I’m a great fan of Brad Jones’ work. From The Cinema Snob to Kung Tai Ten Brad’s voice just keeps you calm as you watch some of the worst films ever. And even his episodes of Brad and Jerrid are well written and acted well enough to pull off a fair bit of comedy. And now he’s brought something new.
The first episode in a mini-series, The Hooker with a Heart of Gold is a dark comedy written and directed by Brad Jones. The series revolves around a prostitute know as Hooker (Sarah Lewis) who no longer wishes to be in her line of business due to the treatment she receives from her pimp (Jones) as well as... well, just being a prostitute isn’t very nice. At the same time as this a scientist (Brian Lewis) has created an artificial heart made of gold that runs on electricity. As we can tell by the title things aren’t going to be too pretty.
This first 26 minute segment of the series features a very well written script which is enhanced by some pretty good acting. The actors play their roles with enough dark humour that they are all somewhat believable, even if completely ridiculous. There’s even a small insight into the mind of Brad Jones at one point, who notorious for collecting terrible films.
This series seems like an homage to these films, not in bad writing or acting or anything that appears in these films, but in the ridiculousness of the plot. It is very tongue-in-cheek, being aware of its slightly less than normal premise and turning it into something hilarious and entertaining to watch, with some pretty good drama thrown in there.
The choice of music for this episode is nothing short of awesome. It captures the feel of what is happening at the time and adds to a slight camp value, creating drama and comedy at the same time.
The only thing that sometimes seems off about the episode is the directing and editing. For the most part it is pretty good, but some close-ups that are far too close and dodgy editing during a conversation (maybe due to changes in audio) seem to take away from the experience.
However, as a whole The Hooker with a Heart of Gold is completely hilarious and is well worth checking out if you are at all into dark humour. Here’s hoping the rest of the series will be as good as this episode, possibly even getting better. I’m interested to see what will be done with this twisted tale.
Nice review, I liked the movie too, quite a bit. Did you see the 2nd Part?
ReplyDeleteYes, I have. I've decided that with this series I am going to review the first episode so that if anyone reads this they will see whether or not the entire series is worth it. Then at the end I'm going to review the entire series.
ReplyDeleteAs for Part 2: I liked it a hell of a lot. I think it's a good continuation of the story. I found Part 1 to be a bit more gripping, though the ending of Part 2 is amazing as a lead-up to Part 3. Steele's a pretty good character and an obvious homage to B-Movie villains.
Looking forward to the rest =D
Look forward to hearing what you think of the series as a whole.
ReplyDeleteJust found this review on google. Great job, are you going to review rest of the series now that it's done?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I will be, just been bogged down with work :P
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