Gary Huggins' assured debut feature film Kick Me is a propulsive comedy of terrors lurching out from the dankest corners of Kansas City, KS, a land of roving dog gangs, winnebago swingers and damp deserted shopping malls.
Star Santiago Vasquez anchors the film in a high-wire comedic performance as a put-upon high school guidance counselor whose nascent karate prowess gets him into trouble with Blitz, a trigger-happy strip mall warlord and his equally deranged hit-man little brother, Ro-Tel.
Ping-ponging between shock gags and visceral trash action, Kick Me mixes the spirit of regional outsider art with crowd-pleasing/'80s Touchstone Pictures energy...like Adventures In Babysitting directed by Werner Herzog.
Populated with a supporting cast of oddballs plucked from KCK obscurity, Kick Me is ripe for movie nights with your weirdest friends.
Jenkem if you got em!