Michael_Elliott
Violent $hit III: Infantry of Doom (1999)* (out of 4)Three men wind up on a mysterious island where they are taken hostage by a gang of weirdos who worship Karl the Butcher (Andreas Schnaas).VIOLENT $HIT III isn't nearly as entertaining as the second film in the series and for the most part it was a pretty big disappointment. Like IT'S ALIVE III, this film has pretty much the same concept as the first two with the only big change is that the location is now an island. Sadly the film just doesn't have enough interesting moments to keep you entertain and I must say that the majority of the time I didn't know what was going on.There's an ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU thing going on as there are some nods to previous film versions. The biggest problem is that there's really not as much violence and gore compared to the previous films and I'd argue that whatever is going on with the story is just boring and the 78-minute running time feels at least four times longer. There's certainly some gore to be found but I didn't think it was nearly as fun or entertaining as the first two films.
BA_Harrison
Although part three of Andreas Schnaas' Violent Sh*t series is as technically inept as the director's other work (crap dialogue, lousy photography, awful acting etc.), the director's comic-book-style approach to this chapter—which is replete with an insane Mad Max-style villain, a bloodthirsty scientist with a Hitler moustache, very mouldy zombies, and even ninjas—means that, despite being even more gory than its excessively violent predecessors, the whole affair feels much less mean-spirited than before and is consequently much more enjoyable.The film begins as three men arrive on a seemingly deserted island, only to be immediately taken captive by hordes of mask-wearing soldiers who have obviously been lying in wait for such an intrusion. The unlucky trio are escorted to the soldiers' training camp, where their mutant leader, the Meister, and his bloodthirsty son Karl, force them to witness a series of brutal executions (chest ripping, face tearing, teeth chiselling, and multiple decapitations), before killing one of the men and setting the other two free as the unwilling prey in a Turkey Shoot/Most Dangerous Game-style hunt!What follows is a totally bonkers splatterfest that occasionally even rivals The Story of Riki, Tokyo Gore Police, and Braindead for ridiculously silly but incredibly creative scenes of gory mutilation: amongst the juicy stuff on show, we get a pair of lips torn off with hooks, a head sliced in half, eyes poked out, assorted spine removal, experiments on living corpses, nose slicing, multiple deaths by samurai sword, and even one guy who is punched so hard that his attacker's fist passes right through him.Andreas Schnaas might have made some of the crappiest low-budget horror it has ever been my misfortune to see, but I have to hand it to him, as far as pure unadulterated trash entertainment goes, Violent Sh*t 3 is the sh*t!
mob_rules
I am a big fan of low budget horror movies like this, but come on! This has to be the worst piece of monkey S@#t I have ever seen! I ignored the reviews posted on this site figuring that it would fall into my taste in horror, but I got bored and turned it off.Let's see:The wardrobe: Consisted of cheap cameo outfits and painters outfits from home depot. The masks were made from what looks like tin foil. The Gore: The Gore was pretty good, I must give it that. But Ittenbach's Burning moon was better for a low budget movie. Acting: Was horrible! I didn't mind the dubbing. I find this humorous like in Ittenbach's "Premutos" (great movie). The fighting and action sequences were pi$$ poor.Bottom line: Don't watch any of Schnaas's movies. There are much better directors like Jorg Buttergeit and Olaf Ittenbach with movies of the same gore and subject matter. Check Premutos, House of blood, Schramm and the nekromantiks.
eer85
Compared to the previous videos by Schnaas, this one is a some sort of a kolossal. There is also some film footage: unfortunately, it's just Super8 and the results are quiet poor, especially in dark scenes. I think this is the only feature where I prefer video than film stock! Schnaas's style has grown a little and, thanks to digital equipment, the editing is much better than his previous movies, even though still far from perfect. The storyline is weak and quiet messed up: you simply follow different characters, while never understanding who is the main one, in different gory situations. The special effects have improved too, even though many of them are still quiet cheesy (the backbone out of the anus for example) especially because of the way they're directed and cut. This time a major inspiration are Hong-Kong films: the action sequences ain't that bad despite their poor nature. If you don't get it seriously, it can be funny to watch.