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The Chameleon Killer (2003)
One of the best Dark Night Films has to offer!
Well, Violet went from underacting (in Evil On Queen Street) to portraying the twin sisters perfectly. I don't what made her do this, whether it had something to do with Matt Spease's more assured directing, or something else. But I'm glad to see that she truly can act, as opposed to just being there. Her Trish was the most interesting character of them all. Matt as Mitch sits back on the sidelines for the most part and lets Brian Ramme as Garris play the hero. Brian has a natural look and dialect for this role and it fit very well. Erin Matejko is one hated bitch in this film as reporter Kris Chandler, no characters in the film seem to like her at all, a major testament to Erin as an actress. Amber Simmons is a pretty girl, but her acting was only so-so. Robin Lawrence on the other hand was quite impressive indeed as Michelle. Future Leatherface, Jason, and The Demon E.H. Jenkins was very cute in his role of the annoying brat next door Wesley, when you get older look me up ;) Isaak Partlow was funny as hell as Reed, as was already mentioned him and Matt's interrogation scene is priceless. The special effects are great in this film as well (no more CGI gore, thank god) and it made the kill scenes all the more realistic. There alot of great scares in the film as well, the Michael Myers Kill and The Ghostface ones come to mind.
My score: ****
Evil on Queen Street (2002)
Action packed way to spend 90 minutes!!
This film was action packed thanks to the always great Matt Spease as Nick Wilson. The action never seems to let up at all, except for a few scenes involving Violet Flame as Alexia. She seemed to never really fully step into the role, it was like she was holding back and was just saying lines instead of actually playing the character. The rest of the cast though saves the film. The already mentioned Nick is a great anti-hero, Rodney Duncan was perfectly cast as Anderson although his screentime is really lacking, Lee Wade Austin and Charlie Spease were great for comic relief, and Amber Harris is really convincing even though her part is very small. The only other complaint I have is Stacy Baker as Kathy, were Violet underacted in her role, Stacy overacts big time in many of her scenes and really gets annoying with her loudness. But the action sequences come off very well and the kill scenes are fairly well done, although some are a bit too CGI for my tastes.
***1/2 (would have been four stars if it wasn't for Violet and Stacy)