John Dies At The End (2012/Magnolia/MagNet Blu-ray)
Picture:
A Sound: B Extras: A Film: A-
John (Rob
Mayes) and David (Chase Williamson) were just ordinary college dropouts until
they had the 'Soy Sauce' at a late night concert. The 'sauce' shows them not only there are
other worlds, dimensions, but the side effects were out of body experiences,
including giving them psychic powers, to see the future, talk with the dead,
and interact with the supernatural. All
David wanted was get laid and a girlfriend, but now he and John finds out they
are the only ones who can stop Korrok, and evil overmind who wants to cross
over into ours in Don Coscarelli’s John
Dies At The End (2012).
This was
a movie drug trip for the ages, after a late night party John and David
accidentally got Soy Sauced, a mysterious living fluid that showed them they
not alone in the universe. Now they’re
hearing voices (and each other's thoughts), dealing with supernatural
creatures, ghosts and not to mention a crazy Christian cop. All sorts of lifeforms now hungers for the
life in our world along with a dog and TV magician Marconi they must save the
Earth from an alien heaven or hell.
This
movie was more funny than I though, the jokes were awesome (very tongue and
cheek) and you were constantly wondering were the characters REALLY
experiencing visions or were they just on some sort of drug high, but what is
more amusing is how their experience leads them to become two idiots who happen
to save the universe, kinda reminded me of the movie Dogma. If it sounds like
your kind of film, see it! Paul Giamatti
and Clancy Brown also star.
The 1080p
1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer was shot on a RED ONE HD camera
and looks terrific, even better than I could have imagined. It is made to look like the Horror genre, but
that works to Coscarelli’s great advantage and shows his lifelong grasp of film
applied to the new format with Director of Photography Mike Gioulakis.
The
DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix is well realized, constantly active
and well-mixed throughout with the usual character we have come to expect from
a Coscarelli film. Extras include
deleted scenes, making of the film, creature corps, casting sessions, Fangoria
interview and a commentary track with the director, producer and writers, and
trailers.
- Ricky Chiang
