Perhaps I'm a bad reviewer of cinema -- but I do know what I find entertaining.
"Crimewave" is a zany comedy of cartoonist proportions. An early film of Sam Raimi , many of his now trademark film qualities are evident in early stages. The trademark camera angles, zoom ins, dialogue delivery, etc are all here. It's as if a 1940s crime caper and Popeye cartoons had kids and those kids were given way too much sugar and caffeine before bed.
The jokes are goofy, the scenarios are goofy, and the overall plot is convoluted told through a series of flashback story devices... But it's wildly amusing as a result of all this. From what I can tell, every bad review is correct just as every glowing review is... Bruce Campbell steals every scene with over the top line delivery truly Renaldo "The Heel" is a Classic Bruce Campbell character... Think the sleezier aspects of Ash Williams. The exterminators in the film are fantastic -think a pastiche of Popeye's Bluto working with the living personification of a Rat (I know how that sounds btw)... The biggest problem with this movie is the relatively boring lead couple. You find yourself wondering what's going on with the nutty Exterminators or Renaldo whenever the lead couple are on screen.
Post production added some zany sound effects that you either love or hate (ex. Renaldo winks and you hear a gunshot ricochet). Apparently the Faron Crush character had all his lines over dubbed and it's hilariously bad as a result .
The presented film isn't great and needs some editing (Ballroom dancing scene goes on too long) ; which makes me wonder what the original version was like . That being said it's a bad film that somehow ends up being entertaining as a result. Is this the classic example of a movie so bad it's good? Perhaps, but you'll never know unless you watch it.
"Crimewave" is a zany comedy of cartoonist proportions. An early film of Sam Raimi , many of his now trademark film qualities are evident in early stages. The trademark camera angles, zoom ins, dialogue delivery, etc are all here. It's as if a 1940s crime caper and Popeye cartoons had kids and those kids were given way too much sugar and caffeine before bed.
The jokes are goofy, the scenarios are goofy, and the overall plot is convoluted told through a series of flashback story devices... But it's wildly amusing as a result of all this. From what I can tell, every bad review is correct just as every glowing review is... Bruce Campbell steals every scene with over the top line delivery truly Renaldo "The Heel" is a Classic Bruce Campbell character... Think the sleezier aspects of Ash Williams. The exterminators in the film are fantastic -think a pastiche of Popeye's Bluto working with the living personification of a Rat (I know how that sounds btw)... The biggest problem with this movie is the relatively boring lead couple. You find yourself wondering what's going on with the nutty Exterminators or Renaldo whenever the lead couple are on screen.
Post production added some zany sound effects that you either love or hate (ex. Renaldo winks and you hear a gunshot ricochet). Apparently the Faron Crush character had all his lines over dubbed and it's hilariously bad as a result .
The presented film isn't great and needs some editing (Ballroom dancing scene goes on too long) ; which makes me wonder what the original version was like . That being said it's a bad film that somehow ends up being entertaining as a result. Is this the classic example of a movie so bad it's good? Perhaps, but you'll never know unless you watch it.