Asylum, there have to be a dozen films by that name. It kind of makes you wonder why they bother, is it so hard to come up with something original?
This one however is very memorable, though I'm not entirely sure for the best reasons.
Imagine a really quite dire horror movie starring Bruce Payne and Stephen Rea with a side story about the movies creation and comedy narration over it similiar to Mystery Science Theatre 3000. That's what this movie is, and it's totally bizzare.
So it tells the story of a swat team who are tasked with going into an Asylum and the whole thing is dreadful from plot to the actors who range from bad to bored. The saving grace is the narration and truth be told some of it is genuinely hilarious.
But it's not so good to make this a watchable 90 minutes, the movie itself is really damn bad but the narration mocks it every step of the way and often speaks exactly what you're thinking.
It's hard to identify who this is aimed at, all I can say is that it isn't a horror and does have enough comedy to make it watchable.........barely.
The Good:
Some genuine laughs
Caroline Ford
The Bad:
Bruce Payne
SO many films called Asylum
Plot is a mess
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Chris Brown jokes, still funny
I will not be able to look at Stephen Rea again without thinking lesbian Bob Dylan
If an ally gets pulled into a fridge by unknown forces.........shoot the fridge
This one however is very memorable, though I'm not entirely sure for the best reasons.
Imagine a really quite dire horror movie starring Bruce Payne and Stephen Rea with a side story about the movies creation and comedy narration over it similiar to Mystery Science Theatre 3000. That's what this movie is, and it's totally bizzare.
So it tells the story of a swat team who are tasked with going into an Asylum and the whole thing is dreadful from plot to the actors who range from bad to bored. The saving grace is the narration and truth be told some of it is genuinely hilarious.
But it's not so good to make this a watchable 90 minutes, the movie itself is really damn bad but the narration mocks it every step of the way and often speaks exactly what you're thinking.
It's hard to identify who this is aimed at, all I can say is that it isn't a horror and does have enough comedy to make it watchable.........barely.
The Good:
Some genuine laughs
Caroline Ford
The Bad:
Bruce Payne
SO many films called Asylum
Plot is a mess
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Chris Brown jokes, still funny
I will not be able to look at Stephen Rea again without thinking lesbian Bob Dylan
If an ally gets pulled into a fridge by unknown forces.........shoot the fridge