorbed/shallow bitch who is only interested in money, sex and drugs. In the first flashback we see some of the parties she threw for friends, based mostly on cocaine and booze. Then were transported into a séance (summoning of spirits) why? Fuck I don’t know!! It’s fucking random. We later see Patty leave Tim for the chauffer and disappear for a third of the movie. Now we are introduced to Jessica Pond, an ex XXX star (porn for that matter) who is also only interested in Sex and Drugs. Tim drunk at a bar meets Jessica and her gay partner (we find out that later in the film) Tim invites both to his house, gives a really bad joke and tells her to give him a blowjob in front of her lover. I am not making this up, this is exactly what happens, and then it jumps to them having sex outs side his house, also in front of the lover.  

After this scenario Jessica also disappears for an even larger amount of the film and we get introduced to Madeline Regency (Isabella Rossellini), his first wife; we find out from both of them that they wanted to have a swinger party with a Christian couple. Again WTF!? And it so happens to be this Christian woman is Patty Larraine, the one who left with the chauffer at the beginning. So these events take place before she leaves Tim for the driver.  After a night of rough sex switch-o-roo, Patty falls for Tim, decided to marry a rich guy, make up a fake story to leave her Christian husband and re-marry only to get divorced again and get back with Tim. He as well decides to leave Madeline, who ends up marrying another guy who is the chief of police in Provincetown (where all this shit is taking place) Shit how confusing, No? Well it gets worse. After the flashbacks are over, we find out that Tim is still in love with Madeline and Patty. Madeline, who is married to the chief of police, gives Tim a letter saying that she believes her husband is having an affair with his wife Patty. This is where the glorious scene of OH GOD OH MAN takes place.  In the end we find out that there was a drug dealing going on with Patty’s ex husband (the rich one) Patty was to take the money from the dealing and give it to her lover (the chief of police)  But her ex husband finds out and kills Patty. Then, Jessica returns and kills her gay lover (we find out he is gay due to later read by the chief of police) she is also sleeping with the chief of police and thinks she gonna get a piece of the money and drugs. She also get killed, but by the chief instead. Later for some odd reason her head is cut off and buried in the woods. While the chief is burring the body, Patty gets excited and goes nude for the chief, and voila they do it there.

The chief of police decides somehow to put the blame on Tim, and get away with two counts of murder. This fails, because the chief gets a heart attack and ends up paralyzed. Yet his ego doesn’t die there, he tells Madeline (his wife) “I made you come sixteen times in one night” after he calls her small potatoes she shoots the bastard.  Later Tim and his Dad get rid of all the bodies and throw them into the river. Madeline takes the drug money, shares it with Tim and move into a mansion….The End! But what happened to the chauffer? Well he is never mentioned again.

OH MAN! OH GOD was this movie so insanely bad! Yet I was laughing for all the one liners. Like the one I mentioned “I made you come sixteen times in one night” (link below)  or “Your knife is in my dog" and "I just deep-sixed two heads” the whole thing is so absurd it’s great! I know again it seems contradictory, but it’s marvelous stupidity. The movie was in fact a box office failure (not surprised) made for 5 million, made only 858thousand…tsk tsk.  But over the years it has gained a cult following for all the above mentioned.

DVD

 

Not only am I surprised this movie made it to DVD but I’m shocked they actually bothered remastering it and presenting it in a anamorphic widescreen. Very impressive, now I get to see OH GOD OH MAN in 1080p up converted.

