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.
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.