I had a blast watching it! Axe Giant could be a Syfy original in a lot of ways, though it's generally much better crafted than your typical Syfy flick. I am not entirely sure how Robert Kurtzman became involved with the project. People chopped in half, blood spray. I do admit it made me laugh a few times too, but overall this was a really crappy movie. The effects in the movie were adequate at times, while at other times they were so low-budget that you can't help but shake your head in disbelief and laugh out loud at them. A terrible movie can at least redeem itself with some well done special effects. Apparently shown on Syfy channel first I didn't see it until it appeared streaming on Netflix today , it does have the vibe of their brand of low- budget shenanigans, but it could've been much worse as thankfully the putrid stretch of The Asylum who didn't make this, but does countless Syfy films isn't anywhere near this one.
This is a fairly straight forward teen slasher film with the slasher being slightly different. And there is plenty of that here. Finally, the plot rolls to a satisfying climax that has an actual conclusion, unlike many other genre efforts that close with the obligatory, and usually quite stupid, lead-in to a sequel. The environment was beautiful, and was just downright gorgeous. This one, even the actual story was just awful.
And this is a cop, who is supposed to guard these kids not listen to a counselor who 'might help'. Might be somewhat passable for a rainy-day Saturday afternoon but not more more. The album features the film score composed by 's Edward Douglas and The Ballad of Paul Bunyan performed by Hick'ry Hawkins. Haggerty's role is little more than a cameo and the scariest thing about this movie is, that apart from his hair and magnificently-sculpted beard going from blond to gray, he doesn't appear to have aged a day in the last 40 years. My buddy got this movie, and reading it took me back to when I was younger and hearing tales about the giant Paul Bunyan. Apart from the scenery, the look of the film is shoddy, with rushed-through special effects and editing and too many scenes that are shot too brightly.
When's this be done, Elmer?. Joe Estevez as the crazy or at least half crazy rural character is embarrassingly bad. Wonder where he got that from? Not sure what the deal was with all the extra footage at the end, but. Didn't even hopped of jumped or in any way gave the look of jumping off the cliff. If applicable, we will notify you about this before processing your order. One good thing about the story was the inability to predict the numerical death order for the males.
Yes, this film has awful digital effects, with terrible blood splatter and some sort of green screen or the modern equivalent. Netflix subscribers like me got mislead into thinking this was horror. Joe Estevez especially is so bad it's almost comical. That's the time today for him. An ugly, 15ft, hundred odd year old giant kills a bunch of teens old looking teens, it has to be said! Unfortunately that is all that Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan has in its favour. Plus the acting with the sad sad sex scene. When one of the kids stumble over Babe's grave-site, they had no idea that the horn they took belonged to Babe.
I didn't give it one star because it was at least useful in filling the dead silence while I was washing dishes and cleaning the house. The giant Bunyan looks fearsome enough, but we don't know anything about him and he doesn't have that much of a personality, never coming across as genuinely menacing. Their punishment comes in the form of drill-sergeant survivalist cop who clearly should not allowed within 100 feet of minors and a psychiatrist who wants them to get in touch with their feelings. They attempted to create diverse personalities, but it fell flat as the acting fell short. Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Brief Nudity.
That toes on the line. Seriously some of the worst acting I have ever seen. The scenery was pretty, the acting lame and the execution seriously poor. A legendary giant whos 63 axe handles high who can clear entire forests in an hour is reduced to this. Well she is helping technically, but only to get them killed. From the cheap killing cams to just the running around the axe giant looks like a sad add-on from a youtube movie.
There's only one problem, kiddies. The woods in which all the mayhem goes down are a great setting for a tale of bloody murder, and the cinematography puts a lot of great scenes together. They incur the wrath of the 15-foot monstrous giant, who was banished from town 100 years ago and thought dead. Still, there's some fun to be had here with some fantastic stalking through the forest as the towering figure over the tree-tops chasing them is pretty intense and the use of the forest is a good setting for it all. A troll-like giant who acts really stupid, is a cave dweller, and does not by any means look realistic at all. Being British I'm not familiar with the legend of Paul Bunyan, but this is a slasher version of the story. And I have no shame in saying so.
The special effects were bad. That is the first thing I noticed about the movie. I streamed this thing via Amazon Prime. This desecration rouses monster Bunyan, who has grown into a much bigger ugly monster. Would definitely recommend if you like those old timey monster movies.
Great music by Midnight Syndicate. Years later a bunch of dumb teens violate the remains of Babe. And Estevez spends the entire movie acting as if Gary Busey and Nicholas Cage are inside him, battling for possession of his immortal soul. Until that point, it looked like it might have been okay. I'm not going to go into detail about the lacking parts of the movie. But me liking horror to a T makes me point out every single flaw in this movie.