Sandro <ceinwine@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I can't recommend the flick to anyone, even gorehounds, but it makes
> for surreal, repellent, repugnant, compelling viewing. It's the kind
> of flick the military will be showing its recruits in training for
> decades to come. And that's a seal of approval if there ever was one.
I think that there was a fundamental cognitive dissonance faced by just
about anyone in the audience. The violence was ludicrous and almost
Pythonesque - the kind of thing that Troma dreams about doing but can't
due to budgetary constraints. However, the tone of the film was so grim
that I couldn't get a giggle out of seeing bad guys liquefied by machine
guns or pirates exploding when struck by rounds from a small pistol.
That, I'm afraid, is a tragedy.
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