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Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! (2003)
pretty stupid in all ....
Well, I hate to burst everyone's bubble before me, but IMAO this was a very ordinary film that was mildly amusing at best. What's worse is that it invokes a hefty glorification of gratuitous violence, so much so that it ruined the film (again IMAO). The violence wasn't ridiculous enough to be a mockery, but an essential part of the film, overstating other perhaps more interesting plot aspects that might have been developed further to a more satisfying - and original - whole.
This is a pity, because it was very well acted (these guys shame some of the more recognized Hollywood stars), and the character development wasn't too bad either. And there was definitely potential, some of the peripheral themes were definitely candidates for further development. What ruined it was that the plot was so bloody stupid. This could have been a great movie if the central plot theme wasn't so banal.
Sorry I couldn't give it more than two points out of ten, but this is an absolute (rather than a relative) scale, it was definitely a masterpiece for the budget they had. Shame about the subject matter.
Sky High (1985)
this is so bad it's almost good
You never really quite know what's going on, and some of the acting is unspeakably terrible, amongst the worst I've ever seen. The plot is not so much full of holes as gaping bottomless-pitted crevasses. Nevertheless I can't give it a 1/10, there is something about it that makes it riveting viewing, just to see the next mind-bogglingly acted scene or twist in the "plot". I have to also give it marks for originality as well, and the rickshaw-chase scene with the two heroes throwing eggs at the villain was a camp masterpiece that had me in stitches. I mean, it's so frightening it's almost good! Remembering that it was filmed in 1985 in the middle of cold war hysteria, it does look a little bit dated now with the KGB and all, but it was certainly a reasonable idea that could have been executed better, although that might have taken it out of the realm of the truly pathetic and into the humdrum of the forgettable.