The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
Film
Review by Kam Williams
WWII
Vet Plays Hero Again in Campy Action Adventure
Every
now and then, a film turns history on its head. For example, Abraham
Lincoln: Vampire Hunter made over $100 million dollars at the box
office by suggesting that the 16th President of the United
States was also a legendary stalker of the undead. And Quentin
Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, which had Hitler dying in a movie
theater fire rather than by committing suicide, made three times as
much money.
Playing
fast and loose with the truth can be pretty profitable in other
arenas as well. Donald Trump sealed the Republican presidential
nomination by parroting the National Enquirer's patently ridiculous
assertion that JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald hadn't acted alone but
with the help of Senator Ted Cruz's father, Rafael.
Well,
in The Man Who Killed Hitler and
Then The Bigfoot we have a film that contradicts conventional
wisdom not once, but twice. The picture stars Sam Elliott as Calvin
Barr, the World War II vet who supposedly successfully assassinated
the Fuhrer on a top secret mission.
This
picture unfolds decades later when an aging Calvin is coaxed out of
retirement by an FBI agent (Ron Livingston) to track down the
legendary Bigfoot (Mark Steger) that is rumored to be living deep in
the Canadian forest. It seems that the mythical beast is responsible
for a deadly plague that is threatening to decimate the population.
Turning
down an array of 007-level, state of the arts gadgets, Calvin
stoically sets out with just a rifle, a scope and a Bowie knife. He
doesn't even don goggles, gas mask and a protective suit to prevent
his prey from infecting him. Sam Elliott plays it straight, here, but
you can't help but wonder whether the veteran thespian's embarrassed
by the fact that this campy B-flick has been released right when he's
been nominated for an Oscar for the first time in his career.
An amusing mix of fantasy and revisionist history bordering on cheesy
that's strictly for the very gullible!
Good (2
stars)
Unrated
Running
time: 98 minutes
Production
Companies: Epic Pictures Releasing / Title Media
Distributor:
RLJE FILMS
To
see a trailer for The
Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot,
visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkP4bZKCHE8
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