It�s been a long while since I was given the wrong video by a rental store, but that�s exactly how I ended up being saddled with this witless gore fest. Bearing only the briefest of resemblances to the original story of Faust and his pact with the devil, I�ve since found out that it�s actually based on a cult graphic novel series. Obviously I�ve not read these comics but I hope for their fan�s sake that they are a good deal better than the resulting movie.
An aspiring artist signs away his soul to a cult leader after thugs murder his muse and beat him senseless, leaving him distraught and suicidal. He is turned into a demonic killing machine and forced by his new master to murder a whole lot of people, something he actually enjoys. Eventually he is locked in a mental institution after his trauma renders him catatonic. And I can�t be bothered explaining anymore to you because I have realized I am wasting finger energy that could be better employed scratching my arse.
Filmed in Europe by some apparently quite famous goremeisters, the cast has an appallingly incomprehensible range of accents, especially the quite blatantly English lead. The violence is entirely over the top and unnecessary, although you get the feeling that is precisely what the creators and intended audience revel in. The plot is just that of Spawn (although apparently the source comic was released before Spawn�s inspiration) and the whole thing is best summed up by the scene where a woman is changed into nothing but a face, buttocks and breasts: it's not remotely funny but just bewilderingly pointless. |
