{"id":2518,"date":"2017-10-22T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2017-10-22T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T21:41:54","slug":"mr-bricks-a-heavy-metal-murder-musical-2011-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=2518","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical (2011) – Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movie #21: 31-Days of Horror Challenge 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mr. Bricks wakes in an empty warehouse with a bullet in his head, all he can remember is his love, Scarlet, and all he can think about is finding her again.\u00a0 Officer Scarlet Morretti, rescued by her not entirely stable partner, Dukes, is struggling to deal with not only the rape and abuses during her imprisonment by Mr. Bricks, but the consequences.<\/p>\n

This Troma film is so not for everyone.\u00a0 Despite the weaknesses of this film, and there were many, I thought it was quite effective and original.\u00a0 Co-written by Lauren Miller and Travis Campbell, and directed by Campbell, this movie deeply reflects upon rape, obsession, and murder, through heavy metal music.\u00a0 \u00a0Both the twisted, obsessive perspective rapist and the horrified, helpless frustration of the victim are explored in such a way that isn’t softened for the viewer, nor does it take away from the strength of the character, Scarlet, even though she is the victim of the piece.\u00a0 The tone is set quickly with a song questioning “What is a victim?”\u00a0\u00a0As the story unfolds, much is revealed about Scarlet’s relationships with the other men in her life, her father and her partner, Dukes.<\/p>\n

The male lead, Tim Dax, not only has a large physical presence, but a believable intensity, and does a solid job of carrying the vocals, as Mr. Bricks.\u00a0 The female lead, Nicola Fiore,\u00a0 as Scarlet, gives an even more intense performance which is consistently suspenseful throughout the film.\u00a0 Unfortunately, her vocals are not quite what the viewer would hope for in a musical, which doesn’t really bother me, because you don’t necessarily need to be a good singer in order to make your point through song.\u00a0 At least not until the end, during the duet with Dax, where it was glaring.\u00a0 Then there is Officer Carmine Dukes, Vito Trigo, Scarlet’s morally ambiguous partner, who crosses both personal and professional boundaries.<\/p>\n

This movie offers a lot, if the viewer can overcome its weaknesses.\u00a0 The most obvious being that the film could desperately have used a steadicam, the hand held camera was constantly shaking in a way that motion sickness, if not a freaking seizure, is a real possibility.<\/p>\n

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