undeadhoosier Review of The Misadventures of James Spawn

The Misadventures of James Spawn (1998 Video)

This was one of the first DVD's I purchased; what a mistake!

[1/10 · 10 August 2005]

This "movie" is actually the DVD equivalent of a "Choose Your Own Adventure Book" as viewers make choices to affect the outcome. The problems with this DVD are almost too numerous to mention. The most glaring one; however, is that, although viewers affect the outcome of what they are viewing by making choices, there are no intelligent choices to make. For every scenario, you are not allowed to choose between actions. Your choices are: "1", "2", "3", "4". Yes. THAT'S RIGHT: "1", "2", "3", "4". It would have been better to make the choices stuff like, "Have James turn left" or "have him turn right" or "have him say this" or "have him do that". Also, making the wrong choice forces you to eventually relive the entire scenario, which gets old, reaaal quick. Some of the actresses were cute, but no nudity which you would expect from this type of film and which might have made the whole experience slightly less painful. Finally, the guy who played James was annoying. What might have been a decent idea, is ruined through poor implementation.