Blagged a screener copy of this the other day.
Was a little apprehensive, as had heard bad things.
Rob Zombie obviously decided he was premature in killing off characters
from what was arguably his only decent film. So through a plot
contrivance, it seems the Devil's Reject's weren't outright killed at
the end of that film.
Enter new member Winslow, played by Richard Brake, who busts Otis and
Baby out of Prison and the 3 decide to head for Mexico, leaving a trail
of bodies in their wake.
Captain Spaulding also makes an appearance, in what is little more than
a guest role. Seems that Sid Haig's "recent" problems with ill health
have been ongoing for some time, forcing Zombie to restrict his role and introduce a new character to fill in for him.
Overall I was pleasantly surprised with this and was pleased to say a
lot of the negative reviews were unfounded. That's not to say the film
is flawless however.
My main problem was that this supposedly takes place around 1988, yet
people still seem to be dressing like its the mid-70s? Also, the first
half seems to "borrow" quite heavily from Natural Born Killers, whilst
the second seems to borrow a lot from From Dusk till Dawn, minus the vampires, as the 3 quite literally find themselves in a Mexican standoff
with a drug cartell they've managed to upset.
Overall I'd say this film falls somewhere inbetween the previous 2 in
terms of being good. It's much better than "House of 1000 Corpses", but
not quite as good as "Devil's Rejects". It's certainly much better than
some of the dross Zombie has churned out in recent years.
Worth a watch, if you liked "Devil's Rejects" you should enjoy it.
On 9/23/2019 4:35 AM, Simon T wrote:
Blagged a screener copy of this the other day.
Was a little apprehensive, as had heard bad things.
Rob Zombie obviously decided he was premature in killing off
characters from what was arguably his only decent film. So through a
plot contrivance, it seems the Devil's Reject's weren't outright
killed at the end of that film.
Enter new member Winslow, played by Richard Brake, who busts Otis and
Baby out of Prison and the 3 decide to head for Mexico, leaving a
trail of bodies in their wake.
Captain Spaulding also makes an appearance, in what is little more
than a guest role. Seems that Sid Haig's "recent" problems with ill
health have been ongoing for some time, forcing Zombie to restrict
his role and introduce a new character to fill in for him.
Overall I was pleasantly surprised with this and was pleased to say a
lot of the negative reviews were unfounded. That's not to say the
film is flawless however.
My main problem was that this supposedly takes place around 1988, yet
people still seem to be dressing like its the mid-70s? Also, the
first half seems to "borrow" quite heavily from Natural Born Killers,
whilst the second seems to borrow a lot from From Dusk till Dawn,
minus the vampires, as the 3 quite literally find themselves in a
Mexican standoff with a drug cartell they've managed to upset.
Overall I'd say this film falls somewhere inbetween the previous 2 in
terms of being good. It's much better than "House of 1000 Corpses",
but not quite as good as "Devil's Rejects". It's certainly much
better than some of the dross Zombie has churned out in recent years.
Worth a watch, if you liked "Devil's Rejects" you should enjoy it.
I am looking forward to seeing it as I did really enjoy THE DEVIL'S
REJECTS.
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