Cruel World Review

Reviewed by Nyquill of The Gutter

 

 

God I love Jamie Lee Presley. I’m not really into to blondes but I swear if I was a redneck hick she would be my wet dream every night when I went to sleep. I don’t know what is but she is just so dirty on screen with that heavy southern accent and that toned body. She keeps aging and keeps looking better and better. Now here is the second part. God I hate Edward Furlong. I mean this kid got so much hype as the next big whatever after he did Terminator 2 that I don’t think you can name one movie he was actually good in afterwards. Pet cemetery 2 would have been a perfect opportunity for him to stake his claim and go on to greatness, but a bad storyline and a lot of bad acting from all actors just really hurt that case. So he moves on to films like Pecker and so forth and man I mean it’s just all downhill from there. So how do I feel about an actress who really isn’t that talented (though she is funny as hell on Joe Dirt “I’m your sister) and an actor way out of his prime still trying to hold on, doing a direct to DVD horror movie? Well you are in for a surprise. I actually liked it.

            Cruel World is about Furlong’s sanity demise after being ousted from a fake reality T.V. show that starred Pressley as the con. He confessed his love to her and she dropped him in the dirt. So he enacts his revenge by taking over the mansion he was ousted from and also taking care of Presley which I was a little disappointed in because I thought she would be in the film a little longer. So there is this group of college image hounds who are now going to be apart of the new show but what they don’t know is their host is dead. It’s kinda a fear factor meets the real world show where the contests are asked to participate in challenges to win a million bucks. Furlong has other plans for the contests though. It’s hard to comment on the acting of a movie where the actors are acting in a reality TV show, so I won’t go there. One thing I liked is Furlongs nonchalant attitude of watching the camera system and drinking wine and booze. I would have had a problem with Furlong running around and killing the characters, but they one upped me by having the chaffuer (who is Furlong’s retarted brother) commiting most of the crimes. Though there is a memorable scene with Furlong cutting the head off of one of the victims with an excaliber sword. The movie’s kill scenes are all descent with 1 boring stabbing segment, so it didn’t hurt to watching a film with a small body count. It was a lot better than expected so it may be worth giving it a chance, you just have to remember that it actors acting on a reality show go wrong so please have an open mind. 6/10