Roller derby teams end up in some supernatural gubbins.
It looked b-movie schlocky enough to be a good giggle. Bit of over the top blood and guts. A few one liners thrown in and this had the makings of being an enjoyable low-budget romp.
The overall feeling I had from it was “what was the point of all that then?”. A woman who is the star player of a roller derby team is given a necklace by a guy who likes her. It turns out to be some kind of ammulate that conjures a murderous roller skater (nice coincidence) to dispatch her and her friends. They must square off in the MuderDrome for some reason or other. Oh and there’s some chain smoking man called The Janitor who keeps walking around in the shadows spouting some riddle-some bullshit.
This is one of those films that feels like it’s been made by a group of friends for their own amusement. The sense of humour is clearly theirs to enjoy. Sub-Juno, Diablo Cody word play and insults fly thick and annoyingly fast. Since I loathed Juno this did nothing to endear me to it. The action scenes in it consist of people rolling around on blades then falling over, a lot.
Something that really did standout was the audio mix. Sound quality dips and it’s nowt to do with the DVD copy. People in conversation go from as LOUD AS AN AIR HORN in one shot to a a virtual whisper in the next. The highlight of the film comes from the visual effects by Ashley Smart. The titles look great but when that’s the high point of a film you know something’s wrong.
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