Screening as part of 2008's Fantastic Fest Online, Kingz is a 20 minute short movie from Germany that follows in the vein of movies such as From Dusk Til Dawn and Botched, and does it quite well I must say.
The story itself follows two young thugs, Olli and Mathis, as they go to a nightclub to close out a drug deal. Once there they slowly realize that something isn't quite right about some of the patrons. We then get treated to a madcap and frenetic slice of onscreen mayhem, as the blood and guts are unleashed, the guns start-a-blazin' and for some reason we get some martial arts swordplay thrown in.
As I mentioned Kingz is only 20 minutes, or about 17 if you cut off the credits, but it does manage to pack one Hell of a punch in that time. It's well shot, with some excellent camera, and is very slick looking throughout. Maybe a little too slick if anything. That being said, the cast do a decent job even if the characters are on the cliched side.
What really holds it all together though is the choreography of the action scenes, which for a movie this size are nothing short of excellent. Cool fights, decent gore and some computer work that for once i'm not going to bitch about.
In terms of the plot it isn't something that is particularly mindblowing in its originality, it's in the execution though that makes it work. I definitely recommend giving this a viewing as it is a blast. Worse case scenario? You waste 20 minutes.
Rating 3 stars
Review by Jude Felton
Fantastic Fest Online Kingz Link
1 comment:
Great review. Kepp em coming!
scary mary
Post a Comment