When you've seen as
many macro budget films as I have you become more than a little
jaded. You start watching out for the telltale signs, A crappy
cover for the DVD box, No description on the back of the box,
nothing that clues you into the actual plot of the movie. You
get the idea. So, when my editor, Denis Sheenan of Askew Reviews
(Check out the banner add on the back Inside cover) sent me
the disc for Chaos Unlimited, I was less than thrilled. Then
, I watched the movie. Here's the review that it got out of
me.
A couple, Carl (Scott Lewis) and Donna (Amanda Bruton) live
in a gorgeous house out in the country tucked away into the
woods. They are expecting a visit from their friends Roger (Josh
Altman) and his very pregnant wife, Mary (Sanaz Mozafarian,
who really looks pregnant in this role) and soon after they
get there, the shit hits the fan. Seems that there is a riot
going on in town and it's spreading. Anarchy rules and it's
headed right for them.
Luckily, Carl is a former marine and keeps lots of guns in the
house the first wave of looters is tame and easily handled then
comes the next wave hidden in such a clever way that I can't
ruin it in this review. Finally a paramilitary group is attacking
the countryside homes for loot and is on their way to the home
of our erstwhile heroes. Will they be able to repel a squad
of well trained mercenaries? Usually, when I get a disc like
this Igroan and die a little inside. Obviously, home made and
macro budget, I never know what to expect and usually I am
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rewarded with mind numbingly bad film making
at its finest. Then I get things like Chaos Unlimited. With
a sea of shot on video, lesbian vampire, shitty gore fest
plaguing the consumer it was nice to get something original.
This could really happen. Riots plague our country and this
postulates a good what if. What if once it got started it
couldn't be stopped right away? Sure, all the gun fire is
CGI'ed in, but it looks pretty good. The bullet hits are amateurish,
but show more effort than the usual, just splash blood on
her tits fare that we get from the macro budget arena. And
yes, I am a pig and it would have been nice to see Donna's
incredible rack without the encumbrance of clothing, but these
are all minor complaints when placed against the success of
what is excellent story telling. And, finally, is this a good
movie? The measuring stick I use for this last question is,
when the flick is over, did I want it to continue? Was I so
wrapped up in the story that when the end credits hit, did
I feel cheated and wanted to see more? The answer here is
yes. Congratulations to the one man production team of Mark
Lewis. He has restored my faith in the macro budget film once
again. If I were him I would update and add a ton of content
to the website that is linked above because this flick is
going to be hot. Now, I have to go watch Attack of the Blood
Splattered Lesblan Vampire Titty Humpers From Beyond the Grave.
It's bound to be good, right?-
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