'Cut' is an okay and watchable Australian slasher flick from the year 2000 and is one of the many efforts that tried to duplicate the 'Scream' formula with its meta-approach, sharp dialogue and self-aware humour. But this movie while its certainly fun and entertaining, it lacks any sort of intelligence and wit and just goes through the motions of a generic slasher despite an interesting plot.
The plot = A group of film students attempt to finish a horror movie 'Hot Blooded' that stopped production 12 years ago after the director Hilary Jacobs (Kylie Minogue) was murdered on set. Two of the students Raffy (Jessica Napier) and Hester (Sarah Kants) take charge of the production and even gets the original actress Vanessa (Molly Ringwald) back on board unaware that every other attempt to finish the film has ended in murder.
I first saw this many decades ago on VHS and thought that it was okay, but not very memorable and decided to view this again after randomly coming across it. Okay I know that this is an obvious cash in and didn't go into it expecting anything outstanding, but this wasn't half bad it's completely made with decent acting, plenty of kills, a cool looking killer and a fun set-up with some interesting ideas. However, the movie doesn't do much with its potential and instead relies too much on tired old tropes and even the twist towards the last act is very abrupt and falls rather flat which killed any sort of momentum the movie had going for it. While I though the mystery element was quite intriguing and there were some suspenseful moments, everything is just thrown out the window at the end.
The performances were decent but there weren't very many memorable characters, Jessica Napier was fine as the spunky and feisty female lead. Molly Ringwald clearly stole the show here as the vain Hollywood actress, she was fun and became more engaging as the movie went on showing more layers to her character. Kylie Minogue made a memorable impression in her short screen time and hammed it up brilliantly.
Overall 'Cut' is an okay slasher with a few fun elements in the mix, but doesn't do enough to stand out from the crowd.
The plot = A group of film students attempt to finish a horror movie 'Hot Blooded' that stopped production 12 years ago after the director Hilary Jacobs (Kylie Minogue) was murdered on set. Two of the students Raffy (Jessica Napier) and Hester (Sarah Kants) take charge of the production and even gets the original actress Vanessa (Molly Ringwald) back on board unaware that every other attempt to finish the film has ended in murder.
I first saw this many decades ago on VHS and thought that it was okay, but not very memorable and decided to view this again after randomly coming across it. Okay I know that this is an obvious cash in and didn't go into it expecting anything outstanding, but this wasn't half bad it's completely made with decent acting, plenty of kills, a cool looking killer and a fun set-up with some interesting ideas. However, the movie doesn't do much with its potential and instead relies too much on tired old tropes and even the twist towards the last act is very abrupt and falls rather flat which killed any sort of momentum the movie had going for it. While I though the mystery element was quite intriguing and there were some suspenseful moments, everything is just thrown out the window at the end.
The performances were decent but there weren't very many memorable characters, Jessica Napier was fine as the spunky and feisty female lead. Molly Ringwald clearly stole the show here as the vain Hollywood actress, she was fun and became more engaging as the movie went on showing more layers to her character. Kylie Minogue made a memorable impression in her short screen time and hammed it up brilliantly.
Overall 'Cut' is an okay slasher with a few fun elements in the mix, but doesn't do enough to stand out from the crowd.