As films critics, we’re showered with hundreds of DVDs every year, and though that may sound awesome to some, a good lot of these movies are pure crap. In an effort to review said stacks of undesirable material, a new segment has been created that will be revisted with each replishment of bad DVDs. So, without further ado, I give to you a new series I like to call Rapid Fire Rejects:
“Demon Hunter”
Anyone crazy enough to invest in a direct-to-video movie called “Demon Hunter” should be committed. Immediately. And if that’s not enough reason to stay far, far away, just take a look at the summary of the film on the back of the DVD box, which features a reference to Satan’s secret ploy to “impregnate young Los Angeles prostitutes with his evil seed.” Yes, that was a direct quote.
“The Best of Youth”
The next time a six-hour (six hour!) Italian film arrives at your doorstep, try convincing me that you found the time to watch it, and then maybe I’ll start feeling a little guilty about not doing my job. There’s no doubt in my mind that it’s a fantastic piece of filmmaking, but I certainly won’t lose any sleep over it.
“The Pretender: Season 3”
It was probably a mistake to have missed the first two seasons of this series. In fact, I’m sure that they lend important character and story development to all of the events that take place in season three, but all of this means nothing if you’ve never seen the show. The sad part isn’t that the series is one giant rip-off of “Quantum Leap,” or that the lead actor is rubbish, or that it just plain sucks, but rather that it was produced four seasons by the very same network that thought it a wise choice to cancel “Arrested Development.”
“Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”
Just what we needed… another 1960s TV series revived on DVD by Fox. This must have been a popular show in its time, but it simply didn’t stand the test of time. The black and white picture looks sharp, but the writing is just atrocious.
