Director: James Anthony Bickert
Year: 2016
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Exploitation
Plot:
Capturing a wild creature at a lake-side ambush, a group of bikers take it back to a mad doctor for his experiments on body transplantation after bringing the biker gang back as zombie-like slaves, but when a female biker sets out for revenge against them with her own gang leading to a massive confrontation.
Review:
Overall, this one proved to be an exceptionally enjoyable exploitation throwback. That this one immediately dives into the over-the-top and the sleazy atmosphere that’s going to be present throughout the rest of the film offers a great idea of what’s to come. The rampaging creature tearing through the group camping and screwing at the lake where it rips them to pieces before getting captured by the biker gang offers up some fun here with the gratuitous nudity and splatter-style gore as it kills them all. The continuous inclusion of all sorts of various grindhouse and exploitation elements including biker gangs, a one-eyed assassin out for revenge and a mad doctor experimenting with ways to bring the dead back to life so his daughter can have a new body to put her detached head back on manage to generate the kind of dirty, grimy setup that becomes quite immersive and enjoyable with the extended running time bringing plenty to like here.
Due to this atmosphere, there’s plenty to like here with the stellar amount of over-the-top action here. From a blazing gunfight through the woods with the biker gang realizing the zombie-like state of the assistant’s gang of bikers who just take the gunfire and retaliate with their own series of gun-battles, the various comedic interactions with the investigating police officers at the scene or the various wacked out confrontations with bizarre characters of the community that includes chainsaw-wielding priests, deformed test subjects or weapon-wearing assassins that continually come into the storyline, this offers up plenty of high-energy, gore-filled action. The seemingly random and chaotic mess of a story means that things are constantly happening which gives this plenty to like as there’s all kinds of blood and over-the-top setups here which make this one enjoyable and hold it up for the most part.
This one does have a few issues. The main problem is the fact that there are so many storylines at play here that this one is far longer than it needs to be, as the in-depth nature of everything could be dropped or trimmed without losing anything. The scenes at the strip club where they go through several acts while discussing business in the background, the discussions at the scientists’ lab where they go on longer than they should or the pointless conversation at the gangsters’ hideout that doesn’t go anywhere. It’s all a part of the film’s grandiose, epic scale that tends to feature bonkers material only because it can without any kind of direction here due to all the random ingredients it throws in here. Some might be put off by the over-the-top content on display but that’s expected considering the concept and isn’t considered a truly detrimental issue like the pacing is which holds it back the most, if that is to be considered a flaw in and of itself.
Overview: ***/5
Filled with plenty of high-end exploitation goodness that comes about due simply to the overlong and unnecessary pace, for the most part, this here was an enjoyable time as long as you're willing to get through everything that gets thrown into this one. Go for this one immediately if you're a fan of grindhouse or exploitation cinema or a fan of the creative side, while those turned off by the flaws, don't appreciate the style of filmmaking or looking for something more coherent should heed caution.
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