Ya know, back in the 70’s super-violent revenge fantasy flicks were all the rage – who’da thought they would make a come-back in the late 1990’s?? Well, maybe not all the way back, but you can’t blame Chales E. Cullen for trying! Yes sir, on the latest episode of Indie Film Cafe, our boys Moody, the MooCow, and special guest co-host Joe Turek are cowfronted by a city (sort of, its Roanoke, VA) awash in crime and scum and violence – and the only way to get rid of it is to become…well, a scummy violent criminal. You gotta join ’em if you wanna beat ’em! This wacky, over-the-top indie has it all, but is it enough to impress the IFC Kids? Well let’s just take a look, shall we?
As you might recall, the cinematic underworld populated by the likes of one Charles E. Cullen,the audacious auteur outta Roanoke, VA, is not unknown to the IFC kids – the MooCow’s arm STILL hurts from where Paige punched it after watching Curse of the Mummy Cat, so expectations were pretty low, I gotst to tell ya. COWever, the MooCow has faith in Mr. Cullen, and he did not disappoint with this whackadoodle crime/revenge flick, wherein, dressed as a mime, he battles the Boogeyman, Bucko the Clown, the Lightbulb, AND has to deal with motorcycle ridin’ skull face Death – whew, that is a day’s work in the crazy town of Roanoke!
Its a crazy, violent shoot-up full of bad taste, child murder, decapitations, rocket launchers, drunken singing, blazing effin’ guns, and moar blood than you cud shake the proverbial stick at – but its also filmed in a fun, stylish manner that surprised some of our IFC kids, and even elevates the material somewhat? I mean if you can enjoy Charles Bronson blowing away some punks cow can you not watch super bounty hunter Super Badass kill some crazy ass villains and clowns. Ughhh, that Bucko the Clown will live in my nightmares! Oh, and there’s a puppet or two as well, because Cullen. AND, dig those 60’s & 70’s swirling colors and that awesome soundtrack! This B moovie is a Queen B!!! :=8D
Well, its clear that this flick took some of the IFC kids for a loop, and they were surprised at cow good this moovie was cowpared to Mummy Cat – which is also fun, but in a very different way. Of course, not everyone appreciated the depths of the muck this one goes through: While Moody went with a 6, and the MooCow went with a 3.5, our Joe Turek, who was less than impressed, went with an 8.5, giving Super Badass a Stink Total of 18, which is a Stinky Average of 6.0. On the Ladder of Stink this flick ties with Peter Rottentail, which sounds about right to me. Definitely not one for Just Jenn!
You can check out the trailer HERE. And you can watch it for free, albeit in low quality and possibly edited, on YOUTUBE. You can buy the DVD at AMAZON, although to my knowledge there is no blu ray, as well as the MVD SHOP.com. You can also pick it up right from the man himself at his EBAY store. Supposedly there is a blu ray copy HERE but I dunno if its legit. Unfortunately there is no Super Badass schwag, and boy howdy there should be, but there is a review from Vitua Virtues which is cool, plus the man himself has his own Youtube channel with loads of stuff to check out. And you know you’ve made it when someone writes a song about you. Where are you Charles E. Cullen, we need you now moar than ever!
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