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This movie caught me by surprise since I’ve never seen a movie
like this before. This is a good thing and a bad
thing. The good: this movie impressed my pants off. I
was expecting an exploding cheese factory, but that wasn’t the
case. Now this isn’t to say the film doesn’t have its
fair share of cheese, because it does, it’s just that these
filmmakers have what I would classify as a good sense of humor and
a real flare for timing. Sinners and Saints is
totally action packed and has a strong story line. The bad:
it’s unnecessarily excessive at times, and gets over explanatory
at the end (sequel material maybe). Of course, I’m not
entirely familiar with this genera so perhaps I’m too virgin for
leather clad, partially naked kung-fu nuns with guns (hot) and
Borg-ess cannibal strippers (not so hot). These are just a
few of the scenes that dangle on a fine line between artsy and
shocking.
Sinners
and Saints has a very strong story and it’s very apparent
that this is the driving force behind this movie. The main
character, Father Charmichael Drake and member of the “God
Squad”, is tormented by his dreams. He’s driven to fight
crime and the forces of evil and as it turns out, evil is busy.
Satanic cops are abducting and sacrificing young girls, and
at the same time, a rebellion is looming in Hades. And when
the Father is summoned by the Queen of Hell to help bring justice
to the Hades dimension, he’s there with guns, blades, fists and
kicks. It sounds simple enough, and there really isn’t
much more to it than that, but it takes you there in a very good
way. It’s your classic good versus evil action flick with
a couple twists, some great characters and humor. The action
and fight scenes are awesome and very professional, going steps
above typical indie “kung-fu”. Additionally, the lead
characters, Father Drake (Jason Cavalier) and Necrotia (director
Melantha Blackthorne) do an exceptional job of playing their
parts. The “death metal” music is also worthy of the
film and compliment it well.
As
I mentioned briefly, aside from the story overload at the ending, Sinners
and Saints exceeded all my expectations and naive
assumptions. It’s a guilty pleasure any
action/horror/sci-fi/cult film lover could ask for. It
delivers one fun ride; I’m keeping my eye on this Robomonkey.
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4.0 Little Guys -
Directed
by Melantha
Blackthorne
Action
Direction by
Jason Cavalier
Starring
Jason Cavalier, Melantha Blackthorne, Jan Pivon, Dean Leslie,
Liz Faure, Michael Brunet and Tony Watt
Orginal Music by Michael
and Natalia Chirva
Music
by
Tvangeste, Ashes To Ashes, The Evil Boys, Bordello, Festerguts,
Atargatis, Season Of Mourning
Running length
87
minutes
Year
made
2003
Film website www.robomonkey.net/sinnersandsaints/into.htm