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Director: John Specht
Starring: Paul Wendell,
Jonas Moses, Nicole Ashmore, Jennifer Baggett
Screenplay: John Specht
Country: USA |
It's electric! Boogie woogie, woogie.
I have some problems with the title of Electric
Zombies. When I hear the word "electric,"
I think of things generating or using electricity.
Electric eels. Electric chair. Electric razor.
The idea of an electric zombie sounds like undead
people who shoot bolts of lighting at their victims,
or who send 10,000 volts through anyone that comes
into contact with them. I was most disappointed
to learn that in Electric Zombies,
the electricity involved is that of a mobile phone,
and that's it. I also find the word "zombie"
unfitting in this case. I guess it COULD be argued
that the people who answer the phones lose their
soul or sense of self, but I still think a zombie
should be a walking corpse. No, this movie is
poorly titled, thus I rechristen it with a much
more accurate name: Mobile Phone Hypnotisees.
I realise I had to make up a word to come up with
that title, but I think it's much more suiting
even if it is 1/3 gibberish.
Anyway, another problem with the word "electric"
is it implies speed, and Mobile Phone
Hypnotisees is anything but quick. I
knew I was in for trouble when I saw that the
film was shot on video and ran over 90 minutes.
This is rarely a good sign. You low budget filmmakers
using a fucking camcorder need to stop thinking
we want to watch your home movies for 90 fucking
minutes!
As expected, the plot of Mobile Phone
Hypnotisees does not warrant 90 minutes,
and may not even warrant 30. A batch of top secret
mobile phone technology makes people go crazy
and commit wanton acts of violence on themselves
and others. That's your story in one sentence,
but it's not given that straight in the
film. Oh, no, I had to wade through 90 minutes
(!) of boring conspiracy set up and corrupt cops
at work. Like some fucking low level crime drama,
the movie plods along, until, finally, over a
half hour in, something really happens. But by
then, I just didn't care.
The acting varies, but none of it is very good,
and most is grimace inducing, including the least
convincing screen cop of all time. The editing
for action scenes is shit, particularly in a hammer
murder sequence. The climax is like a half ass…no,
a no ass retread of Reservoir Dogs,
and the only thing of note in the whole movie
is a bit of penile fallout. |
