This is a gloriously silly film. Almost camp with an anti racism message and a police car chase sequence that reminds you of those Hal Needham/Burt Reynolds films of the 1970s.
The early scenes has a remarkable performance by a two headed gorilla. The gorilla's acting is sublime, no surprise as its performed by make up effects supremo Rick Baker. A 7 time Oscar winner (4 more than Daniel Day Lewis!)
However the film features more than just future Oscar talent as it also stars former Best Actor Oscar winner and no stranger to schlock films, Ray Milland as a brilliant surgeon now affected by arthritis and cancer with just days to live.
Milland is also a racist and in order to save his live with experimental surgery they transplant his head on the body of a convict on death row.
Unsurprisingly Milland is not too happy with the result. Milland hatches a plan to sort himself out.
The film has a series of high and lows, although more lows as far as I am concerned. It fails as horror as it's too laughable.
It maybe works as a social commentary but it needed zipping up a bit and cut down in length.
It sort of meanders and gets a bit dull, even with the prolonged chase sequences.
Some of the effects are very good although when both Milland and Rosey Grier try to be together then you can guess one is behind the other.
It is campy but the film should had been more of a hoot.
The early scenes has a remarkable performance by a two headed gorilla. The gorilla's acting is sublime, no surprise as its performed by make up effects supremo Rick Baker. A 7 time Oscar winner (4 more than Daniel Day Lewis!)
However the film features more than just future Oscar talent as it also stars former Best Actor Oscar winner and no stranger to schlock films, Ray Milland as a brilliant surgeon now affected by arthritis and cancer with just days to live.
Milland is also a racist and in order to save his live with experimental surgery they transplant his head on the body of a convict on death row.
Unsurprisingly Milland is not too happy with the result. Milland hatches a plan to sort himself out.
The film has a series of high and lows, although more lows as far as I am concerned. It fails as horror as it's too laughable.
It maybe works as a social commentary but it needed zipping up a bit and cut down in length.
It sort of meanders and gets a bit dull, even with the prolonged chase sequences.
Some of the effects are very good although when both Milland and Rosey Grier try to be together then you can guess one is behind the other.
It is campy but the film should had been more of a hoot.