Video

I was impressed with this MGM DVD, the colors are sharp, yet they leave a nice flat tone, no DNR (Digital Noise Reduction) as far I am concerned. So overall the movie looks quite 80’s yet refurbished..if that makes any sense

Audio

The audio was just average, a 2 channel surround sound. Then again not much goes around in this movie. So don’t worry too much about the sound

Bottom Line:

You know what? Buy it, yes its bad, and yes its nonsensical most of it. But, it’s just god damn hilarious. Whether it is unintentional or intentional, it rocks for being a fumbled disjointed mess.  You will really enjoy how bizarre and crazy this is, a bit ahead of its time LOL

OH GOD, OH MAN, OH GOD, OH MAN

Theatrical trailer

SIXTEEN TIMES

Second in Command (2006)- Jean Claude Van Damme (2)

Director: Simon Fellows

Stars: Jean Claude Van Damme, Julie Cox, & Alan McKenna

Genre: Action/Thriller

MPAA Rating: R (violence and some language)

Running Time: 92 Mins

Tagline:” It's time to take charge! “

Synopsis:

{According to IMDB}

"Jean Claude plays an official who's just been appointed as Second In Command to the U.S.Ambassador at an American Embassy in a small, turbulent Eastern European nation.When local insurgents attempt a coup d'etat, the nation's President takes refuge inside the embassy.The embassy is then besieged by the well-armed insurgents.The U.S. Ambassador is killed in the ensuing action, an now it's up to Jean Claude and the embassy's small detachment of U.S. Marines to fend off the attackers "

Discussion

Like the big fan I am of Van Damme and Seagal, I never miss any of their DTV flicks. I know they almost always suck, But I watch them still, for what they are, mindless low budget action flicks. This time we have Van Damme playing  an Officer appointed Second in Command to an ambassador. He must protect an Eastern European President from being assassinated by extremists.

You know,  I wasn’t all to impressed with this one, Van Damme doesn’t do a bad job, but he barely fights here,  I see his movies for the kicking ass, not for the plot; and as far as plot goes, this one is very recycled. I’ve seen Dolph Lundgren and Chuck Norris do this type of themed movie a couple dozen times.  I still give props for the directing, it wasn’t badly shot nor edited. Though there are some scenes where it was a bit too dark to tell what exactly was going on.

Another issue I had was that it was too freaking slow, call me an adrenaline junkie but there was barely an action in this movie. Yeah, there was shooting and whatnot but no roundhouse kicks from Van Damme. I wanted to see some God Damn Van Dammage Lol.

DVD

I actually bought this one a couple years ago; just saw it now for the first time. I don’t think I will be keeping it in my library for too long.

Video

Shot entirely in HD cameras, there was really no problem with the transfer they used. I up converted this one in my Blu Ray player to 1080p and looked spot on HD.  Only issue was some scenes where dark, as I mentioned before.

Audio

The audio was all right, not too impressive for a 5.1. Surround. There were scenes were gunfire sounded like fire crackers.

Bottom Line:

If you’re not a fan of Van Damme, I would say pass, you will most likely hate the movie. But if you like action and Van Damme give it a rent or wait for a TV channel to show it.

THEATRICAL TRAILER:

Endgame (2006)- Cuba Gooding Jr. (2 ½ )

Director: Andy Cheng

Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr, Angie Harmon, & James Woods

Genre: Action/Thriller/Crime/Drama

MPAA Rating: R (violence and some language)

Running Time: 93 Mins

Tagline:” The Assassination Was Only The Beginning.”

Synopsis:

{According to IMDB}

"A secret Service agent and a news reporter investigate the conspiracy behind the assassination of the President. "

Discussion

It’s surprising to see an academy award winning actor like Cuba Gooding Jr joining the forces of the DTV market. After seeing him in such movies like Men of Honor and Jerry McGuire, I decided to give his straight to video movies a try and Frankly, I didn’t do a bad choice in renting this one.

Cuba plays a secret service agent Alex Thomas; assigned to protect the President of the United States. On a day of a speech, Alex takes a bullet for the President, unfortunately the bullet goes through his hand and into the president’s head.  Unable to cope with the guilt his  his life goes into an abyss of alcohol abuse. But,little does he know that there is more to this assassination; In comes female reporter Kate Crawford (Angie Harmon) she is convinced that the assaination is a consiracy and theres more to it than just politics. She goes to Alex for help, she notices that anyone she asks about the assassination end up getting killed in what “looks” like an accident. Both Alex and Kate eventually get on the trail to figure why someone would have the president killed, and the motives behind it.

