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Month: July 2016

“Deadly Daughters” (*1/2 out of four) was a deadly dull melodrama about two two beautiful sisters (Yvonne Zima and Claire Rankin), one of whom may be plotting to murder their mother. Silly and bland thriller is about as scary and exciting as a family therapy session. Originally titled “Killing Monmy” but all the movie does is kill your time.

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“Buried” (*1/2 out of four) was a slipshod suspense psychodrama about a young man (Troy Pindell) who is trying to start life over again in a secluded Florida town and falls in love with a young woman (Nadia Adelay) but his violent past starts to catch up to him and threatens to overtake both of them. Disjointed story goes over all-too-familiar territory and is itself “buried” by its own plot contrivances and cliches. Pindell is sincere in the lead but “Caught Up” with Bokeem Woodbine told a similar story and better almost 30 years ago.
“Better Call Pops” (0 stars out of four) was a desperately awful psychodrama about a series of violent murders across L.A. but a hard-nosed detective (Marleen Proctor) begins to see a common thread in that all the victims were domestic violence abusers and that the vigilante may be an underworld figure known as Pops (Andrew Chamblin). Sounds promising but is worthless on every level due to inept filmmaking and storytelling. This makes any of the “Death Wish” sequels look like Orson Welles by comparison. “Better Call Film School” would have been a better title for this turkey.
“House Of Rooms” (* out of four) was an incoherent mess about a desperate television director (Anthony Straeger) who sets up cameras in a house and films a group of guests (Maike Kopka, Tim Torok, Flora Pauer, and others) as they all whine and start to wonder which one of them is a sadistic killer. Four directors are credited for this in-your-face and unpleasant film which (incredibly) rips off “Halloween: Resurrection” and “The Blair Witch Project 2” which were far worse than. Watch “House Of Games” again instead.
“Strawstalker” (*1/2 out of four) was a mindless timewaster about a couple (George Henry Horton and Branika Scott) who seek fame and fortune and move to a posh new home in L.A. but soon find it is inhabited by a killer scarecrow who is determined to drive them out or drive them insane (whichever is first). Needlessly dumb and unintentionally funny at times although this isn’t/wasn’t meant as a comedy. Horton also wrote and directed.
“The Loyalty Test” (*1/2 out of four) was a shabby, contrived suspense melodrama about a group of friends (Jordan Bryant, Dejuan Gibbs, Dequan Ryan, and others) who engage in sexual duplicity and deception with one another which leads to distrust and disloyalty and everyone’s worst instincts rising to the surface. Endless twists and turns don’t amount to anything since you hardly like (or care about) any of the characters. Ryan is good but this one will likely “test” your patience by the end.

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