Unfortunately, Ajax's facial expressions basically range from "mouth open" to "mouth closed" without a lot of stops in between, so the scene really just plays as a demonstration of Ajax's ability to stand in places and look at stuff. In most films, this sort of scene would be used to show the character's inner strife over the death of his companion and the emotion on the actor's face would speak louder than words possibly could. Ajax, the leader of the Red Claws (Marty Beck from "The House That Screamed") visits Amos' grave. We get to see some more NYC stock footage to remind us that we're in New York and NOT Mark Polonia's apartment, then its straight off to the graveyard for one of the movie's explosive action scenes. The Polonias would never go so far as to actually film parts of the backstory. Of course, by "flashback," I mean bits and pieces from later in the movie.
We are treated to a flashback sequence that shows off the gang members (all four of them).
#Bad magic production series#
After a series of stock footage clips of the New York skyline, Renny explains how his brother Amos was killed soon after he joined a gang called the Red Claws. Alas, his nightmare was real - he really is in this movie. Renny suddenly wakes up as if from a bad dream. We transition to a couch in an office, where our hero lies sleeping.
#Bad magic production movie#
The opening narration sets the pace for the rest of the movie - terribly acted, terribly written, terribly edited, and shot with a camera that the Polonias bought at a yard sale for four dollars.Ījax took control of the Red Claws through his superior leaning abilities. In typical Polonia fashion, they are just bits and pieces from later on in the movie, and thus do not merit any specific mention at this point. Meanwhile, quick clips flash across the screen. It's fairly obvious that he's reading from his script as he stutters about voodoo and devil worshipping, which makes it even more embarrassing when he loses his place. Evidently no one told him that he's allowed to use the entire alphabet on film, as his speech is generally confined to about twelve letters. At the risk of appearing racist, Renny is the reason that black people have had to struggle for equality for so many years. The movie begins with indescribably shitty narration, courtesy of our protagonist, Renny. Most of the movies reviewed on Something Awful have a wonderful, if brief period of doubt where I get the simple pleasure of saying, "Hey, this isn't too bad, at least so far." Not so with "Bad Magic." This one rockets the audience right into a realm of unfathomable stupidity from the very first line. Good thing "Bad Magic" came along! Hip hip hoo-kill me! This time they're calling it "Bad Magic," and while it may have the same cast, sets, and music as all of their other movies, this one stands out for one reason and one reason only: this time they have their very own black person! The presence of an honest-to-Jebus black man enabled the Polonias to take the project in new directions, as exhibited in the film's tagline, "He's Riding A Soul-Train To Terror!" You know, I was just thinking that the Polonia films were really great, except that they suffered from a lack of shameless exploitation. Yes, the Polonia brothers, the creative minds behind "Feeders," "Feeders 2," and "The House That Screamed" (in which they threatened the possibility of a "Feeders 3"), are back with yet another ninety minutes of unadulterated crap that should be buried deep beneath the surface of the earth and never spoken of again. "We will make another movie - one that will make our previous movies look like 'Bridge On the River Kwai!' It will star a fat black man who can't read and it will make no sense at all!" And with that, Mark and John went about making good on their fiendish threat. "We can't take anymore!" "No," Mark and John shouted back.
"Please stop, Mark and John," the public cried. They kept on making movies, each one a greater travesty than the last. No one liked that one, either, but that didn't stop Mark and John. When it was done, they decided it would be fun to make another movie, even though no one liked their first one. Once upon a time there were two brothers named Mark and John, and they decided it would be fun to make a movie. Also, the painfully bad narration will drive you completely insane, although not insane enough to possibly enjoy this movie. The Case Against: John Polonia doesn't die. The Case For: The question of whether or not demons wear flannel is finally answered (they do). Overview: An illiterate man unleashes the slightly irritating powers of voodoo on a New York gang that was responsible for his brother's death.
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