andrew_williams1978
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the release of the only truly flawless movie released in the last fifty years, I have decided to share the following review of the classic awe-inspiring Fatal Deviation, Ireland's first and only Kung Fu movie.
Set in the wondrously modern town of Trimm, the film is a timeless tale of revenge told from the perspective of the most three dimensional character ever portrayed in art.
Jimmy Bennett as a child, witnessed his father decapitated by a local hoodlum, played by the ever versatile thespian Michael Regan.
And so begins the beautifully crafted character arc, from helpless infant, to fearless lethal weapon told over 80 minutes of relentless action.
Along the way there is the greatest love story between the ever persecuted Jimmy and the golden-era Hollywoodesque beauty Nicola. (the mesmerising dearly missed Nicola O'Sullivan)
Legend has it that following this movie O'Sullivan was abducted by Aliens and currently is Queen of Mulletworld, the largest planet in the Sirius star system. Howqever, I would like to think she just gave up acting, knowing she could never top this epically glorious cinematic debut.
Mikey Graham already world famous as member of the rock group Boyzone, gives a star-making turn as a drug dealing henchman, chewing so much scenery that they surely must have gone well beyond their initial £9000.00 budget.
The film set the world alight in 1998, and it the embers can still be seen from space. You only ever see this film for the first time once, and those that haven't do not delay. Your life will never be the same.
Corpus_Vile
After being released from the utter hell of St Claude's reform school, taciturn badass James P Bennet returns home to his village to find out what happened to his father, and to take on the local kingpin, who conducts his international crime cartel from a caravan and has Mikey from Boyzone as a coke snorting henchman. The P in Bennet's name obviously stands for "Punch the head off ya" as that's pretty much all he does, be it in field or pub. Watch in amazement as Bennet trains in slow mo to no less than THREE montage sequences. Gape in awe as he beats the bejaysus outa track suit garbed thugs in Londis supermarket. Gasp in incredulity at the tournament held among bales of hay, in which about 30 people attend. Drop your jaw at the awesomely sound FX-d cruddy fight scenes.In short it's a nigh on craptasterpiece that fully deserves this term I just made up. See it now, preferably drunk. And NEVER kidnap James P Bennet's squeeze...
Nallo
Possibly the greatest movie ever made, complete with carefully interwoven subplots thats keeps the viewer guessing for days afterwards.Mickey Graham is nothing short of spectacular and James P. Bennett plays the role with all the coolness and natural ability of Bruce Lee, but also has the emotional acting ability of a young Marlon Brando or Humphrey Bogarts performance in The Big Sleep.As far as scenery, you couldn't wish for a more serene setting than Trim, its a character in itself, just like Sergio Leone's mid 1960s westerns. This is a celebration of joy.
podgefunk
The Greatest Irish Film of all time, regardless of what anybody says; Pure Genius. It's a shame that Jimmy Bennet has not popped up in anything since, skillful as he is not only in martial arts, but his incredible acting abilities sees to be a shameful waste of natural talent. The same goes for the rest of the cast, powerful performances by all give way to real-as- life martial arts and action so intense you will want to watch it over again. As rumors go the films budget was made with an astonishing small amount of only £200, professional camera crew and sensible post production make this small-would-be indie hit into a full explosive, extravagant blockbuster that all should see! The town of Trim has produced an incredible amount of talent for such a small place, Amazing!
