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Superjail! (2007)
Absolute Insanity
Superjail is an absolute acid trip. It's just a creative, crazy, and superviolent little show. To give those who have never seen it an idea, the show always starts off the same way, Jackknife a career criminal commits or attempts to commit a crime and gets beat down in hyper-violent intro by the jailbot. The story then moves to superjail which is basically a prison for supervillians. Some insane plot is enacted with the main cast consisting of the The Warden (David Wane), who incident makes the show, who is willy wonka with a playfully mad sadistic streak, Alice a sex changed super tough-as-nails prison guard, and Jared a former alcoholic henpecking clerk. After that it's balls to wall insanity until the episode ends in a 5 minute fantastic fight montage. Honestly, this show has to be watched to be believed.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Good!
I really liked this movie. It's basically like watching one of those history channel shows about the 60's, and as the thing proceeds you see all the major events and the material nicely accented by the personal story of Hunter S. Thompson.
It's more like the craze years : a personal story than a documentary on Hunter S. Thompson.
As for the documentary aspect about the late father of Gonzo which many fan's that part of the plot is also carried out quite well. I think honestly they go a little overboard about how much influence the guy had, but the story is at its heart honest. The producers make Hunter into more of a tragic hero, a man consumed by his and others need for him to be a generational icon and then the story of both the world and more importantly the man coming to terms with stark reality.
Honestly, the movie is great. I would recommend it to anyone.
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
This is quite possibly the worst movie i have ever seen
This movie is something that should never have been produced. It is what happens when you allow a director who just wants to say "white people suck" make an attempt at something serious.
The plot starts off actually well. A guy shoots a guy and and they find a the head of an Italian statue in his his closet... this being the only clue as to why he actually killed the guy. Honestly, it is a great hook. What happens after this is where the movie goes to hell.
From about 30 minutes onward until the end one basically is subjected to 2.5 hours of absolute crap. You the viewer will basically watch a pathetic mockery of band of brothers / saving private ryan in Italy all with a big blubbering black guy who I frankly think would look more appropriate in Eddie Murphy style drag. For two and a half grueling hours you will watch this character cry, mollycoddle, and otherwise pine over a mildly retarded Italian boy. That is it. That is the entire movie.
Except, oh did I forget, this movie is a political statement. Did you know that black people were once oppressed in America? I did, but if i was going to make a movie about it I would have made it a damn site more subtle than this idiot did.
Seriously though, by the end I wanted the Nazi's to win. I really hope this guy never gets a chance to direct again. I mean I'm sorry to all the black film maker supporters out there who support the man because of his race, but this movie truly is an abomination.