The trip wasn't under a good star from square one, as Stephanie (Elizabeth Grullon), who has just been dumped by her boyfriend David (Clay Acker) but refuses to let his memory go, has pretty much forced herself on her best friend Bryan (Clayton Farris) and his boyfriend Alex (Damian Joseph Quinn), who had planned a romantic trip to a remote lake, and that's something where broken-hearted Stephanie's definitely in the way - which is not made any better by her and Alex not really getting along. And then the lake they were heading to turns out to be dried out - little wonder though as it's in the middle of the desert. But all of this is easily topped by the arrival of "the Executioner", a guy dressed in chainmail carrying a sword - and he's quick to cut Bryan's head off, pretty much without warning. Stephanie and Alex get away, but the Executioner takes possession of their car, pretty much leaving them stranded until he returns. When he returns, Stephanie decides to put up the fight, but with at best mixed results, as the Executioner decides to keep her alive, impressed by her courage - but he takes her captive and wants to make her part of his society, led by Carl (Paul T. Taylor) and his idiot sons Jared (Kevin Mouren-Laurens) and Larry (Schoen Hodges), with their only "woman" Felicity Fellatio being a cross-dressing man (David McKee a.k.a. Misty Violet), so they're in desperate need of someone to breed their children lest they die out. But especially when seeing that pathetic bunch, Stephanie proves to have quite a bit of spunk left in her, and she tries to manipulate the group into letting her go, and doesn't shy away from getting her own hands dirty - but courageous as she may be, Stephanie isn't a skilled fighter, lacks a plan to escape, and has no idea whether Alex will show up to have her back when she most needs it ...

Now above synopsis might not sound like it, but this is actually a pretty hilarious movie - though not in an all-out comedy way, as it does remain true to its B movie roots and doesn't play just for the laughs, and the cast keep their straight faces, but the dialogue has its poignancy turned to the max, and the deadpan delivery of all of the involved makes this pretty cool entertainment already. But despite the laughs, this movie has its fair share of violence that might not be represented too explicitely but also leaves only little to the imagination. And add to that an atmospheric directorial effort making great use of the very impressive landscaptes, and you've got yourself a very enjoyable genre flick.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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