Review of Zaat

Terrible. That's the only way I can think to describe this film. From the opening shot of the scientist strolling along(like we want to waste our time watching some guy take a Sunday walk!) while the worst,most drab folk song that I have ever heard plays in the background(sashay through the sarcasm?! What does that even mean, for chrissake?!) To the end shot of the girl moseying into the ocean to become mate to the stupid looking monster that the doctor transforms into, this movie is just dreadful. The voice-overs are annoying, the acting is pitiful, the soundtrack dull, the cinematography makes it look like it was shot in a foreign country by someone with a home-made video camera, and the plot is just eye popping. Killer walking catfish?! A scientist turinng himself into what looks like a really old, wrinkly Gumby? All so that the crazy old ex-Nazi can get his revenge on a bunch of guys who might have bumped into him in the hall once, or whatever? What was the screenwriter smoking? And did he share it with the director?

I think that the whole purpose of the film was the girl in the yellow bikini. There certainly were long enough shots of her walking around her camp, swimming in the water, brushing her hair, etc. Not that she wasn't easier on the eye than the old scientist(when he stripped down to his skivvies to transform, I almost lost my lunch). Still, she had Director's Girlfriend written across her forehead. How many of these F grade movies get made so that the guy making them can get a date? Bet most of them-maybe all of them.