B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - DEAD END (2003)

Made for less than a million dollars, the slightly obscure Dead End is a chilling little indie you don't want to miss. It might just be the best Christmas horror movie no one ever heard of and every dollar is up there on the screen. It's quirky, weird, funny, bizarre, and scary all at once. Black comedy for sure but much more, this would make a nice double feature with The Perfect Host, another movie we're big on around here. So, grab some eggnog and a snack or two and check out the inimitable Ray Wise with legendary Lin Shaye as they take their family down a wrong turn, what's up with this road? Why doesn't it end? After all, they're just trying to make it to Christmas Eve dessert at Frank's mother's house. Tubi, Plex, Freevee, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT IS ON A "PREMIUM RUSH" (2012) TO GET HIS MESSENGER BIKE CROSSTOWN NYC, THAT'S AN EXTRA CHARGE ESPECIALLY WHEN MICHAEL SHANNON IS CHASING




Pulling off maneuvers that even Evel Knievel would have been proud of, Joseph Gordon Levitt jams across town on a "premium rush" order. He has to deliver an envelope to Chinatown and no sooner has he left the depot when he is being chased by a corrupt detective (played deliciously over the top by Michael Shannon.) Little does he know he's carrying a ticket redeemable for an invaluable item. His bike doesn't have brakes and he likes it that way. Will he make it in time to his destination or will he eat it or get caught by Shannon? 

One thing I dig about this action thriller is it doesn't get bogged down in a bunch of subplots. Clocking in at a nice tight ninety minutes the action starts from frame one and doesn't let up until credits roll. Shannon plays the perfect heavy, he's comical and now that I've watched it a couple times I can't imagine the movie without him. Adrenaline junkies will love. Currently streaming on Tubi.  3.0 stars/5


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