I'm really not sure which to claim Crimewave is. Let me start by saying my mind was blown when I heard there was a movie directed by Sam Raimi and written by the Cohen brothers that I had never seen, and so it goes without saying that I immediately tracked said movie down from Netflix.
The basic premise of the film is two hit men take out a man who owns a security company and attempt to blame it on the nearest schmo who happens to be the security guard for the alarm system company. It's comedy comprised of two styles: noirish crime drama and saturday morning cartoons. For example, one of my favorite moments is when one of the hitmen gets knocked against the wall, making the shelf above him collapse, which was conveniently holding 3 bowling balls which each landed on his head one at a time. I think perhaps this is where Sam got the anvil idea for Drag Me To Hell, but I digress.
It's over the top and at times quite annoying, particularly the hit men. The scraggly haired one played by Brion James has this squeaky voice and chews the scenery so hard I almost feared for my life. However, if you can get past that, there are some awesome moments. Bruce Campbell's stereotypical heel, Renaldo, is pretty god damn awesome.
Oh no, you were informed of this movie"s existence almost ten years ago, my darling sister. . . of course, you probably missed its importance, seeing as how mention of it was smashed into a long and vibrant description of the first, worst and only internet date I had.
ReplyDeleteAnd I, too, began to feel my own mortality as James' voice reached alarming pitches . . . well, my mortality and my own poor judgement in setting up a date with some random putz I met online because his pictures were hot (they were not accurate. At all.), he liked Bruce Campbell and Mike Patton (I have since come to accept that they are both very popular, and do not constitute my own personal Kung Fu (A la Office Space), and I did not yet have any friends in LA.
Ohhhhhhh yeah. Shit. I remember that dude/date debacle, but yes it's true the movie somehow just slipped right by.
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