Here we go. This is how I like my bad movies: stupid, fun, pretty and with a silly story that's at least half-way cohesive. It's worth it just to see Dean Winchester with blood all over his chin. Hawt. It seems to me that this script was built around eight halfway clever exchanges of dialogue, which clash with the rest
of the movie hard enough that you'll be able to pick them right out. The story logic is a little fuzzy in a lot of places, but you can tell that the writers, while not talented, care about continuity. I actually quite liked this movie; Dominique Swain and William Sadler give respectable performances, and Jensen Ackles is always a pleasure to watch. I think this story tries to be a little too ambitious, and the movie throws too many elements in there without using them all. In fact, it ends up throwing away its own core element: the video game The Pathway. You could make three efficient movies with story wasted in this one, which comes off as a little jumbled. Still, this movie is most enjoyable. Maybe I just have a soft spot for movies with revenge fantasies , satanic cults and 90s industrial crud on the soundtrack.
March 29, 2011
