Branded slithered ( like the flick’s CGI beasties ) last Friday with very, very little fanfare. Kind of appropriate since it’s a film about the evil of marketing…and advertising…and consumerism…the list trudges on and on. And it wants to be a satire / mind-blowing thriller, perhaps like the original Robocop. I doubt if that classic’s director, Paul Verhoeven, could have done anything with this garbled mess of a script. Well, believe it or not, Branded had two directors! The best thing I can say about this new flick is that it’s something that Edward D. Wood, Jr. might have had a hand in making if he were still around. That may not be a fair comparison since Wood’s Grade-z flicks are still pretty entertaining, while Branded is a real cinematic endurance test.
The bulk of the film is set in the new Russia. But first...
The bulk of the film is set in the new Russia. But first...
- 9/16/2012
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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