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I don't know about this. I'm as a big a Bruce Campbell fan as the next guy, especially if the Next Guy is someone who watched the Evil Dead Trilogy, Bubba ho Thep, read the autobiography and then sort of didn't bother investigating anything else the guy has done but finds him a sort of affable presence in films... but this looks quite bad. Mocking a Chinese character for not being able to pronounce 'R' is not only kind of offensive but unoriginal and unfunny. Same with booting the bloke in a wheelchair down a hill. The premise seems pretty well worn too.
Plus, I find B-movies that try and mock the fact they're B-Movies a bit smug and pointless; papering over their inadequacies with the idea that they're supposed to be shit. Bruce looks like he's having fun, but the movie doesn't seem to be that inspired. One of the things that made Bubba Ho Thep suprising and charming was that there was some genuine emotion at its heart. It used the monster movie genre to portray a guy in his twilight years trying to make sense of his wasted life, which was funny and unusual. This seems a lot less inventive.
That's all based off the trailer, though. I'd be happy to be wrong. |
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