Gone Direct-to-DVD: April 2009
By Robert Sims, Special to Hollywood.com
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Here are the good, the bad and ugly in direct-to-DVD films — released since our last batch. Learn why Mischa Barton will only find A Beautiful Life back on TV, how Rob Schneider makes himself “unrapeable” in prison, and what Tommy Lee Jones finds In the Electric Mist …
10. Killer Movie
Who's in It? Leighton Meester, Kaley Cuoco, Jason London and Paul Wesley
The Verdict: Jeff Fisher knows reality TV. But concocting outrageous ways for spoiled socialites to experience The Simple Life is an easier task than out-Screaming Scream. You know what to expect from Fisher’s jokey slasher yarn — which pits a serial killer against a reality-TV crew — after a certain Gossip Girl loses her head minutes into this bloodless affair. The maniac’s identity is as obvious as his motive, the murders are executed without flair or originality, and the clueless victims deserve what they get (Cuoco, though, is hysterical as a LiLo-ish young Hollywood diva). Worse, Fisher says nothing about the intrusive, manipulative nature of reality TV that wasn’t already said in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon or My Little Eye.
DVD Features: digital copy; Behind the Scenes of Killer Movie featurette; photo gallery
Stars: 1 out of 5
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