Sinister
08-20-2005, 03:11 AM
Rob Zombie has finally came into his own. For a couple of years now, I have been a detractor of the film House of 1000 Corpses. It's not that I hated the film so much as I felt that it was nothing more than a gratuitous display of bloodshed where the outcome was never in doubt. That movie tried so hard to duplicate the violent mythos and mockumentary grainy feel of another movie I did not really care for, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Both movies weren't very good in my opinion, and the latter never redeemed itself in the string of dismal flops that followed in its wake. I am happy to say that The Devil's Rejects is one of those cases where the sequel far surpassed the original.
The opening scene has the Firefly stronghold under seige, as law enforcement officials finally catch onto who has been doing the killing and lay into the bloody caln with a vengeance. Sheriff John Q. Wydell (An amazing performance by William Forsythe) has vowed to take the serial killers down for the murder of his brother. Some of the Firefly's escape and make their way to the Whore House ran by Capt. Spaulding's half-brother, Charlie Altamonte (Ken Foree) to find shelter from the cops and bounty hunters closing in. All across their path, the remaining Firefly's leave a bloody swath and this is not a good thing, for they are caught up to sooner than later, and after that the film becomes a lesson in sadism, where the lines between wrong and right are not so distinct. After veiwing this movie, I think it is safe to say, that you will never think of the song Freebird in quite the same way again.
That was what was so right about this film among other things. The songs were all from the 70's as opposed to Zombie and various musicians making a soundtrack for it, and all the songs fit perfectly. The acting on all parts, especially Forsythe and Sid Haig, were right on the money, and I wasn't disappointed once. There were a few small flaws, but they're minor, and are hardly worth really mentioning but the one that readily comes to mind concerns one of the Firefly's victims at a hotel banging on doors and screaming but no one comes out to see what the hell was up with all the racket. Someone, a desk clerk even, should have come out and said something. It is one of a few things, but none of them prevented me from having a great time with the rest of the flick.
This movie kept me entertained and laughing all the way through it's entirety. I have to give Rob Zombie his just praise because the man deserves every ounce of it for making me a believer. May this be the first in a long string of successes for him in the cinema, for this one made it all right for me.
Rating: 4 out of 5 possible stars.
The opening scene has the Firefly stronghold under seige, as law enforcement officials finally catch onto who has been doing the killing and lay into the bloody caln with a vengeance. Sheriff John Q. Wydell (An amazing performance by William Forsythe) has vowed to take the serial killers down for the murder of his brother. Some of the Firefly's escape and make their way to the Whore House ran by Capt. Spaulding's half-brother, Charlie Altamonte (Ken Foree) to find shelter from the cops and bounty hunters closing in. All across their path, the remaining Firefly's leave a bloody swath and this is not a good thing, for they are caught up to sooner than later, and after that the film becomes a lesson in sadism, where the lines between wrong and right are not so distinct. After veiwing this movie, I think it is safe to say, that you will never think of the song Freebird in quite the same way again.
That was what was so right about this film among other things. The songs were all from the 70's as opposed to Zombie and various musicians making a soundtrack for it, and all the songs fit perfectly. The acting on all parts, especially Forsythe and Sid Haig, were right on the money, and I wasn't disappointed once. There were a few small flaws, but they're minor, and are hardly worth really mentioning but the one that readily comes to mind concerns one of the Firefly's victims at a hotel banging on doors and screaming but no one comes out to see what the hell was up with all the racket. Someone, a desk clerk even, should have come out and said something. It is one of a few things, but none of them prevented me from having a great time with the rest of the flick.
This movie kept me entertained and laughing all the way through it's entirety. I have to give Rob Zombie his just praise because the man deserves every ounce of it for making me a believer. May this be the first in a long string of successes for him in the cinema, for this one made it all right for me.
Rating: 4 out of 5 possible stars.