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The African-American stereotypes and slave references are pretty offensive as well.
I'm sorry for all the UK-centric references but if you're elsewhere and you've got no toenails to cut or you haven't got a beer mat collection to catalogue then this film might just be worth 90 mins of your remaining lifespan (as long as you haven't got any paint to watch drying).
The overwrought soundtrack references an emotional tug that is entirely absent from the film.
I'm not even sure why the kids would like this movie because there are so many references to old movie stars that kids know very little or nothing about.
This no-budget British black comedy-horror outing tries to achieve a satirical tone, with its endless references to its fellow shoestring splatter flicks (among them Psychomania, Horror Hospital and pretty much anything by Pete Walker), but due to dismal performances by second-string TV actors (the leading lady looks like Amy Winehouse), a script that appears to have been written on the back of a peeled beermat by two 'lads' with no understanding of how film comedy works, Dean Friedman's (intentionally?)
If your idea of whoopee is anthropomorphic turds, Chinese takeaways called Fu King and references to long-forgotten TV ads, you'll enjoy this one, but don't expect too much.
To recreate the feeling of the movie, I shall repeatedly make references to cold spots throughout this review.
But my biggest problem with the movie was that it was loaded with drinking references, not to mention that the cows/bulls actually hot wired and stole a car, then drank and drive, broke into a boy's house to push him out of bed (he deserved it though), then ran away from the cops, whom the writers of the movie made look like terrible people.
You can get a great story without the awful drinking and driving and grand theft auto references.
Jennifer Jones' character made so many references to her being Eurasion that we started counting and after a while we were giggling every time she said it.
I thought it would be a spoof on all superhero movies (which I love), but in fact it was mainly based on Spiderman, with a few oblique references to other superhero movies such as Fantastic Four and Batman.
Dated movie references will not help audiences that may come across this endeavor in future.
I still don't understand what the references to rabies and the child get bit by the fox at the beginning of the movie.
In addition, the viewer is presented with numerous ham-handed references to religious faith and U.S. patriotism that come off as over-reverent rather than genuine.
Any references present are geared toward anyone between the ages of 6 and 16 who would occasionally browse People magazine.
Superficial and artificial, with frequent attempts to look professional through references to technology the way a five year-old tries to make it sound as if he knows what he's talking about.
It could have been a good movie, and the plot itself I don't see as male bashing, but certain specific references to men get really annoying.
I have considered burning my copy but I have every intentions on writing the producers and sending them the scripture references that they SHOULD HAVE read before making this movie!!!
Nothing original is left except the weird Cronenberg atmosphere (which is not that strong here) with the amusing sexual references and Shore's dark score.
The references and "hipness" date the film badly (This was made in 1991) and really who wants to see The Beastmaster in the present times?
I didn't know they meant back then but now I do since the movie makes references to gay bars, women getting slapped hard and nearly raped and a disgusting looking bar restroom with overflowing urinals lol.
From just the absurdity of it, not to mention the ridiculously bad acting, cheesy dialogue, and the fact that the villain is a child, I'd assume this was meant to be a children's movie... but I think there may be more swear words than Pulp Fiction, not to mention constant references to drugs and general mayhem and killing-so which demographic is it trying to please?
The dialogue might have been crisper in the original languages of Mandarin and Hokkien than in the subtitles and I have no doubt that some of the contemporary Singapore references will slip over Western heads as well as the cultural and political context unless of course you are familiar with Singapore.
This is generally a warped film with Peter Pan references and Tina Turner, methane-pigs, and odd characters.
The plot, the story of a post-Apocalyptic roller blading samurai warrior, is a convoluted hodge-podge of film references of everything from STAR WARS to THE SEVEN SAMAURI.
Plus the fact the family accepted anyone off the street with no references to babysit a child!
Now I can see that it's not just another one of Diablo Cody's pop-culture "in" references, but something that actually is an indicator on the tastes of the characters and, maybe more subjectively, how to judge them based on their tastes.
Disney-like entertainment with some un-Disney-like moments of graphic violence and sexual references.
I have not seen all of his movies, but Julius Harris was in many good movies, and I remember him best from "Live and Let Die" where he played Tee-Hee and which was full of Voodoo references, something that is common here in South Florida!
Otherwise, it's likely you'll miss the references to 80's cop films and simply think it's a running gag about a walking rectum.
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