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Club Dread
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin
Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brittany
Daniel, Bill Paxton, Jordan Ladd |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Fox Searchlight |
| Web Site: |
www.clubdread.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you want
them exposed to nudity, drugs, murder, and a bad comedy. |
| Date Movie: |
See "Kiddie
Movie." |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Thankfully yes! |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
But it doesn't
look real. |
| Action: |
People get chased. |
| Laughs: |
Some, but not
nearly as much as there could have been. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The nudity. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Coconut Pete:
"That son of a, son of a bitch." |
| Directed By: |
Jay Chandrasekhar |
| Produced By: |
Richard Perello |
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Club Dread
A Movie Review |
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"Super Troopers" is one of those movies that when I
come across it while scrolling through the cable channels, well, I
usually end up staying for a spell. I enjoyed it and because of that
I was looking forward to "Club Dread," the latest installment from the
Broken Lizard crew. Sadly, "Club Dread" didn’t fare as well for me in
the comedy book.In "Club Dread" we get the Broken Lizard folks,
along with the likes of Bill Paxton (playing Coconut Pete), Jordan
Ladd (Penolope), and Brittany Daniel (Jenny). Coconut Pete is running
Pleasure Island, a getaway for those looking to drink a lot, do some
drugs, and get laid, and for most of the guests, they’re getting their
money’s worth. For the staff, however, things aren’t going too
smoothly as they start to die, one by one. Who’s doing the killing,
who can they trust, who will get laid, and can they stop the killer?
Well, all of those questions get answered, but sadly not in a funny
way.
Both The Dude on the Left and I agreed that the movie had a lot of
potential. It had the poking fun at horror movie thing going (but
nowhere near on the comedic level of "Scary Movie"), it had a good plot of
making fun of Jimmy Buffett, it had a live version of Pac-Man, and it
had some quality nudity, but they just couldn’t seem to put all of
these things together. Oddly enough the storyline that really didn’t
work for me was the poking fun at horror movie thing because I’m
thinking it could have been a better movie focusing on the goofiness
of Coconut Pete and his music, and just having wacky goings on at the
club, maybe poking fun in a "Survivor" meets "Temptation Island", on
an island where you can drink a lot, do some drugs, and get laid.
This is definitely a wait for cable kind of movie, and even then,
only in small doses. It has its moments, like when one of the guests
asks Pete to play "Margaritaville" and Pete insists back that she
wants to here "Pina Coladaburg" (get it?), and the live version of
Pac-Man was pretty funny even without the gutting of the Pear. You do
get some quality nudity but sadly that wasn’t enough to carry this
movie.
In the end I’m giving "Club Dread" 1 star out of 5. It really had a
lot of potential, but lost it somewhere trying to make too many jokes
and trying to do what the "Scream" franchise already did.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