While not a bad movie, it does however suffer from mediocre storytelling and poor character development. This movie felt at times a bit similar to Eastwood’s ‘”In the Line of Fire”. I give them some credit for adding a plot twist at the end, but it still leaves a whole lot of questions unanswered. It was as if the movie was trying to be clever, but ultimately relied more on being what it was- an action flick.  But, it did the job of entertaining me for 93 minutes. The action was decent, well choreographed, a cool chase scenes. Not bad for DTV, much better than a typical Seagal DTV flick. Also there’s a funny random scene involving Cuba farting in front of angle’s face. I was like WTF? Haha

Bottom Line: 

Give it a rent, not bad to watch just for the entertainment, there might be some confusing stuff going around at times, but aside from that, it still pretty entertaining. It still sucks that academy award winner has taken this route in film, once made famous by Seagal. But again, its better than any of Seagal’s recent atrocities.

theatrical trailer

Attack Force (2006)- Steven Seagal (0)

Director: Michael Keusch

Stars: Steven Seagal, Lisa Lovbrand, & David Kennedy

Genre: Action/Thriller

MPAA Rating: R (strong violence, language and some sexuality)

Running Time: 95 Mins

Tagline:”Humanity’s greatest hope... Faces his greatest battle.”

Synopsis:

{According to IMDB}

"Marshall Lawson loses his strike-team in a cold-blooded and seemingly random attack. After this he takes it upon himself to investigate the suspicious circumstances of the brutal killings. Soon he uncovers CTX Majestic, a covert military operation so secret, that now the military wants Marshall eliminated. Resolute in his pursuit, Marshall engages in a merciless battle with a drug dealer operation that appears to be secretly funded by a rogue arm of the military"

Discussion

Once again, good thing I didn’t pay to see this piece of excruciating shit! I am still in awe, of how horrendous this movie was. I still can’t believe this movie actually had a budget of 15 Million!! How or why Seagal signed aboard this mega junk is beyond me. From what I’ve heard, since his feud with Julius R.Nasso, Seagal can’t find a studio that will pay him the 16 Million Dollar salary he was getting when working at Warner Bros. You know what? I don’t blame the unenclosed studios; who would want to hire this fat ass, that can no longer fight nor do any of his stunts. He is constantly requiring for a stunt double, studios having to re-dub his lines- which reminds me, this movie breaks the record of Seagal’s voice being dubbed; about 75% of the entire picture is dubbed by another actor. According to producers of the film, they claim that a large portion of the audio was lost in post production, and Seagal refused to show up for the re-recording sessions; again a lazy fat ass that no studio wants to hire. Yet, luckily for him, Sony pictures hired him for 2 million. No wonder he does 5 or 6 of this shitty movies a year; has no other choice, the only way he can climb back up to the 16 Million figures to maintain his bad eating habit lifestyle.

But aside Seagal’s lifestyle, let’s get to the movie, Seagal plays Commander Marshall Lawson, after his crew gets killed on a wild night of booze and chicks, it is up to Marshall to investigate what happened to his team members-oh by the way, it’s so hilarious how he reacts to when people die, especially those close to him. He barely has any emotion whatsoever. In one scene he pushes a door slamming one of his team members (who was already dead) doesn’t even check the pulse and just leaves the scene; what an unsympathetic bastard! Later we find out that the hooker that killed the 3 teammates was in fact working for some pimp who used to be a scientist; he created a DNA altering drug called CTX. The drug turns people in to vampire like people, being also highly addictive. This scientist/pimp wants to dump the drug into the water system and get everyone hooked on the drug. Why? Fuck I don’t know? This shit was just freaking retarded.

