DEPRESSEDcherry

Laughably bad amateur movie. I'm not sure if it's so bad it's good, but it will provide laugh-out-loud moments...for the wrong reasons. This is basically a Dirty Harry rip-off, it straight up just copies scenes throughout, albeit in a way that looks like adults playing make-believe rather than making a movie. Still, it looks like they had fun making it. It's probably worth watching just to see how bad it is, maybe with some mates while getting drunk... I definitely recommend the drunk part.

Obnoxious narcissistic teens attempt to solve a string of murders on campus, as one after another from the same class are knocked off. The rest of the world around them seems somewhat oblivious to the gruesome crimes, but it's ok, these trendy forensic science students have what it takes. Whether it's hacking the FBI, performing autopsies, or fixing satellite communication, this bunch of pretty face MTV haircuts can do it all. Everyone is unlikable in this movie, especially the angst-ridden, spray painting, grunge mannequin that is the lead character. There's a strange moment where the entire class applauds her after making some fairly basic observations, it's as if the movie whats to stop and applaud itself. The whole Jack the Ripper angle is tiresome and forced, it matters little and the movie seems to realise this as it reaches its end. This is all played dead serious and it's nowhere near as clever as its wants to be, the movie perfectly reflects its obnoxious characters. Any claims of ambiguity at the end can just as easily be dismissed as a mess of a finale, it's all style over substance. As an early 2000's slasher it's barely worth a passing glance, any movie that features Kelly Brook should always be approached cautiously.

Wings Hauser directs himself behind a desk while two rookie detectives deal with a new designer drug hitting the streets. Problem is, beyond the opening scenes the drug becomes irrelevant. It's reduced to just a thing in a case, the very thing the movie is named after could be anything or nothing at all. The pair of unconvincing detectives are matched by a couple of equally unconvincing bad guys, one has a peculiar voice while the other hams up every word of dialog. There are characters who just disappear or are abruptly removed, with little to no recognition by anyone, and moments that have no relevance or meaning beyond padding out a scene. The ending manages to step things up to something mildly entertaining, Wings finally shows up and does the bare minimum. The whole movie just feels unconvincing and at times borderline amateur.