Let's start with this: Nicolas Cage was great in this movie. He's funny, weird, wild and seems to have said.... I know this sucks, but I'm going to go for it.
And then I thought of Christopher Lee playing Dracula in Hammer Horror movies of the early 70's who told them.... I'm stooping to doing this crap...but I'm not going to dignify it by actually speaking any lines. So Christopher Lee made a few of these movies where he is the star and he does nothing but hiss at people. I was wondering if Nick may have done the same thing?
None of the other actors comes off well though.
I would also say that this was a master class in low budget movie making. There is nothing here relative to any 21st Century movie making. No CGI. No Big Scenes. The fights are as fast and furious as they can be due to pacing, scene cutting. A few misses here and there, but for the most part they are funny and engaging. The soundtrack works. You know you are watching schlock, but its funny and works somehow.
The story is actually told by narrative. First, a young teen, Liv explains part of it. A little later the Sheriff tells her deputy the rest of the story. None of it really matters because we get it. There are evil creepy Amusement Park Animatronics. There are a surplus of young teen agers to be slaughtered. How and Why is not relevant really.
A few things were missing. Who was Nick Cage? He took everything in stride to the point that I thought his character would be explained. And why did he bring the Punch drinks and need them? And why pinball? Why didn't he talk to anyone? I was more or less left scratching my head wondering.
It is super silly. It is super dumb. Nick Cage is cooler than us. Laugh, it is Roger Corman / Ed Woods kind of fun.
And then I thought of Christopher Lee playing Dracula in Hammer Horror movies of the early 70's who told them.... I'm stooping to doing this crap...but I'm not going to dignify it by actually speaking any lines. So Christopher Lee made a few of these movies where he is the star and he does nothing but hiss at people. I was wondering if Nick may have done the same thing?
None of the other actors comes off well though.
I would also say that this was a master class in low budget movie making. There is nothing here relative to any 21st Century movie making. No CGI. No Big Scenes. The fights are as fast and furious as they can be due to pacing, scene cutting. A few misses here and there, but for the most part they are funny and engaging. The soundtrack works. You know you are watching schlock, but its funny and works somehow.
The story is actually told by narrative. First, a young teen, Liv explains part of it. A little later the Sheriff tells her deputy the rest of the story. None of it really matters because we get it. There are evil creepy Amusement Park Animatronics. There are a surplus of young teen agers to be slaughtered. How and Why is not relevant really.
A few things were missing. Who was Nick Cage? He took everything in stride to the point that I thought his character would be explained. And why did he bring the Punch drinks and need them? And why pinball? Why didn't he talk to anyone? I was more or less left scratching my head wondering.
It is super silly. It is super dumb. Nick Cage is cooler than us. Laugh, it is Roger Corman / Ed Woods kind of fun.
