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TheFoywonder
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 01/06/2007 : 3:44:37 PM
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Rarely do I get to review a new theatrical release for Dread Central, so how fitting that I finally get to do one and it turns out to be this howlingling bad. A serial killer flick geared towards Christian audiences? Yep, that's exactly what THR3E is, the first flick from the new Fox Faith Films. Talk about starting things off with a bad omen.
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If there is any one scene that best sums up Thr3e in a nutshell it would be early in when theology major Kevin Parson gets his second threatening phone call from the mysterious, mad bomber serial killer dubbed "The Riddle Killer" who this time tells him that he has 60 minutes to return to his childhood home in order to save his old dog from an explosive death. Parson arrives at his aunt's house and is immediately greeted by a 350-pound retard with a Moe Howard haircut, followed by the introduction of his crazy aunt who looks like Nora Desmond reliving her prom night - too much make-up and a tiara to boot - and his gibberish-spouting uncle in a Shriners hat. And then the doghouse exploded and I damn near fell out of my seat laughing hysterically.
This one was off-the-charts stupid. The finale to this film is one for the ages, at least as far as all-time bad movie third act plot twists go. And no, it doesn't involve God or Jesus making an appearance, although if they had it still would have been far more plausible. I'd dare call THR3E "THE COVENANT of Christian serial killer movies." I mean that in the sense of constantly teetering between boring bad and stupid bad, often laugh-out-loud funny bad, but always bad.
Here's my review (some spoilers):
[url]http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=1272[/url]
Has anyone actually read the book? I'm dying to know if it was as dumb as the movie turned out.
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tam1MI
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 12:44:34 AM
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| I heard this movie has pulled off the near-legendary feat of scoring a big fat 0% positive over at Rottentomatoes.com. I expect the fimmakers to put it all down to a plot by godless humanists. ;) |
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Nowhere Man
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 7:07:14 PM
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Nope, it's got a 9% overall and 11% in the "Cream of the Crop" section (basically 1 out of 10).
edit to add: And, pulling off a 0% at Rotten Tomatoes isn't all that big a deal either. Hundreds of films have done it (assuming no overlap in RT's categories).
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Edited by - Nowhere Man on 01/07/2007 7:15:09 PM |
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Cannon Fodder
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Australia
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 04:50:39 AM
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| So it's not the serial killer movie Thr3e scripted by Donald Kaufman? |
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TheFoywonder
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
833 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2007 : 05:43:12 AM
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Originally posted by Cannon Fodder
So it's not the serial killer movie Thr3e scripted by Donald Kaufman?
Nope.
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