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It's hard to accurately describe a film in just one word, but I'm going to give it a go ... this movie is 'bad' and I'm not talking Michael Jackson 'bad'. This is quite possibly the worst film I have ever had the displeasure of watching, I actually felt a little angry with myself for giving this atrocity the benefit of the doubt after it failed to grab my attention within the first half hour.
The film is set in the 1970s and the opening sequence consists of a non-linear narrative focusing on the serial killer, Mr Seed, watching videos of animals being killed then switching to watching an assortment of animals (and disturbingly, a baby) decompose ... clearly satellite TV had yet to be invented!
The plot revolves around detective Bishop, the cop who eventually managed to catch Seed - after he'd managed to commit 666 murders without being caught - great police work there.
Seed is sentenced to death by electric chair which would be fine, provided the electric chair was in proper working order. However, it isn't and the haphazard execution leaves Seed in bad shape but still very much alive and the police now have a decision to make ... finish the job behind closed doors or bury Seed alive to save face in front of the families of his victims.
Obviously they vote for the latter and tell everyone he is dead, much to the dismay of detective Bishop who believes he should have killed Seed just to be on the safe side. It turns out that this probably would have been a good idea since less than five hours after burying Seed alive, he manages to escape his coffin in a foul mood and seeks vengeance against the men who botched his execution.
One by one, the officers involved in the incident are killed in gruesome fashion until Bishop is the only one left ... and that's all I can say about this film without giving absolutely everything away.
The thing that baffles me about this movie is that although it is only about an hour long it still manages to drag. I was bored within the first 30 minutes, even the shocking imagery and prolonged search scenes were dull and uninspired. The dialogue, if you can even refer to the drivel being spat out as 'dialogue', was weak and offered no distraction from the substandard plot and poor acting.
Just to top it all off with a big dose of irony, even though I was complaining about the film dragging, it ended so abruptly even I was shocked (for the first time during the whole production).
Save yourself some time and money, avoid this movie and rent Finding Nemo, it's probably scarier and definitely more interesting.
Showing at: Cineco, Seef I and Al Jazeera Cineplex
