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Best Worst Movie EVER!!, January 28, 2011
This review is from: Shapeshifter [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I stumbled across this movie OnDemand some years back, and simply HAD to own it! I am a fan of incredibly terrible movies. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a favorite series of mine, and I can't think of a better way to spend an evening than making fun of some awful movie that was either directly sent to video or aired solely on the Sci-Fi channel. Shapeshifter was a direct-to-video movie, filmed in Romania on what one hopes was a pathetically low budget, and it is one of my very favorite terrible movies ever.
The plot begins straightforward enough: teen spy Alex must rescue his parents from a stereotypical Eastern European tyrant who longs to nuke the entire planet. The "twist" is that he discovers that he fulfills an ancient gypsy prophecy, and is actually the Shapeshifter of legend! Gasp!
If the plot were that simple, this movie would only be moderately bad. However, the plot inconsistencies and random other genres thrown in make it a nonsensical ride of epic proportions. The plot, furthermore, is not the only terrible thing about this movie. The dialogue is ridiculous and forced, the acting is laughably bad, and the special effects would be better if they were done in somebody's basement.
If you have a good sense of humor and enjoy laughing at the expense of an awful movie, this is right up your alley. If you're looking for an action-packed, incredible sci-fi thrill ride. . . best to look elsewhere.
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Recently viewed Shapeshifter on ONDEMAND, August 19, 2005
This review is from: Shapeshifter [VHS] (VHS Tape)
With all the reviews that I have read for this particular movie. The written english on all of them are just terrible. Plus, they are probably not well educated. Their reviews on this movie are ones to be desired. I thought the movie was well made. But, they really don't explain the beginning very well. I would like to see a series of this movie with the same actors. Like "Back To The Future" movies. And by the way I love all the Godzilla movies, especially the older ones!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Wicked digital "witch of the west" Romania?, May 25, 2005
This review is from: Shapeshifter [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Alex (Paul Nolan) belongs to a family of ex-spies for the CIA. However a nasty evil leader of an East European country with solicited help from a witch (Catherine Blythe) decides to capture them and squeeze out some info. Naturally, it is up to their son to the rescue them. Only this is a big kid older than most teenyboppers are.
While he is searching for his parents, he stays in a hostile. There a coming of age cutie (Emmanuelle Vaugier) and an old dude that found a magical, digital rock as a kid assist him. Alex soon conveniently learns he can shape shift.
Can his shifty shapes and his cutie friend help him extricate his parents?
What is the shifty witch really up to?
Will he keep his new pet rock and/or the cutie?
I know this is a pilot for a kid's series (probably to replace Alex Mac) but how dumb do you think kids are? Don't answer that. Believe me kids would barf if you try to feed them this pseudo science, quasi-mystical [explicatory deleted].
Aside from this the acting, what acting? Well where there should have been acting, they use fake Romanian accents. The witch looks like the cousin to the woman who narrates "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
The props are just junk leftover from "Lost in Space" (the TV series). The story has no cohesion. They must be banking on the viewer having attention deficit disorder. Once again, we have a story where the kid is much cleverer than his catatonic parents are.
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