Review of Gila!

Gila! (2012 TV Movie)
3/10
There is a fine line between "Parody" and "Homage"
13 December 2021
...and unfortunately, Jim Wynorski and the SyFy channel didn't know where it was...

So this movie is set in the 1950's, which mean every character is a bad 1950's cliche. They got ahold of someone's vintage auto collection, as long as none of them appear to get wrecked, because you know anyone who owns one of these cars isn't going to wreck on for a SyFy movie.

The weakest part is the Gila Monster itself. Unlike the 1950's movie, which used an ACTUAL Gila Monster, no Gila Monsters actually were used in this film. Instead, they use some of the *worst* CGI I've ever seen. It meets the same fate. As it's 1950's counterpart.

Is there a reason for this movie. It's not funny enough to be a parody, and not lovingly referential enough to be a homage.
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