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Rating:  -
Bruce Campbell, superstar? Not with movies like this. OK, so he's a cult figure and all, but there's nothing particularly redeeming at all about this movie and Ted Raimi is much more interesting. An American diplomat (played by Campbell) is accidentally killed and dragged back to the lair of a mad scientist who transplants the brain of a taxi driver into him and voila, that's about it, and of course stupid behavior ensues. I bought this with the highest expectations, and after I watched it only loaned it to a friend who watched it and also thought it was pretty lame, and then traded it in. As I mentioned Ted Raimi pretty much steals the show, as the Russian assistant of the mad scientist (as played by Stacy Keach, who must be hard up for money) and Raimi is the best thing this has going as he does his Russian hip-hop patter. Other than that, this is a bust, bleah.
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The king of the one liners pulls off none! No memorable quotes or scenes - nothing really redeeming. It's nice to see Bruce in something new, but it would be nicer to see him in something good. The extras (focusing on how the film came to be) was more interesting than the film. If you like Bruce Campbell, avoid this film - it's tainted my opinion, even if slightly.
Rating:  -
Now *that's* what I expect from a Bruce Campbell movie! Crackerjack science, cheesy dialogue, just the right amount of overacting to carry off said dialogue, Czech/Russian translated as surfer boy/pop culture English, a few explosions and so many homages to A-list sci-fi/horror movies that I lost track. The "death scene" with the robot version of his wife alone just gets so much love from me; only Bruce could pull off a concept that bad and make it look good in a bad/funny way.
I wonder if Bruce's directions to Ted Raimi were, "Just channel Joxer, kid." Because I had major flashbacks to _Xena_ eps. Not that it's a bad thing at all! I loved it! And I adored his fake Russian accent, especially when his real accent slipped through on occasion along with the whiny tone of voice, just made it all that more ridiculous and fun. It was worth tuning in just to see Ted jamming to hip-hop and pulling those wonderful facial expressions.
Those two together are comedy gold; they so need to team up on more movies. Bruce could do justice to a serious A-movie role any day, but I'm so glad he keeps doing B-grade films; when he nails them, he does it but good! And Ted is such a damn fine geek. Whether he's doing a serious role or not, he's just made for that part, plays it beautifully. Together, the two of them do some sweet scenery chewing.
Rating:  -
Bruce Campbell's Latest film is one he wrote and directed all by himself. I think he did a pretty good job, considering the small budget on this thin. It has that "Made for TV Movie" atmosphere. There are quite a few moments that you will find funny if you are a Bruce Campbell do with the rest. Once again, it's definitely worth a look if you're a Bruce Campbell Fan, but otherwise you should probably skip this or check out his greater movies first fan, but if no you should probably ignore this film. It's a Bruce Campbell Fan Only type of movie. The man with the Screaming Brain has more than enough parts to it that will crack a smile or a chuckle, but it still has a few things lacking from his movies such as Bubba Ho-tep or Army of Darkness. I consider Bruce Campbell to be one of my favorite actors, but there is definitely something about this movie that prevents it from being 5 stars. I don't know why I found this movie in the horror section of the best buy, it's clearly a comedy. The DVD has its fair share of bonus features but the only problem I could find is that it seemed the audio was rather low on this DVD compared to others in my collection; I had to turn the volume up more than I've had to with other DVDs.
Rating: -
D0 not, I repeat DO NOT purchase this movie. As A die-hard Bruce fan, loving all of Bruce's work, (ie Brisco County, evil Dead, Army Darkness and Bubba Ho-tep) I bought this movie. I read these reviews on Amazon here, and thought It may possibly be good. DO NOT BELIVE THE OTHER REVIEWS. I was sceptical about this movie at first, and decided to rent it, but none of the rental stores had it so I bought it. This movie is the bottom of the barrel. There is nothing to like in this flick at all. As much as I tried to like it, I was extremely pi**ed off and bored. All of the characters suck, and I hated all of them. The plot is extremely stupid. None of the actors seem to enjoy doing this movie and the comedy is just lame. Bruce's character is the worst of them all.
Do not even watch this if you enjoy Bruce movies. It will leave you resenting him for making it.
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