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Faust, Love of the Damned

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(13)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

Faust - Love of the Damned began in a very promising manner that made me think, foolishly, that this was going to be a really good movie. We were introduced to John Jasper, whose girlfriend had been murdered while he watched, as he contemplated his eventual demise above a rushing river. Enter "the mysterious M," a demon of supposed caliber (that later proves he is, at least, funny in a molten flesh kinda way), who offers John a way to avenge his lover's death. Well, Jasper accepts, is given some wolverinesque claws that he carves some people up with, is arrested by the fan-beloved Jeffrey Combs, and is subsequently put in a wittle padded room with a doctor that wants to musically restore his sanity.
Had the movie ended here, in the first few minutes, I would have been happy. It didn't, however, much to my dismay.

Without giving away anything about the loosely conceived plotline, a defect I can deal with, or some really bad (with the exception of J. Combs) acting, another flaw I can stomach, I will comment on the one reason F.L.O.T.D. found itself in the cutting room dumpster with every other movie that forgot that one small monster/demon movie rule. Always, no matter how creepy your storyline, how hideous your monstrous finale, or how paltry your budget, remember to invest a something in your main demonically enhanced character that allows him to at least look presentable. A foam suit portrayal of muscles, some posable claws, and a few red eye shots really did make me laugh at first, but the laughter ended after a while and the need for fast-forwarding the action sequences began. When demons are beheading people, you really shouldn't even have that type of reaction.

Were it not for Combs (an actor I regard and vote for with much bias), the sheer wickedness of our demonic bargain-giver, and the monstrous ending of the movie, I would have sold my soul for a narcoleptic relapse just to escape the torment. Jeffrey, these three stars are the five I gave to you balancing out with the one I gave the movie!

Based on the excellent Faust: Love of the Damned comics from David Quinn and Tim Vigil, this film version won't disappoint fans. Brian Yuzna has some decent horror films under his belt, many considered cult classics, and he is at the top of his game here. In his screenwriting debut, David Quinn does a surprisingly decent job, and Yuzna works well with it. Production values are low, as could be expected with a budget of $2 million, but it all comes together. I saw this film at an art house a few month ago, actually, and was pleasantly surprised, especially being a reader of the comics. The look and feel is relatively the same, and the overall style matches well. The graphic sex and violence will no doubt be cut a bit (or a lot...) in this "R" version, which pretty much guarantees an unrated/cut version in the future. Overall, Faust is a decent horror movie, with symbolism and style.

This movie is a very clever idea, and very well pulled off. This is based on an underground comic (what is that anyway) of the same name. The movie stars Geoffry Combs (Re-Animator) as a detective trying to find out why this artist just killed an entire Arabian Family (Very big family, and very rich). As it turns out the Artist tried to kill himself earlier but then sold his soul to a guy named M and was given these razor sharps claws (taken from the prop department of X-Mne) and he did what he was told. After he escapes he is betrayed and killed, only to come back in a bright red satanic looking DareDevil Costume and is know as the Super Hero Faust.

This movie is funny..., despite how seriouse it starts. It turns downright hillariouse. The costume alone will make you crack up. this dark comedy holds all the aspects of a typical horror film, gore, pointless violence, loads of nudity and [gratuitous] sex, yet it pokes fun at itself with the story. This would fit right in if your a fan of such classics (and not so classics) as Army of Darkness, Critters, or Ghoulies. This is definetly worth checking into, to say the least.

I was hoping for a faithful rendition Tim Vigil's Faust comic, which in and of itself is horror at it's finest. It saddens me actually to see such a great story as presented in the comic twisted in this way.

The acting is less than interesting, the only redeeming feature I found to this move was having Jeffery Coombs in it. For anyone that's a J.C fan he once again presents a character that is subtle and shakey, and yet just horrifying in his insanity. You got to love the guy. In addition, Isabel Brook ( Jane) has great legs, and we get to see them a lot.

Aside from these two points, I left the credits feeling very disappointed. I agree with a reviewer above that the comic should have been much more in the way of it's sexuality ( at least a light X ) and the drizzling insanity of Jasper should have been delved into much deeper. I wouldn't buy it.

And for gosh sakes, they don't even have Jasper quoting or singing 'Papa Has a Brand New Bag'. That was Jasper's trademark in the comic.

It has the acting and writing talents of a bad porn flick. Enough said.

Yes, it's true: this movie is terribly made. And like most everyone else here is saying, I agree that it's not worth watching or renting. Even reading the comic book before seeing this movie doesn't help, because it's so far removed from the book that it's insulting.

I can understand that in an hour and a half film it's not possible to capture the entire comic book (it would really take a mini-series to do it properly or at least a 2-hour epic with a Frank Miller ("Sin City", "300") budget), but they did things that weren't even in the comic book; things that make the comic book so great.

I definitely wouldn't use this movie to judge the comic book. Everyone who was disappointed with the film should search out the collected trade paperbacks of the Faust comic book series to see how great Faust: Love of the Damned truely is.