 

Like I said earlier the whole thing was almost entirely dubbed by an another actor, who sounds nothing like Seagal; to think the fat ass has no respect for a movie he in fact produced, shows how much workmanship he has. The movie also has some of the most ridiculous fight scenes, this one amped it up in the “patty cake” department. There’s one scene of many where Seagal waits for his team to fight this bad ass chick, she is supposed to be so powerful and shit, due to the drug,  so, she can single handedly just beat anyone she pleases…except one person…that’s right the egotistical fatty bloke of Seagal. She fights the fatty and all they do is freaking patty cake. Also, there is a double for almost every other scene, more so than the other ones I reviewed before. There is one particular scene where Seagal is talking on the phone, it’s so god damn obvious it’s not him, gee, could it be cuz I am not seeing the back of the double, but in fact his full much thinner face.

I also read somewhere that the original plot was to be about aliens, but last decision was to cut that idea out and reshoot almost the whole thing. Seagal, being the fat fuck he is, decided not to show up and just let the director and producer handle the thing to their best judgment, again, good workmanship Seagal, good job a-hole.  So instead of Aliens they changed it to the whole DNA altering/ Vampire Drug. I wonder if the movie be any better without the altering, I’m assuming it was the same shit. Lastly the cover of this movie just cracked me up, it so bluntly obvious that it’s a Photoshop picture of some random guy, and then super imposed a picture of Seagal in to the double, to make him look thin. Even more ludicrous is the matrix-like letters in the background that are not relevant to the plot of the movie. With true honesty, as a diehard fan of Seagal, avoid this shitbag.

Bottom Line:

This movie so shit! That I am not even going to get into the aspects of video and audio, it doesn’t even matter to be honest with you. Pretend I never spoke of it, you will live a much better life not seeing this mega crap, trust me on this one.          

 


Seagal’s redubbed voice




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Hereafter (2010)- Matt Damon (3 ½ )

Director: Clint Eastwood

Stars: Matt Damon, Cécile De France & Bryce Dallas Howard

Genre: Drama/Fantasy

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (mature thematic elements including disturbing disaster and accident images, and for brief strong language)

Running Time: 129 Mins

Tagline:  None

Synopsis:

{According to IMDB}"A drama centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways. "

Discussion

I can’t remember the last time a Clint Eastwood movie disappointed me.  The only one I can recall is unforgiven; which I never understood how or why it became so popular, to me, it was just a boring and mediocre Western.  All other films Directed and acted by Clint have been superb; just as this new directorial take on the subject of the afterlife

Hereafter reunites Matt Damon with Clint Eastwood (previously worked together: Invictus) in what I can describe as a rare treat. I came into the film a bit skeptical, while I wasn’t expecting to be disappointed, I wasn’t hoping to be mesmerized either. I don’t think I got neither of these reactions, I mostly felt pensive after the closing credits.  The movie’s theme which deals mostly with what happens when we die has always intrigued me, perhaps because I, like anyone else, doesn’t really know what happens when we seize to be. I have my thoughts on the subject, but rather not get into them; I will more than likely dwell on that subject more than the actual movie I should be reviewing.

 

Matt Damon plays George Lonegan, a retired psychic who is trying to live a very private life; working in the day in a factory and taking cooking lessons at night. Even as private as he wants to be, his brother brings to him someone who wants a “reading” (a seeing of the afterlife) initially refusing to do it, he eventually agrees, being the last and only time. With that reading more people come into his life who are interested in “readings” George tries to explain to his brother that what he has is not a gift, but a curse; people will not understand what he is going through. He decides to leave the country and move to London to begin anew.  In London and France we are introduced to other pivotal characters that eventually connect with George. One being a young boy who has recently lost his twin brother, now in search of someone who can tell him if he is ok or if there is an afterlife; the other being a female reporter who survives a Tsunami and for a couple of minutes experienced death.  

Personally I was pleased with the picture, it was slow, but not boring, took its time developing each character; Giving enough time to explore each character’s belief in death. The ending however is one that left me mixed. I think it was ended that way as a metaphor of enjoying more the time you have alive, than that of which you will be dead; you will only be alive for so little time.

