This DVD may contain a spoiler - in so far as it may spoil your evening!
Roadhouse starring Patrick Swayze & Sam Elliot is awful but it is also brilliant. Hell to Pay is just awful - but that does not mean it is without its own charm.
Basically its Dave Courtney's vision of himself and if it gives the public an insiders view of the real mechanics of gangster life then I think its fair to say that gangsters are gaudy, tasteless morons who despite having bigger muscles and realer guns have never made it out of the playground.
This film is unashamedly low budget, and that is not a criticism, and it is to be expected that locations utilised will be ones that are readily available, such as Dave's House (resplendent with mock ramparts!), but what we see here is not Dave Malone the character we simply see Dave Courtney - when Dave is in his 'thinking room' that really is his thinking room , when we have a close up & dialogue on Dave's book collection that really is Dave Courtney's book collection (full of classics nonetheless!!), Dave's wife is, yes you guessed it and its this lack of distinction between Dave Courtney the person & Dave Malone the character that defines this film as nothing more than a self-promotion exercise on the part of Dave (Courtney/Malone . I forget!)
I am torn between thinking 'good on ya' for having the drive to make a film but at the same time I am almost embarrassed on behalf of Dave not just for producing something truly awful but for the blatant & shameless self-promotion - and not even self-promotion in a good way.
I'll be honest I have seen worse films (see my review for Soldier of God) but I was never expecting H2P to be a real film and as such I was able to find it amusing.
Unlike 'Soldier of God' which I recommend that no one sees I would not say the same of H2P - yes its bad, in fact its awful and yes it was developed by DC in order to make DC look cool (in his eyes) and by default emanates a level of vulgarity that borders the repulsive yet I still cant quite hate it.
In summary have no expectations when you watch this and it might just amuse you but under no circumstance should this be viewed as a 'propa' gansta flick cos it ain't.
Roadhouse starring Patrick Swayze & Sam Elliot is awful but it is also brilliant. Hell to Pay is just awful - but that does not mean it is without its own charm.
Basically its Dave Courtney's vision of himself and if it gives the public an insiders view of the real mechanics of gangster life then I think its fair to say that gangsters are gaudy, tasteless morons who despite having bigger muscles and realer guns have never made it out of the playground.
This film is unashamedly low budget, and that is not a criticism, and it is to be expected that locations utilised will be ones that are readily available, such as Dave's House (resplendent with mock ramparts!), but what we see here is not Dave Malone the character we simply see Dave Courtney - when Dave is in his 'thinking room' that really is his thinking room , when we have a close up & dialogue on Dave's book collection that really is Dave Courtney's book collection (full of classics nonetheless!!), Dave's wife is, yes you guessed it and its this lack of distinction between Dave Courtney the person & Dave Malone the character that defines this film as nothing more than a self-promotion exercise on the part of Dave (Courtney/Malone . I forget!)
I am torn between thinking 'good on ya' for having the drive to make a film but at the same time I am almost embarrassed on behalf of Dave not just for producing something truly awful but for the blatant & shameless self-promotion - and not even self-promotion in a good way.
I'll be honest I have seen worse films (see my review for Soldier of God) but I was never expecting H2P to be a real film and as such I was able to find it amusing.
Unlike 'Soldier of God' which I recommend that no one sees I would not say the same of H2P - yes its bad, in fact its awful and yes it was developed by DC in order to make DC look cool (in his eyes) and by default emanates a level of vulgarity that borders the repulsive yet I still cant quite hate it.
In summary have no expectations when you watch this and it might just amuse you but under no circumstance should this be viewed as a 'propa' gansta flick cos it ain't.