Brian Yuzna decided to take on the rather saucy Quinn/Vigil comic, and from what you'll read in many reviews(not just Amazon), he did not succeed. Alot of people have said that this is the absolute worst film they've ever seen. Well, that's pushing it a tad. Obviously these folks haven't seen anything by Michael Bay. Anyhow, this was kind of a damned(no pun intended) project from the getgo considering the source. If you haven't read it, let me assure you that it's extreme. In order to make it 100% accurate it would have to be a big budget porno flick, and since it has a story with depth, it would probably make a lousy porno flick. Quinn is actually on board as the screenwriter, so it does try it's best to cram 15 or so comics into 100 minutes. Basically what we got is an artist hell bent on revenge after the murder of his girlfriend. He signs a contract with a demon(Andrew Divoff back in his Wishmaster personna) and gains super powers and some nifty bracelets which have Wolverine-like claws. The downside is that he has an uncontrollable rage, a bad costume and unquenchable bloodlust. He's also bound to serve Andrew Divoff. Given hope(which he's not supposed to have) from a psychologist, he goes rogue and attempts to destroy Divoff. Good points? Divoff, though a bit typecast, does a very good job and is given quite a bit of screen time. The movie's got enough cheesiness, sex and gore to satisfy any B-movie lover. The always lovable Jeffery Combs is in it, though his role is kind of a throwaway. Bad points? Depends on who you ask. The stuff people hate about this movie are what make it enjoyable for me, coz I happen to like this sort of thing. I wasn't too crazy on this Mark Frost guy who played Faust. When he's not in costume, he's usually just a whiney wuss. And I don't quite see how the psychologist falls in love with the guy an hour after meeting him when all he's done in her presence is act crazy and slaughter police officers. Alot of people call this a ripoff of Spawn, and I guess I can see where they get that considering this comic wasn't very big or as popular as Spawn. If memory serves though, I believe Faust came out either before or right around the same time as Spawn. Early nineties, I know for sure. I'll tell you one thing, Daddy-O, this movie has the violence that the Spawn movie shoulda had. Should you watch this movie? If you like The Dentist, yes. If you love Daredevil, no.

This is the story of a resurrected artist who is reborn to kill evildoers every where!...or any one that happens to be in the same room.

When they showed the guy at the embassy with two long claws growing out of each of his hands, I thought he was a Wolverine rip-off. Things got worse when we see what he looks like fully formed...I didn't know what the hell he was. He's like a devil, but he looks more like a Batman wannabe at a comic book convention; you'd think the devil would have given him horns that didn't shake like rubber. His special powers include jumping on top of stuff and acting like he's flying, and licking cops in the ear.

Reading the other reviews, it would seem this is based off a comic series. So I would like to ask those comic fans...just what WAS this movie about? This reminds me of anime films that are based off manga and begin the story in the middle of the series. There was a pact with an evil being, then suddenly a conspiracy where all the big-wigs in the town are behind evil, and some how this "Faust" guy is the one being that can stop all evil...though I don't know how he can save people when he keeps killing them! How many cops did he kill that thought they were just doing their job? And again...why did he LICK THEM?

"Hellboy" is coming out tomorrow. I used to have reserved feelings about that, but after watching this any superhero movie I see will appear to be the greatest film ever.

Man, did some of the reviewers here miss the ball on this one. So serious! This was not a serious film people, yo! When monica van campen's breasts blew up to the size of farm fair pumpkins in one scene, the film lost any pretense to horror it might have had. But ho! All was not lost. This film has enough bloody sauce to satisfy gore and action lovers alike. And speaking of action, the previously mentioned von campen provides all the gratuitous nudity one can ask for this side of a xxx rating. What a succubus! My TV screen sprouted devil horns and smoked whenever she appeared! Then theres the subdued but supremely evil performance of Andrew Divoff as "M". Theres corny heavy metal loops thrown in every time theres a battle! Faust comes out in all his plastic devil suit glory! Yeah he looks like a halloween ... party reject..who cares! The dude kicks! Yeah, humunculus (or (whatever the demon at the end is named) looks like he was conjured up on a commodore vic 20 (R.I.P) but again, so what? This movie is good times. The sound rocks. The picture is clean and crisp. The acting is passable (except for jeffery combs who's just here to help milk the fanboys). To sum this one up, its fun, its action, its T&A and its a lot of carnage. So cut it a break. If it didnt do justice to some stupid comic or book, so what. If you haven't seen this yet, leave the fanboy bagage at the door and just enjoy the movie.

Thsi movie is based on a comic book of the same name. It's probably one of the most graphic comic books I have ever read, in that it has copious amounts of sex and violence inherent in its' storylines. Having read the comic, I was suprised to find that someone had adapted it into a movie, or, atleast tried. Seeing that it was directed by Brian Yuzna, who produced such movies as Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Return of the Living Dead 3, I thought it might be pretty good. Now I knew they probably would be able to incorporate the amount of sex and violence into this movie to be true to the comic, so I tried to keep an open mind going into this movie. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. The story involves a man who sells his soul in order to gain demonic powers in order to dispatch the criminals that have taken his life away from him, namely by killing his wife. The price he pays ends up being more than he thought, as the demon M, who gave him his powers in exchange for his soul, has other plans for him. This does come off a little like Todd McFarlanes Spawn, but not as slick graphically but unlike Spawn it did have nudity and some sexual situations. There were flaws in continuity and the acting was pretty bad at times, but I ended up just going with the flow. I was a little disappointed with some of the scenes where Faust was dispatching bad guys using his razor claws as they didn't seem as graphic as they should have been. When you slice someone throat or guts open with 12 inch razor claws, you expect a lot more blood than was shown. Some of those effects looked really cheap and could have been done better. Some of the effects were done pretty well. There is some CGI involved, but I think there was more use of prosthetics which looked a little phoney at times but overall not bad. Hardcore fans of the comic may be disappointed in the shortcomings of the film, but I did feel that they tried to do the best the could with what they had. I felt the title role was miscast with Mark Frost, but that's my opinion. I think a different lead actor and bigger production budget would have made a big difference.