Ozone (1994)

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I'm not going to say that all movies made on video are crap just because they have little or no budget! No! But rarely, rarely have I seen one worth squat and this is one of them. Filmwork-Bad. Screenplay-Bad. Acting-non-existent. SFX- worse that The Incredible Shrinking Man. Bookhalter or Bookwalter should at least take a few classes at a community college, or read a book before he ever attempts to make another film, if he hasn't done humanity a favor and stopped already! Go rent out Invisible Invaders or The Giant Behemoth or the Brain from Planet Arous and have a good time. Don't watch this! You've been warned.

Police detective tries to take down drug lord after the murder of his partner, proceeds to get tangled up in a dark underground of a new street drug that turns people into zombies. Sounds decent right? Wrong. It immediately descends into the worst sort of sloppily made self indulgence. Lowlights include:Two humanoid globs of goo having sex (the detective under the influence of the drug and a female fellow junkie)that results in the actress looking strained as she poops out a gooey baby later.A random mad max arena battle to the death with....giant pizza cutters?Way too many shots of lead actor James Black staring into the mirror, seemingly contemplating his receding hairline.The only reasons that this did not get a one are:James Black's acting is not all that bad (he later moved on to such c list productions as Jean Claude Van Damme vehicles)That they spent half of the films budget on a not too terrible looking(considering the finances) mutant drug lord It is very easy to make fun of in a room full of friends.

While ambushing a drug-dealer, Detective Eddie Boone (James Black) is injected in a fight against the dealer with a new drug called Ozone, which transforms the users in powerful zombies. His partner and friend Mike Weitz (Tom Hoover) is kidnapped by a group of Ozone addicted. Eddie tries to find Mike in the streets, fighting against the zombies and having several hallucinations due to the effect drug in his blood. "Ozone" is a movie which must be analyzed in two aspects: the screenplay is great, having a very good story. However, the effects and locations are among the worsts I have seen, being sometimes (or most of the times) ridiculous, like, for example, when the head of a police officer is smashed by a car in an empty parking area. In the balance, the average is positive and fans of trash movie will not be disappointed with this film. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Ozone"

The movie runs for an hour and twenty minutes and it does nothing except prove that even good movie ideas can be ruined if not handled well. The acting is piss poor and the " zombie -mutants " don't even raise a laugh. While it is true that lack of money can seriously cramp one's style the fact that this movie is bad is not related to low budget but rather to low standards. Haphazard story lines, cliched dialogues ,poor lighting, crude sfx and an unsurprising twist at the end make this movie a must for masochists and insomniacs.