Bigfoot Wars

Never a man died dignified is a quote i think said by a character called zeke. And thats true but sometimes things come along that make it dignified and that would be bigfood. If you could not tell this film is about bigfood. And no its not one of those asylum movie films but feels like one. Its sheriffe jim taylors job to save his town from an invasion of bigfeet. Acting is actually alright throughout this even if cheesy. Its pretty gory and there is some slight nudity but it adds to the story and is cool. Bigfoot wars almost feels like a fever dream of a film but its a dream that im glad exists.

Bigfoot Wars (2014)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

A small rural town has a string of violent murders and at first everyone is blaming bears but the Sheriff (Holt Boggs) soon learns that there are Bigfoot creatures in the woods. Before long he must team up with a redneck hunter (C. Thomas Howell) to try and save some women who have been kidnapped.

BIGFOOT WARS seems to be getting a lot of negative reviews, which I obviously don't agree with. Look, I love Bigfoot but the sad fact is that the majority of the movies out there with him are really, really bad. With that said, I thought this one here has some major flaws throughout it but at the same time there were enough good things that keep it running smoothly and keeps it entertaining.

For starters, the filmmakers didn't overstay their welcome and they left the running time at 74-mintues, which was a major plus. "B" movies back in the day knew better than to try and drag the material out to 90-110 minutes so keeping it short is a major plus. The film goes for some exploitation style nudity and I'm sure the male viewers will like this. Then you've got some very gory practical effects. The Bigfoot creatures here like the rip throats out so we're left with a lot of bloody action. Oh yeah, you've got got Howell playing a redneck and there's Judd Nelson in a small role.

The problems should be obvious but there are some weak performances scattered throughout the film and some of the dialogue is beyond corny. The Bigfoot costumes look fake but at the same time they were good enough for a film like this. The biggest problem is the fact that the film really slows down on the killings and the exploitation once the "hunt" starts and that's too bad since it was the best thing the film had going for it.

Some of the worst film edits I have ever seen in my life. Scenes go from day to night in a time-span of on screen minutes. Obviously no re-shoots so they hacked it together in post. Some genuinely good actors surrounded by horrible ones, looks like they had to troll the blooper reel for some connecting scenes, you have actors laughing in scenes where they are about to be killed and the editor thought a one second cut would work and maybe no one would notice. Inane explitive dialogue. Gratuitous female nudity and sex couldn't save this steaming pile of excrement.

The sound is absolutely wretched. The horribly timed studio voice-overs are all savagely interrupted by the environmental on-set hiss of the live sound of the scene in progress. No post dialog dubbing in this film. They didn't hire a foley editor either. At one point a fairly realistic looking rock wall prop is touched by the actor and you hear the squeak of styrofoam. Like I said before, raw sound in every scene. My grandmother could do better sound editing than this and she's dead. It's impossible to hear what one of the more well known actors on the poster is saying half the time because his dialog is delivered in a hoarse whisper for some reason.

At times they have sped up the footage when characters are running and it looks like a Benny Hill skit. In many action scenes with back and forth cuts with head snaps they forgo continuity and completely mess up what side an actor was on or what direction they were pointing a gun or where a particular Bigfoot was at one time.

Also, that was the worst Bigfoot footprint I have ever seen in a movie. The director appears to have made it with his fingers in under five minutes.

Every once in awhile you get a great angle and cut, but the majority of the other bad content kills this flick. They have sub plot characters that have no bearing on the film whatsoever dropped into the mix just to be killed I guess.

You should watch this film to see if it ends up on your worst flick of all time list winner...