Final Flesh

I showed this to some friends at a movie party about eleven years ago. This was the second feature; the first being The Room. There's certainly no other movie like The Room; and the same can be said about this one. My friends were a bit shocked and weirded-out at the end of the evening. So if you're in the mood for something like that, Final Flesh will not disappoint.

Why has no one reviewed this yet? If you love Wonder Showzen and read about how this was made you will love this film.

The originator of this film apparently sent out four scripts to four different companies that make custom fetish porn (that's a thing, I guess) and made the scripts as nonsensical and non-sequitur filled as possible. The actors and the directors were not aware this was hilarious. They got paid. It is hilarious, but only if you're in on the joke.

I honestly had to pause the movie several times because I was laughing so hard it hurt. It is difficult to believe that the people you are watching would even attempt to take the material seriously.

The movie is divided into four parts and the third is definitely the one section that drags the most. The last part, part four, is indisputably the greatest, and you will know why it was saved for the finale very quickly.

This may be the funniest film ever made. Actors paid to create anyone's deepest fantasy unconsciously becoming pawns in this one madman's insidious scheme to make a movie. Brilliant.

First of all, I was sold on this concept alone. It is a stroke of genius. Write four rather ludicrous doomsday scenarios, add a whole lot of pretense and surrealism (this is actually the second surrealist movie I've seen in as many nights, and guess what? They both freaking sucked). Then submit each part to fetish porn companies, who, for a price, will perform and film your scripts. And this is where the appeal ended.

The end result is this embarrassing mix of poor script and poor performance. And I'm a fan of bad cinema! It is (not coincidentally) reminiscent of an "experiment" (what isn't?) you'd see on adult swim. That particular mish-mash of, uh, avant-garde (for lack of a better term... I could've said sheer stupidity) television programming, has never appealed to me. Hell, I don't even like South Park, which writer Vernon Chatman also works on. (In all fairness, Chatman has written for a number of shows I liked, and one I loved). This particular movie certainly has its share of fans, so I'm just here to say you've got to be a fan of a very particular style of comedy to really enjoy it.

Chatman has written some real ponderous s#!t for these (mostly) unsuspecting porn stars to act out. I suppose that's the appeal. Only there are a few select folks who commit whole-hog to their characters, which flaunts in the face of his concept. Maybe they should've gotten a few more companies to participate, so they had a choice of the level of train-wreck to choose from.

Some porn actors CAN act (assuming there are some good fetish actors?), however you won't find a single one here, and Final Flesh is comprised of 71 full minutes of it. Yes, there are a couple layers to the concept, but this is ultimately a one-joke movie. Oh brother. YMMV. I didn't laugh once, intentional or unintentional.

The extra star is based on audacity alone.

Let's face it. This is not a good movie in any traditional sense. It was clearly not intended to be anything other than a satirical experiment.

The actors were bad, as to be expected since they aren't really that kind of actor, but every one of them did put their all into the project. They took it more seriously than you could expect anyone to do. You have to give them that.

This was a weird movie, interesting to watch once just to say you did. It's not even as out there disturbing as some movies getting mainstream attention like The Coffee Table, but not something anyone should want in their collection.

That being said, maybe more film makers should use this method. It would probably help out the Jurassic World or Transformer franchises to save money to get the same level of quality. I can trade in the CGI effects to see what these people would give us in return. Can't be worse.