The Revenant (FILM REVIEW)
The Revenant
Film Review
by Kam Williams
Deceased Vet Revived as Vigilante Vampire in Campy Horror
Comedy
Second Lieutenant Bart Gregory (David
Anders) was so full of life that it’s hard for his loved ones to believe that he
actually died while serving his country over in Iraq. Even after his body arrives
back in the States, his girlfriend, Janet (Louise Griffith), still states that,
“None of this seems real.”
At least the grieving gal found a
shoulder to cry on in the dearly departed’s pal, Joey (Chris Wylde). And it’s
not long before the two start sleeping together, since they couldn’t possibly
predict what was about to happen next.
For, a month after Bart perished, he
miraculously rises from the grave and returns to town where a nurse named Mathilda
(Jacy King) snap-diagnoses that he must be a revenant, meaning a person who
returns from the dead in corporeal form. She suggests that chopping off the zombie’s
head is the only way to put his soul to rest permanently.
But the stupefied Joey can’t bring
himself to finish off his buddy. Instead, against his better judgment, he takes
the rejuvenated dude in as a roommate.
However, Bart soon begins exhibiting
the ghoulish urge to drain humans of blood, since he’ll otherwise decompose and
rot. Joey tries to suppress that evil impulse by holding up a crucifix and
throwing holy water at him, but none of those traditional measures seem to work.
Given that the guy is going to sink
his fangs into somebody’s neck anyway, the two eventually strike a compromise
whereby Bart is allowed to roam around at night as a crime-fighting vigilante
vampire. The rationale is that he can satiate his bloodlust while
simultaneously cleaning the city’s streets of violent perpetrators.
Thus unfolds The Revenant, a campy
horror comedy resting on a cleverly executed premise. Well-written with a
talented cast operating on a modest budget, the entertaining picture’s primary flaw
is that it drags on for about a half-hour past a perfectly plausible ending.
The scary movie that refused to die!
Very Good
(3 stars)
Rated R for graphic violence, pervasive profanity, drug use, sexuality
and graphic nudity.
Running time: 117 minutes
Studio: Putrefactory
Limited
Distributor: Paladin/Lightning
Entertainment
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