Massacres

Charley Boorman ,who plays the villain (and I mean villain) ,is John Boorman's son,but it is a far cry from "Esmerald forest"! A trashy movie dealing with trash! This is the kind of movie which should be burned .In the Middle Ages, the "director" ,Jean Claude Roy (who essentially made porno movies),would have been put in the stocks.

"Massacres" deals with the awful subject of snuff movies.Although many characters are French (as Roy is himself) ,the action takes place in Korea (of course such things could not happen in a civilized country such as Roy's homeland).The filmed deaths make the viewer a peeping tom although the directing is so dismal it looks like a farce (which it is not) as three hooded men rush towards the victim.

In Korea ,French (?) police captain (the late Pierre Clementi:how could a man who worked with Luis Bunuel -"Belle de Jour" - have sunk so low?)and his men shoot without warning !Rest in peace,counterfeiters!Up comes a bubble head journalist moaning :"I do not approve of your methods,captain" .Sweet litotes! Deserves to be part of the bottom 100 of French movies.

One more example of an awful directing and also acting movie which can provide a very interesting and unexpected plot, unusual as I love. The main lead is a ruthless cold blooded killer played by Charley Boorman. He is the hero of this crime flick which can also remind Joel Schumacher's 8MM but only about the snuff film topic; Nothing to do with the rest: directing and acting. Most viewers will reject this feature and I understand that very easily, because IT IS A VERY BAD movie. But, I repeat, the fact that the main character is a sadistic killer, in war with the police and the Korean mob, is very unexpected. Many gratuitous violent and bloody sequences, and again very badly made, in the line of this poor film. I suppose it was shot in Korea.

The people behind this are the same people behind LA REVANCHE DES MORTES VIVANTES only this time Pierre B.Reinhard is only editor and Jean Claude Roy directs the flick himself. You still got gore FX ( not enough ) from Benoit Lestang too. The plot, about a small time hustler turning into a crazy killer shooting snuff movies and messing with the Corean Mafia, is quite appealing if you're a trash movie lover. Unfortunately, on this one, J.C Roy forgot that he was not such a good director and focused too much on boring talks instead of delivering the goodies. Don't get me wrong, you got plenty of T & A in this flick ( that's the least you can expect when all the actresses are strippers ) and even a few sickening scenes ( especially the acid torture scene ) but it just don't seem to be enough to keep the boredom away. The bottom line is this : if you collect trash movies from around the world like I do, you won't regret buying crazy killer ( there is a French DVD edition available, it's released under the title MASSACRES and you got the English version on it ) but if you look only for the cream of the crap just don't bother.