American Rescue Squad

USA 2015
produced by
Brandon Van Vliet, David Murphy, Craig Diviney (executive), Elliot Diviney (executive) for Diviney Pictures, Fairview Productions, Restraining Hollywood
directed by Elliot Diviney
starring Tony D. Czech, Douglas Sidney, KariAnn Craig (= KariAnn Christensen), Roger Wayne, Anjel White, Anika Reitman, Jimmy Keebs, David Otto Simanek, Jarrod Crooks, Matt Tobin, Craig Diviney, Savvy Anavkar, Landyn Banx, Kelly Barry-Miller, Alyssa Benolkin, Renu Berg, Lynette Biunno, Matt Born, Dan Carroll, Kate Cloutier, Aaron Courteau, Michael Thomas Cox, Chrissy Jo Cradick, Bob Cummings, Jenna Dale, Christian DeMarais, Adam Diviney, Shawn Dunbar, Jon Florence, Sarah French, Elliott Graber, Dax Grap, Mari Harris, Gary David Keast, Matt Kowalski, Punnavith Koy, Grace Kyllo, Bobby Marsden, Harrison Matthews, Ric McCloud, Eric McCulloch, Shannon McDonough, Bruce Miller, Jasper Morgan, Elias Sanchez, Mark Scanlan, Jatin Setia, Nathan Tymoshuk, Brandon Van Vliet, Jenna Victoria, Kyle Votroubek, Donny West, Jim Westcott, Mike Borka, Brock Dombrovski, Brent Stariha, Lisa Diviney, Jesse Frankson, Casey Millard, Dani Palmer, Joel Thingvall, Carol Vnuk, Tyrel Ventura (voice)
written by Adam Diviney, Elliot Diviney, music by Elliot Diviney, special makeup effects by Ryan Schaddelee, animation by Elliot Diviney, fight choreography by Jarrod Crooks, dance choreography by Shannon McDonough

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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An evil alliance known as The Alliance have taken the all-American hero known as The Taxpayer (Jimmy Keebs) hostage and promise to execute him in three days time - that's no ultimatum, just a fact, they will kill him ... but not before he's exposed to a long line of evil businessmen, all wanting their fair of the Taxpayer's money as their own neglect has caused their businesses to fail or their get-rich-quick schemes just need a little "public funding". Not very coincidently, The Taxpayer is to be executed on the same day presidental hopeful Dick Panzy (Douglas Sidney) launches his big campaign rally - an event highly anticipated, as Panzy is really liked by the public at large ... oh not because of his politics, because he hasn't got any, but he's got a strong team that attracts a large section of the populace, including the Bible Thumper (David Otto Simanek), the Freeloader (Matt Tobin), the Immigrant (Savvy Anavkar), and even (gasp) a woman (KariAnn Craig) ... oh, and need I tell you Panzy's also the head of The Alliance?

With the Taxpayer at the mercy of the bad guys, the White House is clueless of what to do, as they don't have the Taxpayer at their disposal to bail them out ... but the janitor (Richard Randolph) knows who to call on to do the job, Common Sense (Roger Wayne) and Personal Responsibility (Anjel White), two superheroes who went out of style in the 80s, but who are now needed more than ever, and they bring with them Birth Control (Anika Reitman), as only she has the power to take out Panzy's henchman Bad Dad (Jarrod Crooks). But once this team is assembled, they have to cut through quite a bit of red tape to actually be admitted to the job ... and once they are, will they do it in time, and are they strong enough for Panzy's henchmen, let alone Panzy the powerful public speaker?

Dressed up as a superhero movie, and playing with quite some of this genre's mainstays, American Rescue Squad is actually more of a political satire, and one that delivers jabs left and right, thus not really embracing either party's policies but voting for common sense instead - and I have to warn you here, not all of this movie is politically correct, plus you might not agree with all the messages the movie tries to transmit ... but after all, this is not a political party's pamphlet but a movie comedy, and it will almost certainly make you laugh every now and again, probably even at jokes that don't mirror your opinion.

On a visual level, don't expect a polished special effects spectacle à la Avengers, this one was done on a rather low budget - but that serves the film well, as it's not a movie about explosions galore but, as mentioned, a political satire, and a rather light-footed one at that, and at times the (intended) clumsiness of some of the setpieces is really endearing ... oh, and have I told you there are several song-and-dance routines in this one, too.

Basically, you better leave your personal political views by the door, then you'll be greatly entertained!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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