Twenty years after corporations took over the world's governments, the Corporate Wars began. In an attempt to bring to justice (justice aka death) the yellow-tie-wearing corporate badasses that thrust the world into a post-apocalyptic Mad Max: The Road Warrior type of dark age, a group of bounty killers have arisen to become the idols of the common man that has suffered due to rampant greed and corruption.
At the forefront of the commoner's admiration is bounty killer, Mary Death (Christian Pitre). Clad in an outfit that would be runway approved by Tarantino's The Bride, Mary Death travels the land accepting death warrant rewards for white collar bodies. Her competition comes in the form of a bounty killer known only as Drifter (Mathew Marsden). Drifter and Mary Death have a work-first attitude towards each other as they compete for the various bounty. Even their history as a former couple isn't enough for them to put their differences aside to work conjointly on reaping rewards. Things get even murkier when a secret of Drifter's past becomes a focus of Mary Death's hunt which non-coincidentally occurs while a Corporate official (Terminator 3's Kristanna Loken) attempts to lure Drifter to the side of yellow-ties.
With a film poster that reminded us of Bitch Slap and a setting that was very reminiscent of The Road Warrior, Bounty Killer attempts all too hard to become the kind of 80's film that has now been delegated a cult-classic (Megaforce, Ice Pirates). Jack LeMans (Barak Hardley) joins Drifter as his gun caddie and offers the films comic relief to a movie that felt like individual scenes and pieces were cut and paste together with the hopes of materializing into a cohesive feature film.
A supporting cast that includes more familiar faces such as Beverley D'Angelo (National Lampoon's Vacation) and Gary Busey (The Apprentice) do little to elevate the film from being little more than a time waster with some half decent chase scenes that are punctuated by CGI rendered violence.
Animated segments scattered throughout the 90-minute runtime contain the film's best moments and Kristanna Loken shows that she is at her best when she is a non-speaking cyborg out to change the future.
Director Harry Saine, who last directed The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2010) again falls short of putting together a full 90-minutes of entertainment (although we would look more towards the scripts he has assigned himself to work with). The Last Lovecraft fared better than his recent effort. Bounty Killer is nothing more than a wild idea hopelessly misguided with only brief moments of valued amusement.
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At the forefront of the commoner's admiration is bounty killer, Mary Death (Christian Pitre). Clad in an outfit that would be runway approved by Tarantino's The Bride, Mary Death travels the land accepting death warrant rewards for white collar bodies. Her competition comes in the form of a bounty killer known only as Drifter (Mathew Marsden). Drifter and Mary Death have a work-first attitude towards each other as they compete for the various bounty. Even their history as a former couple isn't enough for them to put their differences aside to work conjointly on reaping rewards. Things get even murkier when a secret of Drifter's past becomes a focus of Mary Death's hunt which non-coincidentally occurs while a Corporate official (Terminator 3's Kristanna Loken) attempts to lure Drifter to the side of yellow-ties.
With a film poster that reminded us of Bitch Slap and a setting that was very reminiscent of The Road Warrior, Bounty Killer attempts all too hard to become the kind of 80's film that has now been delegated a cult-classic (Megaforce, Ice Pirates). Jack LeMans (Barak Hardley) joins Drifter as his gun caddie and offers the films comic relief to a movie that felt like individual scenes and pieces were cut and paste together with the hopes of materializing into a cohesive feature film.
A supporting cast that includes more familiar faces such as Beverley D'Angelo (National Lampoon's Vacation) and Gary Busey (The Apprentice) do little to elevate the film from being little more than a time waster with some half decent chase scenes that are punctuated by CGI rendered violence.
Animated segments scattered throughout the 90-minute runtime contain the film's best moments and Kristanna Loken shows that she is at her best when she is a non-speaking cyborg out to change the future.
Director Harry Saine, who last directed The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2010) again falls short of putting together a full 90-minutes of entertainment (although we would look more towards the scripts he has assigned himself to work with). The Last Lovecraft fared better than his recent effort. Bounty Killer is nothing more than a wild idea hopelessly misguided with only brief moments of valued amusement.
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