HUNK is another low-rent piece of junk from Crown International Pictures, an uneasy comedy that offers a '80s style twist on the old Faust legend. It involves a geeky youth who doesn't have much luck with the ladies, so he turns to the Devil who transforms him into an irresistible hunk.
The usual morality story plays out and even from the opening scene you can guess where this is going to end up by the climax. Up until that time we have a tale of '80s greed and excess, where physical perfection is everything and nobody seems to work or be in education. The camera lingers upon perfect flesh and a few unfunny jokes are thrown into the mix, but for the most part this is badly acted and poorly shot.
James CoCo is nobody's idea of the Devil and his hammy acting really drags down his scenes. Watch it, if you must, for the sunny California beach locations; watch it for the brief Brad Pitt cameo. But don't go in expecting anything even halfway approaching a decent movie. Instead this feels like one of those lame-o NEW TWILIGHT ZONE episodes from the '80s, a one note idea padded out to feature length.
The usual morality story plays out and even from the opening scene you can guess where this is going to end up by the climax. Up until that time we have a tale of '80s greed and excess, where physical perfection is everything and nobody seems to work or be in education. The camera lingers upon perfect flesh and a few unfunny jokes are thrown into the mix, but for the most part this is badly acted and poorly shot.
James CoCo is nobody's idea of the Devil and his hammy acting really drags down his scenes. Watch it, if you must, for the sunny California beach locations; watch it for the brief Brad Pitt cameo. But don't go in expecting anything even halfway approaching a decent movie. Instead this feels like one of those lame-o NEW TWILIGHT ZONE episodes from the '80s, a one note idea padded out to feature length.