Monster Hunter

Rating:
Summary: Horror With Humor
Review: A serial killer named The Postman is on the loose. He has been so named due to the fact that the decapitated heads of his victims have been found affixed with postage stamps inside of mailboxes. A rogue FBI agent enters the scene claiming to be a messenger of God sent to stop this evil.

This is a dark comedy told in a semi-documentary style a la THIS IS SPINAL TAP. The grim subject matter may turn off some viewers, but the film is a success on many levels. David Carradine (KILL BILL Volumes 1 and 2, and KUNG FU the television series) turns in a wonderfully over-the-top performance as a religiously fanatical FBI agent who's just as crazy as the man he's out to catch. Michael Burrows' (Buck from KILL BILL Vol. 1) is a perfect counterbalance as a postman and the person Carradine suspects. Burrows seems on the verge of exploding any minute, teetering from dominating husband to happily expectant father so effortlessly that you're not quite sure if Carradine's on the right scent or not. Joe Unger is a riot as a detective who can't seem to say more than a syllable without swearing in frustration. Various styles of cheese and ham are served up by the other memorable supporting players who find a way to make us laugh at what is essentially sick and twisted material. The weakest links are Darren Burrows and Missy Atwood who play a young couple intrigued by all the events going on in their small town. The former stands in the middle of the actor's tennis court with one foot on the over-the-top side of acting and the other foot on the side of OVER-acting. The latter serves lobs with both feet firmly planted on the over-acting side at all times.

The film has quite a few unexpected twists and the documentary style sets up for some nice visual variations. The film parodies and parallels how similar gruesome events are frequently and casually covered in the media and how we've learned to just sit back and watch, sometimes forgetting why we watch, and that is to try and understand why these things happen and hope that true justice gets served in the end. We laugh at and fear the character's in this film because they exaggerate the world we live in and remind us that since we laugh at and fear them there's still hope.

This film is recommended for those who like their horror movies with a little tongue in cheek.

Rating:
Summary: B-movie outing is worth seeing!!!
Review: I passed this standard looking movie on the video shelfs a number of times and not once did it grab my attention!! However, a friend of mine told me that he took a chance on it and it was not to bad!! I went out the next day and rented it for myself! You know what??? It's not too bad! In fact it's pretty good!! Yeah, the acting is a little hammy at times but all in all it's worth the rent! If you look for those movies that don't have CGI FX, once again check it out! There's nothing like hidden gems!