Assassins Revenge (2018) Reviews

• Is it a primary school project ?!

  YasirMubarak2018-10-30

  I feel like this is an assignment required by the 4th grade school kids. Is this a real movie or a joke?

• Did Michael Madsen lose a bet?

  markjsolley2018-10-29

  If you hate your eyes and brain, this "movie" is for you. It seems more like a CIA project to extract information from terrorists. I suspect Osama would tell them the color of his mothers panties within ten minutes of exposure to this visual tripe. Waterboarding would be more pleasant by a long shot. Do yourself a great favor and tear your own fingernails off instead of suffering this tedious nightmare.

• so lost

  pmiller-080302019-02-23

  Yes!! LOST the time I attempted to watch this piece of garbage and I will never get back.. what can I say ...no plot ,the sound , the messed up voice overs ...it ripped off a bunch on legit movies ..absolutely the single worst movie ever done beating out "Driller Killer" from the 70's and that horror gem seldom remembered "Zombeavers" absolute crap I would rather watch a documentary on the breeding cycle of the Chernobyl earthworms..............

• Pretty ropey comic strip mayhem.

  parry_na2018-11-24

  Much of Richard Driscoll's latest endeavour is a mixture of real-life and comic-strip. The story involves disillusioned, ageing cop Frank Macmillian (Michael Madsen) who becomes masked avenger 'The Enforcer', a vigilante who takes the law into his own hands. The comic-strip feel extends to the majority of street scenes bewing obscured by a cartoon-like video effect reminiscent of the kind of thing used in early 80s music videos. It is also employed to hide the fact the streets aren't in New York - or even America - at all? Some of the dialogue is pretty ropey, and grammatically challenged. 'Death to the innocence', 'as the city sleep', and 'the pain hurts'. Well, it would, wouldn't it? Steven Craine (Driscoll's own stage name) plays William Bard, a criminal - how about that? - who greets his newfound freedom with an instant return to a life of crime. He becomes injured and needs surgical assistance on his face. After this, he is known as - wait for it - The Jester. Just as non-actor Craine channelled Sir Anthony Hopkins in 'Kannibal', his performance here is 'inspired' by the mighty Jack Nicholson in this leading role. Whereas Nicholson's appearance in 1989's 'Batman' was augmented by a soundtrack by Prince, here we have what sounds like Craine 'rapping' to a version of 'Money makes the world go around.' During one scene, which like all the others, lasts far too long, Craine is doing his Joker routine in front of a class full of children. We know they are children because the teacher, also tied up, keeps reminding us all, "They're children, they're just children!" Whilst watching Craine prattling on about Shakespeare (his name is Bard, you see), it's difficult to imagine what is going through the minds of the youngsters hauled in to take part in this embarrassment. They look confused. And so they might, because Craine's every moment is excruciating. Like the rest of the cast, he sports an American accent, and his is by far the least convincing. Incidentally, the hapless teacher in this scene is named Mary Shelley. Elsewhere, stalwart Eileen Daly plays Elizabeth Bathory. There's a comedy computer called Tenyson. Possibly his name is a misspelling. At one point, Barack Obama makes a cameo. Driscoll's casting endeavours know no limitations. I wonder if the ex-Presdient is aware of his involvement. Regarding the story, which could be said to meander, events appear often to be told in flashback. There's one where The Jester wipes out a room full of criminals. Patrick Bergin, who plays Patrick O'Donnell, is represented by a series of close-ups that seem to be cut in from a different recording. I like Richard Driscoll. I like the fact he has no sense of self-awareness, and a confidence that ensures his film-making seems set to continue despite the results being so appalling and badly-received. His ego, in the face of all, continues to endure.

• Richard Driscoll might become the next Tommy Wiseau

  kluseba2018-09-18

  Stating that Assassin's Revenge is an odd movie is quite an understatement. I expected the film to be a trashy action b-movie starring actresses and actors whose best years are far behind them like Patrick Bergin and Bai Ling but I certainly wasn't prepared for such a weird experience. Despite its numerous flaws, the film managed to be so unique that it's ultimately still entertaining and a purchase I didn't regret. Assassin's Revenge is a title that doesn't make any sense in the first place as there is neither an assassin nor a credible tale of revenge. The movie tells the story of an old and disillusioned police officer who retires when his partner gets killed. Even though the protagonist had a secret relationship with his partner's wife, he suddenly seems to care about him now that he is dead. He decides to become a masked vigilante who arrests, chases and kills criminals at night. He doesn't have any specific powers or talents and is only guided by emotions and guts. The masked vigilante tries to arrest an influential serial killer who commits random acts of violence simply because he is a sadist. This psychopathic serial killer is responsible for the masked vigilante's colleague's death and protagonist and antagonist soon start provoking each other. The movie is extremely odd for numerous reasons. Large parts of the film are shot in black and white with a few coloured elements in form of blood. Assassin's Revenge basically looks like a very poor copy of the Sin City franchise. Numerous scenes include comic book stylistics that are used as a poor excuse to keep the film's budget as low as possible. Whenever there is an action scene, the real life sequences cut to comic book stylistics where limbs are torn and twisted in any possible way. The dialogues are often off camera and mostly focus on narrative parts. Sometimes two characters meet but instead of talking to each other, the dialogue takes place off camera or is simulated through long narrative monologues. The few actual dialogues are poorly scripted and quite simplistic. Our masked vigilante meets a woman who helped the serial killer escape and asks her if she helped the wanted criminal to which she replies that this is the case and that the masked vigilante should admit that he feels like having sexual intercourse with her. If this example seems odd to you, you can find plenty of this in this trainwreck. The worst offender however is the movie's ending. Without the credits, the film only has a length slightly above one hour but instead of offering a proper conclusion, there simply isn't any and the viewer is informed that this story will continue at a certain point. The story simply ends with the serial killer being on the loose again and the masked vigilante swearing to track him down. The movie concludes before it actually starts. It rather feels like the pilot episode to a series that might or might not see the light of day. Despite all these terrible elements, the movie is still somehow entertaining. The visual effects look stylish, the narrative style is quite original, the comic style action sequences are brutal, there are numerous cameos by more or less known trash flick legends, the soundtrack mixes ambient sounds, electronic music and rock tunes and the film certainly doesn't overstay its welcome which makes it easy to digest and somewhat entertaining. One has to wonder what the purpose of this unfinished low-budget film was. Even the genre isn't quite clear. It's like a fantasy movie without phantastic elements. It could be a science-fiction film without any science or common sense. Maybe it's a particularly mellow horror movie that just isn't scary at all. Perhaps it's a crime flick where the committed murders are so random that they become unimportant. Another theory is that this is an action film with most action scenes being shown through comic sequences or taking place off camera. I believe the man behind this project, director Richard Driscoll, doesn't even know what this movie is supposed to be himself. Maybe he just tries to be the next Tommy Wiseau. In the end, you will enjoy Assassin's Revenge if you look for an odd but original film that is all over the place which you can watch with your friends between Sharknado 5 and Titanic II. This movie actually has the potential to become a cult movie because it's so particularly odd. Only time will tell whether I predicted this movie's status before anyone else or whether this film will soon be forgotten.