DVD

I was skeptical about this movie, so I ended up renting it from blockbuster on DVD. I might actually get this one in the future on BD.

Video

For a DVD the quality was pretty sharp, the contrast wasn’t too high nor too low, just right for the tone of the movie. I only saw pixilation in some scenes, but nothing too distracting. The tsunami scene had some pixilation, but after that it scene I didn’t witness anything else.

Audio

The movie wasn’t loud, don’t expect this to be 2012 or Armageddon. In exception of the first scene involving a Tsunami, the rest is very slow and mostly dialogue. The 5.1 surround works nicely with the first 10 min of the film. Throughout the film you will feel the 5.1. Mostly in the atmospheric music and exterior sounds.

Bottom Line

I say give it a try, I enjoyed it, might actually end up buying it in the future. If you have taste for thinking and observing this is for you. If you are expecting a disaster flick, this is not for you

Theatrical trailer

The King of Comedy (1982)- Robert De Niro (5) * {Top 250}

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis & Diahnne Abbott

Genre: comedy/drama/crime

Rating: PG (mild violence, adult situations and language)

Running time: 109 minutes

Tagline "No one knows Rupert Pupkin, but after1130 tonight no one will ever forget him”

Synopsis:

{According to IMDB}

"Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves his own privacy. "

Discussion

Wow! Where do I begin to explain how amazing this movie was? First of all I was surprised to find out this was directed by Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, The Departed) this is definitely a different route for the crime director. Even if this movie is billed as a comedy, it felt more like a crime/drama with some awkward humor in between. Don't get me wrong this formula works perfectly for this movie. In recent interviews Scorsese has mentioned that he thinks he should have never made the movie, due to the difficulties in production and low box office take.  The movie was not a hit in its initial theatrical release, but during the passing years it has achieved a cult following; primarily due to how marvelous and original it is. Even if Scorsese does feel a sense of failure, he shouldn’t, this one is guaranteed classic, one of a kind.

Robert DeNiro plays Rupert Pupkin. No one can remember his name, nor pronounce it right. No one likes him; he is annoying, irritating and overly obsessive with his idol Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) he keeps telling people that he will make it big on showbiz. Keeps emphasizing that all he needs is a big break. However, he lives most of his life in a fantasy. He is 34 living with his mom, spends most of his time recording and pretending he has an audience who are actually watching his show. Ofcourse this is all in his head; the audience gets the opportunity to actually see it being played the way he sees it in his imagination. Scenarios involving Langford desperately asking advice and spare time for Pupkin to take over his show while he is out.

Without ruining much, Pupkin spends most of the film stalking and going to extreme measures to be and have the success that his idol has. Curiously this is what makes the movie hilarious. Now, the humor in this movie, it’s funny, but it's a humor of embarrassment. The embarrassment mainly focused on the misfortunes and absurdities of Pupkin.  I have to say that all those embarrassments make this film really work, I was really impressed with it, and DeNiro should have been at least nominated for the role he gave in this picture. Through the film his performance kept me uncomfortable. We were seining a character that at first sight we might feel sympathetic.. But later realize he is pretty psychotic! Which reminds me, the ending I still feel mixed about the ending. It leaves you wondering, like in Taxi Driver, Is the ending is actually taking place or is just pumpkins imagination? That is up to the viewer to decide. Personally I think, unlike Taxi Driver, it's actually taking place. It would make sense, because it would coincide with the title and Tagline of the film. That by the end of the film he will be the actual “King of Comedy”. It's just how he becomes that “King” that makes the whole thing so funny and odd at the same time.

DVD

From what I heard this movie took awhile to be actually released on DVD. This is strange, because this is such a good movie! The same thing happened with another DeNiro movie "A Bronx Tale" it wasn't released in DVD until just last year. But anyways, this DVD is merely a bare bones DVD. I wont get into the audio or video, I didnt see this one in my HDTV.

