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3.0 out of 5 stars
Sid's film search continues through the obsolete bin of life, September 9, 2009
This review is from: Severed Ties [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Looking back, the evolution of Sid the Elf has become apparent due to the expansion of film choices we allow into our viewing library. When it all started in 1993 Sid was all about extreme obsolete b, which is why
Death Ring is what it is to this day. We'd never go for the bigger budget flicks and even scoffed at the idea of watching a Seagal feature. Luckily we have wised up over years realizing that even a large budget can still equal big laughs in the b department. We pretty much allow anything in now as long as we can laugh at it every Thursday evening. However we do like to get in touch with our roots from time to time by finding a horrific low budget b as is the case with Severed Ties. It must have been
Ninja Vengeance [VHS] that sparked this craving for yet another film that can't be found anywhere on dvd.
Severed Ties starts off with science nerd Harry Harrison and his quest to discover a a serum for limb generation. He's continuing the work his late father who was accidentally offed due to his mom trying to steal the secret serum recipe. So uber nerd operates out of his mother's basement, much like an obsessed Tales from the Darkside freak that can be found on Amazon, in hopes he can crack the secret by experiment on giant lizards. Yeah it's hard to follow and weird, we agree. During a struggle in his nerd lab his scrawny arm gets loped up and the serum is used to regenerate the limb with some success. The downside, or for us the only upside, is that his arm regenerates into a sweet lizard arm with a mind of it's own. It turns murderous and can even un-attach itself if it wants to get loose and cause some mischief.
This one was kind of hard to figure out in regards to be liked. In ways it was so odd, but was also so B that you almost have to give it a couple stars. The budget is low and the acting is really bad especially from the guest appearance Garrett Morris. But that's what Sid typically loves in a film and decided a 3 star rating would be fair. With a little supplementary restraint aka chuck this one could have been way better, but that wasn't an option today. For Sid it was ok but for mega-nerds this one would rate off the charts. Hard to say what the young elf would have said, but for the sake of b we probably would've had a few good laughs out of it while pegging Santa with candy wrappers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Elki Summers is hot, October 10, 2001
This review is from: Severed Ties [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Wow, this flick is awesome. Lots of scarry stuff. Who would of thunk it. Elki summers, Garret Morris, and more. Wow I remember seeing this film at a screening when it was still called "Army" for it was an army of arms! It's so much better now. The cast of Mad about you must have been impressed by "Billy's" leap to the big screen. I still have nightmares about this film.
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loved it, October 26, 2000
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This review is from: Severed Ties [VHS] (VHS Tape)
this is a perfect movie and it has a good point to it, and good acting, i loved it very much. and i think everyone will love it as much as i did. i heard they want to make a sequile to this movie.
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