Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
31 was made very quickly on a shoestring budget, and it shows in Rob Zombie's worst film to date.
Bizarrely though, it also features what might just be the best performance of Richard Brake's career. And that is no small feat, the man is a proven talent.
Still probably skippable for the moviegoing community at large, but worth the time of a hardcore devotee.
Final rating:½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didnt quite work as a whole.
31 was made very quickly on a shoestring budget, and it shows in Rob Zombie's worst film to date.
Bizarrely though, it also features what might just be the best performance of Richard Brake's career. And that is no small feat, the man is a proven talent.
Still probably skippable for the moviegoing community at large, but worth the time of a hardcore devotee.
Final rating:½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didnt quite work as a whole.
By this point in his career, there's not much mystery left to Zombie. From his days of White Zombie to his latest musical outpourings and films, he's made his desire to have fun and his love for the grittier horror of the past well known. Zombie fans know this. We go into each new project knowing there's little chance of being surprised but hoping that it's going to be a hell of a ride of full of homages.
<i>31</i> is no exception. The film opens with a scratchy, shaky cam and proceeds to introduce us to a lot of the same cast we've seen before playing the same trashy and foul-mouthed character types we've seen before. The acting is intentionally full of cheese and the setting is once again his favourite decade. If you didn't enjoy <i>H...