ONE MISSED CALL 3: FINAL (2006)

Well, that pesty ol' phone call loving ghost is back again. And I think it might actually have been the ghost from the original film, but by that point in the film I'd already given up hope and I was struggling just to stay awake. The only thing that might've roused me from my stupor is when the main characters started an email attack on the demon possessed computer in order to flood its Inbox and cause it to explode (cause that's how Inboxes work)...and you know what? That's exactly what happened, so you can't say that ONE MISSED CALL 3: FINAL doesn't deliver. Now let's just hope that it delivers on that "final" part also.

The story is about a group of high school kids on a class trip. One of their classmates hung herself due to bullying (you know I'm not even sure this is correct, but who cares?) and now her friend or a ghost or somebody is giving "death calls" to the students and they have an option to forward the "death call" to another person! That aspect was actually kinda cool and funny, but unfortunately the story just kept getting more and more convoluted as it went on until I heard bubbling sounds coming from inside my handsome brain, so I stopped thinking so hard.

Zero gore, crappy CG effects, offscreen kill scenes, zero tits, main character using sign language, respectable body count, confusing storyline. Of the four films I've seen I liked the beginning of this film probably the best, but it quickly went to Hell. Skip it, hell skip the entire goddamn series and never look back. The only reason to watch any of these films is Kazue Fukiishi in the original and she dies half way through!

Part 1 - One Missed Call (2003)
Part 2 - One Missed Call 2 (2005)
Remake - One Missed Call (2008)

Take that you demon possessed Inbox...I mean monitor...what the Hell? Oh God, my brain's bubbling again.

RAT RACE (2001)

Mildly amusing IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD remake. This time, instead of the pre-death ravings of a dying Jimmy "Smiler" Durante, it's John Cleese as a giant-toothed Las Vegas high roller who stages a race (for his high roller friend's amusements) between six strangers. The contestants are picked at random by slot machine tokens then taken to a penthouse where they are explained the rules of the game: here are some identical keys, we're now in Las Vegas and in a locker at the Silver City, NM train station there's $2 million in cash...Go!

Of course, it wouldn't be much of a movie if the participants acted logically so right off the bat they're acting like fucking idiots and everything but the kitchen sink is thrown into this movie. You got a rocket car, a squirrel-loving serial killer, Nazis, Newman, Hitler's car, hookers, a flying cow, a busload of Lucille Ball impersonators, a biker gang, a monster truck, a narcoleptic idiot, a psychotic helicopter pilot, a transplant heart, a hot air balloon and even goddamn Smash Mouth.

Overall, RAT RACE is a fun film.  It's an innocent enough time-waster that never pushes the envelope or shows any real imagination, but still provides a few smiles.

Map of world on the side of the cow.

LOVE CRAZY (1941)

[Update 09/07/2021: Need to redo this review completely. Fix the screenshots also.]

This tenth of the fourteen pairings between Loy and Powell is one of the best. I've never sat down to make a complete list from best to worst, but off the top of my head I would rank this around #4 or #5. The films starts out with Powell and Loy as a loving couple celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary. Things are looking great and it's almost guaranteed that Powell's gonna get him some tonight, maybe even some anal. Then...the mother-in-law shows up. And she ain't no cool mother-in-law, no this bitch is a meddling troublemaker and she stirs up so much shit in her short little visit that by the end of the night Loy has moved out and wants to file for divorce!!!

I won't get into all of the details, but I'll just say that Loy is mad as Hell and Powell gets so desperate to stall the divorce that he pulls out the only option he has left: act crazy and get the hearing delayed for 30 days. Bad news is he does such a good job of acting crazy he gets thrown into an insane asylum! Hahaha! As funny as all that sounds the highlight of the movie is what happens after the insane asylum.

If you're a fan of classic comedies then LOVE CRAZY is a much see. You're not going to be doubled over with laughter or anything, but it's an enjoyable time with a number of memorable lines and familiar faces like: Elisha Cook Jr., Donald MacBride, Gail Patrick and the always great Jack Carson.

Highly recommended. Double-feature with LA CAGE AUX FOLLES.

I think we all know who that's a reference too.