Six – The Mark Unleashed (2004/Sony DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Feature: D
If we
were not getting enough bad Science Fiction, how about a really laughably bad
hack work that tires to mix Right Wing politics with a police state future? The amazingly dumb result is Kevin Downes’ Six – The Mark Unleashed (2004)
pictures a future where people who “innocently” believe in Christianity (well,
they quote scripture, but there is never any solid evidence of their faith, so
we are supposed to take their word for it?
No pun intended.) get beheaded for not having the title mark put on
them.
This
button-sized red mark looks Satanic and in effect, creates a lobotomized mind;
which is something akin to watching this and actually taking it seriously. Stephen Baldwin (who is making his list of
critics to punch in the mouth now) co-stars as the good people (read
Christians) try to resist, but the world has become such a Ultra Left Wing
police state that this is futile, like watching this and taking it seriously.
Co-producer
David A.R. White (who looks and acts like a boring clone of Red Hot Chili
Pepper member Anthony Keidis, minus the sexuality) plays a man who could have
chosen being a Christian, but decided to ride around in fast cars and have fun,
so therefore, he must die!
Of
course, if he admits he is a Christian, he will also die, so in the idiotic
script you are literally damned if you do or damned if you don’t. It also implies if you are liberal in any
way, the country will become a police state and it is all your fault. Eric Roberts and Jeffrey Dean Morgan also
show up to join the fun that says, you need to die either way and hey, you’ll
go to heaven by default.
Heavy-handed,
ignorant, condescending, not even well thought-out, useless and deserving of a
new title: Six – The Mark of Stupidity.
The letterboxed
1.78 X 1 image is soft, from the outdoors shots, to the indoor shots to the
very bad digital effects. Lame, lame,
lame. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo is
surprisingly weak for a recent production and has laughable sound effects to
boot. The combination is as phony as
anything. Extras include director’s
audio commentary, awkward bloopers, the usual making of piece and really bad
deleted scenes.
- Nicholas Sheffo
