Coventry
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How to describe "Fango Bollente" accurately? It's Italians doing what Italians do best, namely copying the rudimentary idea of a successful cinema hit and make their own version that is less polished but much more violent & fast-paced. In this case, the plot is clearly inspired by "A Clockwork Orange" but without the dystopian future setting or the experimental reformations. So, basically, it's a story about privileged and spoiled brats committing random acts of extreme violence for no reason other than kicks. The Italian cult cinema era brought forward several films like these, and they are all fabulous! Next to "The Three Savages", there's also "Violence for Kicks", "Naked Violence" and " Young, Violent, Dangerous", and "The Children of Violent Rome".
Ovidio, Giacomo and Peppa work in different departments of a large multinational, but after working hours they come together to let off steam in unusual ways. It starts out playful, with causing riots in a football stadium (although there is nevertheless a fatality) and stealing vehicles for joyrides, but their wild nights soon end with brutal murders and rapes. The police are looking for the culprits in all the wrong places, and only the experienced but degraded Inspector Santagà is on their trail.
As righteously pointed out by many other reviewers already, "Three Savages" distinguishes itself through uncompromising and downright brutal violence. The murder of the prostitute and her pimp are merciless, and especially the attack on the wife of a politician is unimaginably shocking and sick. What I also admired about Ernesto Gastaldi and Vittorio Salerno's script is how they still give an interesting and believable background to the three delinquents. Peppe is going crazy at home because of all the family members living in the house, Giacomo is on the run from arguing neighbors & a strict landlady, and Ovidio is frustrated that his wife has a much more successful career than he does. Great movie, a must for Italian cult hunters!
Ovidio, Giacomo and Peppa work in different departments of a large multinational, but after working hours they come together to let off steam in unusual ways. It starts out playful, with causing riots in a football stadium (although there is nevertheless a fatality) and stealing vehicles for joyrides, but their wild nights soon end with brutal murders and rapes. The police are looking for the culprits in all the wrong places, and only the experienced but degraded Inspector Santagà is on their trail.
As righteously pointed out by many other reviewers already, "Three Savages" distinguishes itself through uncompromising and downright brutal violence. The murder of the prostitute and her pimp are merciless, and especially the attack on the wife of a politician is unimaginably shocking and sick. What I also admired about Ernesto Gastaldi and Vittorio Salerno's script is how they still give an interesting and believable background to the three delinquents. Peppe is going crazy at home because of all the family members living in the house, Giacomo is on the run from arguing neighbors & a strict landlady, and Ovidio is frustrated that his wife has a much more successful career than he does. Great movie, a must for Italian cult hunters!
Watching "Creep" was an understandable mistake. I never heard of it, but the rating was quite high and the reviews overall positive. It turned out - in my humble opinion, at least - a terribly dull and irritating found-footage type of flick, but those things happen. No harm done. Watching "Creep 2", though, is inexcusable. The fact I was still naïve enough to believe the sequel could be totally different and better is a rookie mistake.
Despite the slightly higher (at the time I'm writing this) rating here on IMDb, "Creep 2" is worse than its predecessor. It's just as boring, talkative, substantially void, and pointless as part one, but to make things worse and even more tasteless lead actor Mark Duplass walks around with his dong exposed. That scene is not my idea of functional nudity...
The makers, and undoubtedly also the fans, will pretend the "Creep" movies qualify as relevant social criticism, and that they serve to keep people alert for the dangers of the internet, the contact with complete strangers, and to warn people not to lose sight of personal safety in the search for sensational social media posts and likes. All fine, and even admirable, but does it have to be done with such boring and implausible films? I also try to give my own children those lessons, but not through amateurish rubbish.
Despite the slightly higher (at the time I'm writing this) rating here on IMDb, "Creep 2" is worse than its predecessor. It's just as boring, talkative, substantially void, and pointless as part one, but to make things worse and even more tasteless lead actor Mark Duplass walks around with his dong exposed. That scene is not my idea of functional nudity...
The makers, and undoubtedly also the fans, will pretend the "Creep" movies qualify as relevant social criticism, and that they serve to keep people alert for the dangers of the internet, the contact with complete strangers, and to warn people not to lose sight of personal safety in the search for sensational social media posts and likes. All fine, and even admirable, but does it have to be done with such boring and implausible films? I also try to give my own children those lessons, but not through amateurish rubbish.
There are a few things in life I will never understand. How can the universe be infinite? How does a catalyst work? And how is it possible there exists people who genuinely think found-footage horror movies like "Creep" are scary and good?!?
Found-footage films usually have one big advantage. They are short. And that's a good thing, because 99% of the running time consists of boring and stupid people talking straight into the camera about unimportant things, as well as unnecessarily long still-life images (which are supposed to create tension but are just useless). In "Creep", a young video blogger replies to an ad from a man who is looking for someone to make a documentary about him for his unborn son, because he is terminally ill. After about half an hour, the vlogger should realize that there is no son or no terminal disease, and that he's in the company of a total nutcase. He has a lot of opportunities to escape but doesn't. He is often embarrassed or frightened, but he does not get angry. And even when he is finally safe, he goes back on his own free will. Yeah, well, then you deserve all the suffering you get.
You might read in reviews that Mark Duplass' performance is astonishing. It's not. He's just a weirdo. You might also read that "Creep" is atmospheric, realistic, and - worst of all - genuinely terrifying. Please don't fall for this, it's nothing but a waste of 78 precious minutes.
Found-footage films usually have one big advantage. They are short. And that's a good thing, because 99% of the running time consists of boring and stupid people talking straight into the camera about unimportant things, as well as unnecessarily long still-life images (which are supposed to create tension but are just useless). In "Creep", a young video blogger replies to an ad from a man who is looking for someone to make a documentary about him for his unborn son, because he is terminally ill. After about half an hour, the vlogger should realize that there is no son or no terminal disease, and that he's in the company of a total nutcase. He has a lot of opportunities to escape but doesn't. He is often embarrassed or frightened, but he does not get angry. And even when he is finally safe, he goes back on his own free will. Yeah, well, then you deserve all the suffering you get.
You might read in reviews that Mark Duplass' performance is astonishing. It's not. He's just a weirdo. You might also read that "Creep" is atmospheric, realistic, and - worst of all - genuinely terrifying. Please don't fall for this, it's nothing but a waste of 78 precious minutes.