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New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein
Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up, but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect.
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25
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Cheesy horror flick that feels like straight-to-video material.
20
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Always a welcome presence in any film, Howard, as a simple-minded hick, gives Blackwoods whatever humor and life it has.
25
Director Uwe Boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback.
40
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The film's poky pacing is a liability -- the setup takes an awfully long time.
40
Whatever the cause, everyone involved takes this blend of slick Verhoeven sleaze and Deliverance-brand musk way too seriously.
30
Tries to salvage its dopey premise with frantic final-reel plot contortions.
60
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Far from a future cult classic, it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning.