The Spirits of Jupiter

The planets of the solar system are shifting their alignments and people become crazy and murderous killing each other.Big Jim Driller wears a cowboy hat and is ready for bloody fight.His son and daughter are kidnapped by some crazy policemen.The deadly chase begins...Russel Kern's "The Spirits of Jupiter" is as obscure as they come.It's relatively dull and amateurish with plenty of boring chase scenes and laughable special effects.The only gory bit worth mentioning is when Jim has to pull out his eyeball after his own dog has attacked him.The first fifty minutes are watchable and uniquely bizarre with some cheesy outbursts of madness,but after the first half "The Spirits of Jupiter" becomes boring "Mad Max" clone.And it was actually released on VHS in Poland many years ago under the title "Planeta oszalala".4 out of 10.

The entire town of Canon City, Colorado goes nutzo when the planets get out of alignment. Somehow this effects the Earth's gravity, resulting in everyone acting like a loon on a full moon. The lone non-nut in this is "Big" Jim Driller (Rex Cutter), the owner of a local silver mine who has to battle the deranged sheriff (who plays Russian roulette with his own toes) in order to save his son and daughter. This is truly a one-of-a-kind flick and, once the madness starts going down, I really started to dig it. Crazy stuff like the town butcher lopping off hands of those in line or a lady threatening to jump off a 4-inch curb. Cutter, who is also the executive producer, is actually great in the lead and when he starts sporting an eye patch I saw him as the indie world's Rooster Cogburn. Like THE CARRIER, it is a low budget affair but I started to admire it for the amount of scale and scope the filmmakers tried to bring to the project.