I was bored of MSP before I even saw it, the awful, awful hype will be remembered for way longer than the actual film. I was lucky enough to watch the DVD with a friend who'd paid his hard earned money for it and saved me the trouble of buying it myself. Well, where do I start? The acting? Oh dear. For a movie costing $2 million plus you'd think a good chunk of that could go towards hiring a decent leading man. He was dreadful, quite shocking. OK, if this was a micro-budget job I'd make allowances, but Sven was bad. The young girl played by Jade Risser was the only member of the cast with any talent, and she was 11 years old! I thought the cameos were just another cheesy cliché too. I'm trying really hard to think of something positive to say.. the toe tag effects were excellent and... that's it I'm afraid. If I hadn't endured all the pre and post hype from Mr.P. on every genre site online I would probably said this was a bit of a boring, predictable, silly film. Since Mr.P. has made a complete plum of himself and will, I imagine, continue to do, I'll add that this was a bit of a boring, predictable, silly film and a woefully over-hyped waste of 2 squillion dollars. I think Mr.P. probably is capable of making a decent film. That's if he can just shut up, make the movie and let the product do the talking.
Review of Murder-Set-Pieces
