Directed By: Igor Shavlak
Written By: Valery Krechetov, Victor Sorokin
Starring: Dmitriy Orlov, Svetlana Metkina, Aleksandr Vysokovskiy
Story:
Two men sitting at a fast food patio discuss detailed plans using chicken nuggets and dipping sauces to map and act out how they intend to rob a bank (something tells me this isn’t going to go well).
A group of officers happen to crash the party with no knowledge of what’s going on inside. One officer loses a shell casing, which rolls across the floor, spooking one of the robbers, who then jumps out and begins spraying bullets into the crowd.
The situation escalates as the plan has taken a detour, the ‘nuggets’ grab two female tellers as hostages before heading into the sewer system for cover. Once they get below ground the group discovers one of their accomplices dead and missing his eyes, then they discover another corpse with missing eyes, and another, and another, and…..well you get the point!
Characters:
The main characters are your stereotypical bad guy crew. One of the men has a constant urge to rape the hostages, another is constantly stressing about the situation, and then you have your hero who is trying to keep the other two in line while he simultaneously woos the hostages. Lurking in the shadows with a disappearing and re-appearing act is a ‘Harry Warden’ (My Bloody Valentine) type, tunnel-dwelling imbecile who uses a makeshift extracting tool to reward his eye fetish.
Special Effects / Gore:
The effects are good and the killer’s weapon is a sight for sore eyes (that’s right, ‘eye’ said it). Once you’ve seen one eyeless corpse and that’s all that’s on the menu then what is the point of sticking around for seconds?
Final Score:
Overall, the movie was an absolute waste of time. Which shouldn’t have surprised me considering it was released via Sam Raimi’s infamously inconsistent ‘Ghost House Underground’ collection. The thought of a serial killer living in a gutter extracting people’s eyes while they are still alive might sound great on paper, but if that is the only thing he does it doesn’t take an expert to know it’s going to get really repetitive, really fast. He doesn’t even have to chase me, I’ll personally donate my eyes to his cause if it means not having to see this piece of garbage again.
