A navy Pilot (John Christian) with an evil talisman goes ape crap and starts killing people for no reason.Before he's captured and locked away in an asylum, he hides the talisman in a hanger: 22 years later, the hangers are being re-opened to serve as an air space museum. Harry (Bill Drago), a rather obsessed man, is in charge of this project, and he brings in a group of you folks: Terry (Jennifer Lauren Grant), Pam (Melanie Radmaker). Max (Jesse Steccato), Corey (Debbie Rochon), Dan (Joshua Park, Rachel (Kelly Ray) and Allison (Caitlin Saibins, to clean the place up and work as tour guides once the place is open. Pilot Hank is released from the mental institution at the same time and he kinda wants his talisman back. But one of the gang is a scavenger, and she finds the talisman. It disturbs her and so she gives it to Harry, who locks it away. Then the killing starts and the kids decide to have a séance. Great idea huh? They're not timid about gore, here, but at the same time,they don't over use it. And some of these people deserve to die. I like when a film has characters that you actually want to die. It gives one a sense of satisfaction. Because in some way, you always kinda root for the killer, as long as he's killing people who deserve it. And have you ever noticed that, in the movie world, in any given group of kids together in a bad situation, someone ALWAYS has a Ouija board? The sound here was rather bad, but this was the screener, I'm assuming that would be fixed in the final version. The lighting was excellent here, used to good effect, but never too much. The film isn't shy about nudity, which is always a good thing. There's too much hand-held camera-work for my tastes. I realize the hand-held camera-work is supposed to make the action scenes more immediate, but here's the tip. The film is lensed in 24P digital video, and DV has the effect of making jitters of hand-held camera work more noticeable and more irritating. Fortunately, there's not enough of it to hurt the film. The sets should also be mentioned here, I don't know how the filmmakers scored these sets on a low budget but they're GREAT. The acting is professional level. I found Debbie Rochon a little wasted here, playing essentially a side (but interesting) character. Debbie Rochon is easily capable of taking the lead in any feature she works in, which is not a slight to the other actors featured. The flick has a very nice ending, and the credit sequence, which features out takes, is not to be missed. In the final analysis, I enjoyed the film a great idea. It was fun. - Ron Leming The Hacker's Source Magazine
Reviews
3 Reviews
Bad Bizness
(2003 Video)
No Mercy
2 March 2004
This was bad beyond belief. Not one of these people can act whatsoever. The actresses were so wooden and unbelievable and the sex scenes were boring. The biggest crime of all is they actually got the money from somewhere to make this. The script was too thin, even for this late night Cinemax effort. This can't even qualify as a guilty pleasure. You would think with a rapper and a 'Baywatch' star they could get the money to shoot on film but instead this is made on cheap video. Even from the name talent and director you would assume it would be cheesy fun, but this is a black mark on all their questionable careers. If you're looking for a sexy whodunit, look elsewhere.
Final Examination
(2003 Video)
Cheesy Fun
2 March 2004
I thought this movie had it's moments. I'm a big Fred Olen Ray fan and will see anything he makes. I enjoyed most of all the last 15 minutes of the movie with the climax at the waterfall scene. It was fun seeing Kari in the movie too, I enjoy most of her films. I thought the scenery was beautiful, although seeing more of the tropical locale would have been nice. The male lead was OK, a little wooden. Debbie was cast well, I love seeing her play a psycho. The other women were not bad, but cheerleader types would have been better for this I think. I thought the actress in the opening scene driving the car off the bridge was beautiful. The story was thin, but that didn't bother me too much. If the script had of been better, the movie would have been better. Hard to fault the actors when the material is lacking.
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