Necessary Evil (2008)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Peter J. Eaton

Writers:

Eric Feldman (writer)
Christopher James Harvill (writer)

Release Date:

31 December 2008 (USA)

Plot:

A scientist is testing a demonic drug on people in his secret lab. A cop and a female reporter try to stop him. |

Cast

Donald Agnelli	...	Albert Fielding
Greg Collins	...	Michael Russo
Drue Delio	...	Mental patient
James DuMont	...	Officer #1
Mark Casimir Dyniewicz	...	Interrogator #2
Evan Elliot	...	Ronald Benjamin
Eric Feldman	...	Russo
Kathryn Fiore	...	Deborah
Aaron Fors	...	Stephen Green
Daniele Gaither	...	Gail
Tessa Germaine	...	Young Deborah
Samson Ghaffary	...	Sgt. Greco
Joe Guth	...	Mental Patient
Carolyn Hennesy	...	Carole Fielding
Lance Henriksen	...	Dr. Fibrian
Julia Howard	...	Tammy
Gary Hudson	...	Sanders
Justin Kelly	...	Undercover Detective
Allan Kolman	...	Dr. Logan
Mike Kurzhal	...	Soldier
Tarri Markell	...	Helen Green
Orlando McNary	...	Desk Sergeant
Laura Molina	...	Mental Patient
Ramsey Moore	...	Evil Clown
Pasquale Pinto	...	Soldier
Nick Plantico	...	Jake
Patricia Prata	...	Police officer
Kyle Rea	...	Drooling Mental Patient
Richard Riehle	...	Capt. Parsons
Bertrand Roberson Jr.	...	Menacing Guard
Andrew Rowe	...	Avery
John Russel	...	Interrogator #1
Steve Seagren	...	Marcus Green
Robert Seymone	...	Hummel
Mirelly Taylor	...	Princess Salme
Danny Trejo	...	Barro

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content, some language and brief sexuality.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18

Company:

Art of War Films

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Trite, clichéd, badly written, poorly executed.

I can only assume the two positive reviews were written by someone involved in the production of this turkey. Here's the plot. We start with a group of mercenaries in "Babylon" 16 years ago, sent to find an unknown artifact, and for some reason, they have a belly dancer with them. I can't think of any explanation for the Belly Dancer other than that's what the producer thinks lives in the Middle East. Well, the monster gets loose, and infects the lead mercenary, imbuing him with the Force. Or something. We then have Lance Henricksen, consigned to Direct to DVD Perdition for sins against good project selection, as a mad scientist who runs an insane asylum where they test drugs on the patients, and they are working on a new drug called "Reficul", which is "Lucifer" spelled backwards. Sign of a bad writer... this is their idea of "clever". We get introduced to some more characters, seemingly unrelated to each other, including a hard-drinking cop and a paranoid journalism student who is pregnant. The only truly evil thing that follows is the simply horrible dialog written for the characters. Basically, you couldn't figure out the plot with a Ouija board and a magic 8-Ball, but I halfway expect that's how they wrote it. Memo to Mr. Henricksen. You used to be a good actor. Now your name on a DVD box is becoming like a skull and crossbones on a bottle.