DER SAMURAI
This was one of the strangest films I have ever seen. I say this because it retains a narrative that has real world rules but leaves a lot of the odd events to the audience's deductive abilities. Small town policeman in Germany, young and not respected by the town he lives in, ends up over the course of an evening in a weird cat and mouse game with a long haired man in makeup and a dress wielding a samurai sword which he kills townspeople with. Somehow this all ties in to the fact the policeman has been secretly feeding a wolf rather than killing it as he has been ordered to do as well as the policeman's implied closeted homosexuality. In the end, the action scenes are enjoyable and the end result is so weird as to be memorable. I am still contemplating this film after seeing it several days ago and that is a good thing....I think?
This was one of the strangest films I have ever seen. I say this because it retains a narrative that has real world rules but leaves a lot of the odd events to the audience's deductive abilities. Small town policeman in Germany, young and not respected by the town he lives in, ends up over the course of an evening in a weird cat and mouse game with a long haired man in makeup and a dress wielding a samurai sword which he kills townspeople with. Somehow this all ties in to the fact the policeman has been secretly feeding a wolf rather than killing it as he has been ordered to do as well as the policeman's implied closeted homosexuality. In the end, the action scenes are enjoyable and the end result is so weird as to be memorable. I am still contemplating this film after seeing it several days ago and that is a good thing....I think?
FUN SIZE HORROR: VOLUME ONE
Following in the wake of THE ABC'S OF DEATH is this collection of very short horror films by different directors (but with some of the same actors). The key word here is horror - These are much more straightforward macabre tales than ABC'S. I liked a good chunk of the stories. Standouts include the happy birthday one, the trust one, the Persephone one, the creepy kid in the next apartment one, The Mr Hendrix one, The collection one. It is hard to build story in such a small amount of time which is the main problem with the vignettes that didn't work. The best ones reminded me of shorter segments of the old NIGHT GALLERY tv show. Good twist endings are a plus.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Three things sell this otherwise average Vince Vaughn vehicle 1.) An absurd obscene hilarious gay bar bathroom scene 2.) Dave Franco as a mentally handicapped employee of Vaughn's 3.) A decent amount of female nudity. The great Tom Wilkinson also lets his hair down in a supporting role. This is actually a funny movie in places if predictable. The German setting for part of the film helps. The plot is secondary to the setups of the punchlines but at least they try their best with that - No joke is repeated or left too long.
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