i like to start off with a bang. let you know something horrible is about to happen. macaulay culkin stars as straight up devil spawn in this not so thrilling 90's thriller. and elijah wood (who is my favorite child star) plays mac's cousin. so what is this movie about? EVIL! HIGHWAYS! DEAD DOGS! CLIMBING! i pretty much explained it all right there... or at least those are all the things that will actually "thrill you".
to be completely honest i love this film. its one of my favorites, and its the only of mac's i actually felt proud of myself for buying. the movie is about a young boy, mark (elijah wood) who's mother has recently passed away. mark's money grubbing father goes to japan for two weeks and leaves mark with his uncle, aunt, and two culkin cousins. yeah i said two, because this is a culkin TWOFER! mac's real sister quinn culkin actually has a bit as the young sister of henry (mac). henry is a little boy who enjoys all the sweeter things in life, like, realistic highway dummies, nail guns, dangling your cousin from an extraordinarily high tree house etc. life is sweet, until mark has had enough of this evil. i really mean it. this film sells mac as an evil grade schooler!
what follows is mac getting away with everything as mark tries to tell his uncle, aunt, and therapist what mac has been doing. the movie goes from normal to just insane. ending in one of the most sickening climaxes i have ever seen. now i know i said that this movie is'nt all that thrilling... but thats because i have seen it at least 12 times. and the first time i saw it i knew the ending (thank you dad BLAGHH). but to a good son virgin this movie might actually be thrilling. personally its not. but it is entertaining as hell. watching that young elijah wood is really fun. i love elijah wood, and a little bite size version of him is even better.
all in all this movie is brilliant definetly give it a watch. its one of mac's finest. although its not his best, its definetly on par with "party monster" in the entertainment aspect. give it a watch you wont be dissapointed.
DVD SPECS: a big thanks to 20th century fox for releasing this in a double sided disc package. that means i actually get full screen and widescreen! the movie can be watched in english, spanish, and french, but only subtitled in english and spanish. on the disc for special features there is a 16 minute docufeaturettementary i dont know what to call it. and of course a trailer (although this is the short tv trailer and not the theatrical trailer). its a bare bones release with a little bit of meat.
FINAL RATING: PURCHASE
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