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I wasn't expecting much, so I was very surprised that it was quite good, in that low budget horror comedy movie kinda way. And also, another movie that proves camping is stupid... It all begins with some young people, chilling out in the woods, doing those types of things, well it turns out they are camping out on some dudes pot farm. Funny thing, the start of the film plays a old timey type PSA about the dangers of marijuana, and yup there is a fair amount of Mary Jane in the flick, the problem lies in the drug of choice of the pot farmer, Crystal Meth. And so its on this night that the kids be partying that he is tweaking out on meth and mistakes the party goers for aliens, ooops. And yes, the farmer, Brock, does get abducted from time to time, it happens to coincide with his meth use, i don't know if thats important or not, but its during these abductions that Brock is forced to watch a TV cop show, and the characters seem to know more than they should!! And wait is that Ivan Drago in the TV show playing Dolph Lundgren??? Filmbufftim on FB.
mherrin-43253
Welcome to Willits:
Directed by Trevor Ryan and written by Tim RyanI knew it was too good to be true. I watched three movies recently and this one was the third I watched but the second I'm reviewing. The reason for this is simple, I want to get this madness off of my chest. I watched two good movies and then this one came along and threw me for a loop like a close call car accident. This movie is called Welcome to Willits. It takes place in Willits, California. I imagine the director is from this region. The town really plays no part in the story.Having this take place in this particular town set in the Emerald Triangle( huge area of marijuana farms) doesn't play into the story much. This movie is about a crazy man who thinks that aliens are invading and trying to abduct him and perform terrifying and painful experiments on him. Kids on a camping trip looking to score. It sounds like an interesting idea for a horror film.Well Netflix told me that this was a comedy. They lied. This is a weird movie. It starts out with this fake cop show starring Dolph Lundgren for no particular reason. The aliens thing along with the crazy man wearing a tinfoil hat might have been somewhat funny in the writing process but in the movie itself, it really doesn't register that way. They might want to rejigger their algorithm. This movie feels really long and it takes more than half its running time to get to the meat of the story. It is all set up. It forces us to spend a bunch of time with stock characters and following this dull and overused plotline. It's a boring mess of a movie. I want to call a moratorium on kids going into the woods to party and finding something evil hunting them movies. It's enough. We need to a break from this overdone story. I'm going to file it with zombie films. I give this movie an F.
Michael Ledo
Dolph Lundgren plays a character you see on TV and is not part of the main plot. A group of young adults and a stoner (Rory Culkin) named Possum (he dropped the "O") camp out in the Emerald Triangle, Northern California known for its pot growers. (Filmed in Louisiana.) Nearby Brock (Bill Sage) and Peggy (Sabina Gadecki) make their own meth using a special formula that allows them to see inter-dimensional alien invaders who they hunt and set traps.When the two groups come together, things don't go well for the unarmed campers.The movie had plenty of killing and blood, including cut up body parts. It was more comedy/maybe dark comedy than sheer horror. The drug crazed characters and their ideas are what carried the tale. Kudos to Rory Culkin who plays a stoned Pauly Shore. There were some clever misspoken lines like, "Why do it wrong once when you can right twice." Guide: F-word. Sex. No nudity.
