REVIEW: Shotgun – Chosen by Rudi

Tagline: Detective Jones was told to play by the rules.... But playing by the rules can get you killed....
Suggested replacement tagline: TVM’s can get you killed….. If you record them.
Theme: Queen, TVM, Hookers

Overview:

Max and Ian are vice cops wading through sex, violence, guns and drugs to avenge a hooker's murder and bring down a kingpin of crime.

Review:

The first thing that seriously worried me about Shotgun was the crappy American TV movie quality and preset synthesizer music with a man woman singing out of tune.
The film begins with various mullets and terrible haircuts, then out of the blue a gun fight ensues. This is then followed by some totally shit acting and clichéd quotes. Let’s cut to the chase – this film is so totally shit and mullet ridden it couldn’t even make it on to an 80’s redneck backwards TV channel funded by moonshine money. The appearances of a ridiculous gimp creature give some entertainment but the fact that the local Vice cops fancy the prossers (that look like pigs) doesn’t not inspire confidence. They also look more like pimps than police. One of the cops even lives with a lady of the night that luckily for the plot gets murdered by the bad guy and inspires rage and revenge that eventually finish this tosh. To be honest I can’t say much more about this film, it’s just too bad. I wouldn’t recommend watching it unless you are into pain. I estimate production costs of around $7.53 although I may be being a little optimistic.

Featuring the feature film debut of Freddy Mercury, shotgun proves to be a champion of the genre.

Overall percentage (not an average): 35%