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The Devil's Rejects
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
Release : | 2005 |
Rating : | 6.7 |
Studio : | Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Lionsgate, Firm Films, |
Crew : | Art Department Coordinator, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Sid Haig Bill Moseley Sheri Moon Zombie William Forsythe Ken Foree |
Genre : | Drama Horror Crime |
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A lot of fun.
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Zombie just don't care, and it'd that which seems to give him the gall to just go all out, devil may care. I liked it because it almost feels real. If there were indeed a cast of monsters, including one monstrously smoking hot blond, they may likely look and act just like this. There truly is a sense of realism.
A prelude informs, "On May 18th, 1978, Sheriff John Quincey Wydell along with local authorities in Ruggsville County led a 'search and destroy' mission on a decaying farmhouse. Inside the house, police discovered a collection of diaries and scrapbook detailing the accounts of more than seventy-five murders. The family responsible for these brutal crimes was forever to be known as 'The Devil's Rejects'," The lurid opening scenes invite questions about the Devil's decision to reject this group of cutthroats, who continue their sadistic violence from "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003). Probably, we are meant to think they are so bad, even the Devil wouldn't have them. So, it's here they stay...Mainly, we follow black-toothed Sid Haig (as Captain Spaulding), sexy blonde Sheri Moon Zombie (as "Baby" Firefly) and demented Bill Moseley (as Otis P. Driftwood). Yes, the names are swiped from Marx Brothers movies, with Groucho's image appearing a couple of times. It's an interesting and potentially plot intriguing homage that adds up to practically nothing... There is very little plot. This film also misses its connection with a bigger picture. "A Clockwork Orange" and "Natural Born Killers" artfully succeeded by shoving society in your eyes and down your throat. "The Devil's Rejects" does a lot of shaky camera shoving, but doesn't strike the chords. The script has some clever lines, but consists mostly of a four-letter word that rhymes with luck...From "Midnight Rider" (the Allman Brothers) to "Free Bird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd), the music, helps put you in a party mood. This was not done by Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino with "Singin' in the Rain" (via "A Clockwork Orange"), "Blue Velvet" and "Stuck in the Middle with You" (via "Reservoir Dogs"). They struck the notes that crept you out...The clown role played by Mr. Haig is the closest writer-director Rob Zombie comes to touching the nerves. More should have been made of his TV program. Have mobs of kids adore him. Show us his fan mail. Drive the "Love-Hate" relationship between violence and American society home. Haig's intro is the film's highlight. While not especially horrific, it is gross and unpredictable. Love the edit from urination to pouring coffee. Points for the dirty pot, too. The dirty texture in sets and locations is a plus. Other characterizations are one-note, through a few hit it adequately. Former "Three's Company" star Priscilla Barnes gets a special shout-out for versatility, endurance and always giving her all.***** The Devil's Rejects (7/22/2005) Rob Zombie ~ Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe
This movie is a direct sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, and just like that movie, it has many of the same problems. Just like in the previous movie, it lacks characters that show any agency, and the villains are more interesting than the victims. The Devils Rejects features the return of such characters as the crazy clown Captain Spaulding, who is the most entertaining character in both movies. In this movie he has a much bigger role, which is welcome.Rob Zombie has chosen not to exhaust weird video effects to death, this time around. Instead he has chosen for a more documentary style, with shaky camera shots, and deliberate extreme close ups. He also does sliding screen transitions, as if looking through a picture book. The movie also has a deliberate dirty look to it, and the extreme close ups help highlight the dirty look of all the freaks. I liked the direction and the style of the movie.But again, this movie is plagued by the same problems as the previous movie. Look, I love a good horror movie. I even enjoy some of the really gory stuff. But this is just a long row of abuse scenes, many of which sexual in nature, and there's very little 'fun' to it, or suspense to it. Its again the lack of agency on behalf of the characters, and the fact that they aren't fleshed out at all. None of the victims are compelling characters. And the movie falls into the trap of a long series of ancient horror movie clichés. I'm talking so ancient, they could be fossils.You know the drill: Characters outnumbering a villain who is only armed with a knife, and yet not making any coordinated effort to attack the villain. Waiting forever to steal a gun from the villains, then waiting forever to shoot the villain, thus giving them plenty of time and opportunity to attack, and of course the gun is not loaded. And again we have the victim running straight into the arms of Captain Spaulding, not realizing that he is part of the gang. It is literally the previous movie all over again.The plot again goes nowhere. A bunch of victims are stuck in one location, where they make no intelligent attempt to escape or retaliate, despite having plenty of opportunity to do so. And then they all get abused and killed one by one. How are we supposed to be invested in this story? But fortunately the movie has one thing going for it. It does something that House of 1000 Corpses did not do: It takes a turn in the last half of the film. I'll give it credit for that. But it was not enough to keep me interested, since the movie had already lost me long before the turn in the plot.And its a shame, because Captain Spaulding is entertaining, its directed well, the effects are good, and it has a nice style to it... but as a film it just sucks. There is zero suspense, and the montage at the end feels like a sloppy way to end a movie. And why does the director indulge so much in sexual abuse? I don't mind nudity, but the context is definitely rapy in nature, and just not fun to watch. When is rape (even if it borders on it) ever a good thing in a movie? I'm not condemning people who like this movie, but what do they see, that I don't?
I wasn't sure what I was going to get with The Devils Rejects, but surprisingly, I was pleasantly surprised. It had some quite humerus moments, knew what it was and never took itself too seriously. It also had a pleasant amount of violence without going overboard that you would expect in such a film. My only complaint would be the amount of horror clichés and clichés in general. The "good guys" of the film did everything that was so inherently wrong to do in certain situations and the "bad guys" managed to get away at every non opportune moments. Love it or not, Rob Zombie has managed to conjure up something truly remarkable with The Devils Rejects. It not the best piece of cinema out, but if you want some campy fun, then look no further than this.