Crazed (2014)

A Masterpiece!

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

WOW! After coming across the unique retro artwork for this film by Tom Hodge, I immediately put this one in my queue. SO Happy to say I did! This is one messed the heck up action film, and I say that in the best possible way! The story takes place in a place called Harbor City. Much like Frank Rodriguez did on a much larger budget, these indie film makers were able to create a whole new fictional world, and the results are terrific. The story is about a vigilante cop (Ronan Pierce) that would do anything and everything to find his kidnapped wife, and the result is a bombardment of some truly creatively grotesque payback and retribution. Given the way each of the villains are built up, the results are twisted and sometimes funny as hell. The cinematography is first rate, the acting is fitting for what the filmmakers are trying to accomplish (there are a couple huge standouts in the characters Lazarus and Lodder), and I REALLY enjoyed was the soundtrack. Almost always present (which you may or may not like), it is dark dingy rock n roll with a Nine Inch Nails /Chemical Brothers type vibe, perfect for the on-screen visuals. I can't say there is any direct comparison to this film, but if you enjoy your comic heroes dark and a little deranged,this one's for you - the anti-Marvel!

This is one out there film, and it knows it! I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything quite like it. Kind of a strange mash-up of action and horror, this film that follows an over the top cop looking for payback (with a TON of really fun psychos along the way). Based on a fictional city really brought to life using really cool CG, and graphic novel/Neo-Noir style cinematography ( a la Sin City, The Crow, Dark City etc), FURY: The Tales of Ronan Pierce is one hell of a ride! The film doesn't give you much of a breather, and if you like psychedelic rock mixed with cool dub-step, crazy visuals, over the top gritty characters, sex, drugs, DEATH, and rock n roll - check it out! Definitely a midnight film befitted for a rowdy bar crowd in need of some serious on screen violence - Bottoms up!

Ronan Pierce is fuelled by a tragic past, and the recent abduction of his wife McKenzie has Ronan's appetite for vengeance unbounded. Searching for clues, Ronan unleashes his rage on a city full of psychopaths, gangs, corruption and the unrivalled evil of the Luna Cartel. Responsible for both his daughter's death and his wife's abduction, the Luna Cartel enslave thousands of young beautiful women from around the world and harvest organs from all of it's other victims. Joined by his partner Rex and a circus clown named Karina, Ronan paints the town red in his search for bloody justice.....What happens when you write the film, produce the film, and star in the film? You get a vanity project that may make sense to the makers and their friends, but makes absolutely no sense to anyone else whatsoever.It's basically a rip off of Sin City, with out hero roaming the night streets looking for answers whilst he should be looking for a pharmacist.Because that voice is just too gravelly for its own good...........unless he's trying to channel Christian Bales Batman.It's poorly acted, poorly written, and the look Ronan has on his face every time he kills someone or watches another torture DVD, he looks as if he's about to go into a Grand Mal seizure.Don't be fooled by the poster, it's Grindhouse roots are not there, it's just an excuse for what appear to be loads of friends and Kane Hodder to swear as many times as they can in ninety minutes, and it's as boring as trying to remember the full title of this tripe.

Its plain awful. Script is just terrible.Acting is maybe OK for a first year student film, which this does not appear to be.Story is extremely predictable nonsense. Which I do not really mind in a B film, but its just so badly done here that it's like pouring on salt onto a burned meal.Characters are not believable.Film is also very insulting to all women out there. Main character is supposed to be on a rampage vs woman beaters of some kind, but it comes off as a guy who could not get laid even with a prostitute having a fantasy about being a misogynistic chauvinistic friendless (he actually has one 'friend' he yells at, which would never work) sociopath. Yeah, we suspend disbelief quite a bit to enjoy movies sometimes, but this one requires being probably high on drugs to enjoy.