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Sinners and
Saints is an over-the-top, blasphemous sex and blood fest from indie
directors Melantha Blackthorne and Jason Cavalier, and it just might
be one of goofiest and flat-out entertaining underground, DIY movies
I've seen all year.
Never once taking itself seriously, Sinners tells the story of
Father Carmichael Drake Jason Cavalier), a sword-wielding, kung-fu
priest, and his sexy, balls-kicking sidekick Sister Jordan Merrick
(Liz Faure). Together they are summoned by Necrotia, the Queen of
Hell (Melantha Blackthorne), with a rebellion forming in Hades.
While on their way to this rendezvous with the underworld, they must
battle satanic cops who are kidnapping young girls and sacrificing
them (and, occasionally, raping them in cemeteries.)
Sinners doesn't try to be anything more than what it is, and is
balls-out fun because of it. While at times Blackthorne and Cavalier
get carried away with the hellish sex scenes and WAY-outrageous
action sequences, they manage to keep the story simple and on track
throughout.
Don't be surprised if along the way you set concerns about the story
aside, and just revel in the rampant deviancy on screen, however. No
offensive, gory, or just plain obnoxious stone is left unturned as
the mayhem unfolds.
Cavalier's action set-pieces are quite awesome to behold, as people
flip and fly through the air Jet Li style. For a shot-on-video
production, I was pretty damn impressed. Limbs are hacked, a nun's
tits come flying out of her habit (and she keeps fighting, while one
of the demonic police officers starts to jerk off), and in one
completely ridiculous (and I mean that in a good way) moment, a
man's entire penis is kicked up through his body and out his mouth.
The special FX here are a bit hokey, but it works anyway.
And this is just the beginning of the movie. There's more to follow,
and the insanity never lets up. As if the filmmakers just said “We
don't care about a low budget, or that we're shooting on video ...
lets just make this as wild as possible.” And believe me, they do.
All the while, some great, throaty death-metal grinds in the
background.
And there are visual jokes galore. The priest eats Christos cereal.
Sister Jordan lives at Lady of the Righteous Fist Battle Convent. A
"JESUS DIGS ME" sticker is seen on Father Carmichael's
bumper (by the way, I want one!) There's even a GPS, Vatican
satellite bearing the moniker Vat-Sat: Ezekial 2.16. (I laughed out
loud at that one.)
The only drawback to the movie is that there is sometimes a little
too much editing, and, occasionally, an over-reliance on digital,
post-production gimmickry. Said gimmicks, while interesting to look
at, seemed a bit unnecessary to me. But that's a minor quibble.
These things didn't subtract from my enjoyment of the flick at all.
Sinners reminded me of the good, tasteless movies Troma used to
make. It is, in fact a lot more entertaining than some of the
unwatchable dreck Troma has been putting out as of late (Toxic
Avenger 4, anyone?) Cavalier and Blackthorne are quite talented
and know what makes a good exploitation flick work.
With wonderfully choreographed fight scenes, lots of boobs, guns and
spurting blood (and the occasional severed-dead rape) Sinners and
Saints is one to check out. A lot of these homemade, DIY,
shot-on-video movies are hard to get through, but this one is a hell
of a lot of devilish fun from the get-go. Great late-night, six-pack
viewing.
A definite must for fans of The Toxic Avenger, Street Trash, Rabid
Grannies, Class of Nuke 'Em High or Bad Taste.
(Ryan
Lies is a No-Fi "Magazine" Staffwriter
and kicks arse in the name of the lord)