Bad Meat

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If you're looking for gross out, shock value gore and don't care about over the top pointless non-* ridiculous sex, then I have the movie for you! Zero plot. Some boot type camp for delinquents, however not teens due to Tyler having the option of this or Army. (Leads me to believe he is obviously of age) Only like 3 of the people tell why they are there in very short and not important dialog. No ending at all. No idea who survives or how. No telling if anyone else dies but the one (not saying who). No telling if more than the one zombie thingy dies (not saying who) No idea who even came to rescue. We don't even know for sure if the "Bad Meat" was served knowingly! The dude quits but it didn't seem like he'd want the prisoners hurt. I don't know. Decent film to fall asleep to or clean house to. Just don't ask questions and definitely don't look for answers. Acting from the prisoners was decent and of course as always Mark Pellegrino was great... the others were so-so

This movie started out okay. Twisted camp counselors and wayward kids. Wasn't sure how this film was going to be different from the literal dozens of films with that same overdone premise, but I was kind of into it, until the stupid, stupid, stupid BDSM crap and the over the top, totally idiotic animalistic behavior. Really? Take a perfectly good starting film and just trash it by adding complete stupidity. Add the DUMB animal sound effects and this movie went from maybe, to NO WAY, real quick. The ONLY reason I'm giving this movie a 5 is because of Mark Pellegrino. It seems no matter how stupid his role was (bills gotta be paid...I get it) he was still good at it...creepy and a little too realistic as a Naziesque creep. But the ending...wow...the worst ending I think I've ever seen in a movie. What happened?

This 2011 comedy horror film is brought to us by director Lulu Jarmen on her debut, and it comes from the mind of Paul Gerstenberger. 6 bad teens (3 boys and 3 girls) are sent to a bootcamp which is in the middle of nowhere. The bootcamp specialises in reforming bad/troubled teenagers into model citizens. It is run by Doug Kendrew (Mark Pellegrino) and his nasty wardens. One night the chef cooks up some bad meat which that staff all eat. The food makes them seriously ill, and an additional side effect it turns them into flesh-eating zombie like maniacs. From there on in the film become about survival for the teens as they try to avoid being put on the menu themselves. Some of the zombie-wardens are outright feral, some are S&M gimps stalking the kids. There is lots of bloodshed, plenty of gore, and a lot of vomiting too. The premise of the film is not something new - it combines summer camp slasher, cannibal zombies, hillbillies, hostel, hunter vs hunted chases, and some typical American "kids will save the day" concepts. It COULD have been quite good, albeit tongue in cheek at times - but it wasn't. The problem I had with it was that it was hard to watch for the wrong reasons. The pace of the film did not work, the editing was shocking, and despite building up certain in-film events, NOTHING is resolved because the film just ends abruptly. The acting was not much to write home about either, this is due to the poorly conceived stereotypical characters being portrayed. I gave this film a chance because of the synopsis I read about it, and because Mark Pelligrino is amusing in the Supernatural TV series. Yes, one of the Franco brothers is in the film, but it is not one of the more interesting ones and he certainly does not have much of a role in this. Unfortunately, the film turned out to be a let-down. I think, given more time and more investment this film might not have been that bad. Due to the production issues it had though, the film ended up being one that will be remembered for the wrong reasons, rather than being an underground cult classic. Yes, plenty of gore. No, to much else. Pity. And now, just the like the end of film did, I'm going to... (drops mic - walks away)