Theatrical trailer

The Revenge of Dr X (1970)-James Craig (1)

Director: Kenneth G. Crain

AKA: The double garden; the devil garden; Venus fly trap

Stars: James Craig, Tota Konodo & Lawrence O'Neil

Genre: Horror/Science Fiction

MPAA Rating: Unrated

Running Time: 94 Min

Tagline: “A Different Slice of Life

Synopsis:

{According to IMDB}

"A mad scientist uses thunder and lightning to turn carnivorous plants into man-eating creatures"

Discussion

Revenge? What revenge? As far as I’m concerned there was no revenge in this movie. The whole thing was soo misleading, especially the film's title. The movie went through several different titles; at one point it was to be called double garden (which makes even less sense) the original title was Venus fly Trap (better title in my opinion) with so many different titles it is no surprise that it turned into a big mess. Just look at the cover, it’s even more misleading than the actual title. The cover seems like it’s just another random slasher flick...that couldn’t be father from the truth. There is no screaming blonde chick, no gore, no blood, and no knife, nada. the whole thing could have been rated G for all I care. I say that because there is no violence or thematic elements questionable for children; in exception of some nude swimmers...but the boobs are way too flat to even tell that they’re actually naked. As I said, nothing bad for kids.

So if this movie isn't a slasher, then what is it? Well its shit! That’s what it is. Seriously though, even if this movie is shit. There is some sort of plot going on ...I guess.
There might not be a Dr.X but there is a Dr in the house. His name is Dr Brannigan. This guy looks like they pulled him out of an old Frankenstein movie; he even has a maniacal laugh in one scene. This doctor wants to blend human blood with a Venus fly trap.... Yes I know WTF? Why on earth would he want to do that? Cuz he's cuckoo, that's why. He had nothing better to do on a rainy Friday night I suppose.

Mid way in the movie he travels from U.S to Tokyo to conduct his experiments. Waiting for him at the terminal  is the cousin of a co-worker of Dr Brannigan. She seems to be botanist... I’m still not sure of that because she looks mesmerized when she sees the Venus fly trap for the very first time. I may be no scientist but I think I can recognize a venus fly trap at first sight. But that's just me; Worst is when the doctor arrives at the hotel where he will conduct the experiments...the place comes full equipped with a greenhouse! I guess they were really expecting him in Japan. Even more hilarious is that the place comes equipped with a hunchback assistant. Isn’t this beginning to feel like Frankenstein? That's because it pretty much  a Frankenstein story...just with some plant theme thrown in there for the hell of it. Just think little shop of horrors done caca. With the help of his new assistants he works on creating a human Venus fly trap. Using lightning and human blood to bring him to life (again Frankenstein)
As soon as he makes his creation a living reality... It eventually escapes and decides to break havoc in the city of Tokyo. I swear Tokyo and monsters what is up with that? God! this movie was shit; I can’t emphasize more how horrible it was. Especially the way it dies. I guess I’m gonna ruin it, not like it matters much. The doctor follows his creation into the city. He and the huge Venus fly trap fall into a volcano...the end.

DVD

I got this movie in a bundle pack; it came in a 50 Chilling Classics Box Set. The box set was only 10 bucks, 50 movies for 10 bucks isn’t bad, even if most of them are as bad as this one. The movie is supposed to be "remastered" according to the box; the quality however is very cheap low quality transfer from a VHS.
Video

Like most cheap DVD's the quality is never anything above average. Presented in 1:33:1, the total feel I got for the picture quality was dark and grainy. Even though the box set said they are "remastered" they aren't, and then again for how bad it is, I’m not expecting it to be anything spectacular in the visual dept. So overall the quality was just bleh. Felt like they transferred it from a second generation VHS

Audio

The audio was worst the picture; there were times where I needed to rewind back to understand what they had previously said.  

Bottom Line:

Skip it, pretend I never spoke of it, it’s so bad I will not post a link to the full movie. I will only post a link to a part of the film that made me say “WTF!?”

WTF?