![]() ![]() ![]() With a reputation in desperate need of redemption, we can officially say that "Pandemonium" is no more. Carol Kane, Debralee Scott, Candy Azzara. In the years since, McMahon's public image has been irreparably tarnished, and he's currently treating the behind-the-scenes leadership struggles at WWE like an episode of "Succession" with suplexes. Spoof of horror flicks, with Tom Smothers as a detective investigating murders at a cheerleading camp. He's spun himself into a folk hero in the eyes of many, because every documentary, behind-the-scenes video, interview, and dramatization has required the explicit approval of the man himself.Īnd heaven forbid anyone tells the truth about Vince McMahon's countless shortcomings.įor many years, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra have been attached to direct a Vince McMahon biopic called "Pandemonium." The project first picked up steam in 2017 with rumors that Bradley Cooper had been tapped to play the gruff-voiced businessman, but it's been all quiet on the cinematic squared circle for quite some time. And yet, it's impossible for any of us to know the true story behind McMahon because he's been using his power for years to shape his narrative. McMahon changed the landscape of wrestling, but he is also an unequivocally problematic figure. This film is a colossal waste of time.His influence and importance cannot be overstated, which is why it's so difficult to grapple with his legacy. It is shamefully cheesy, strikingly unfunny and unbelievably dumb. It genuinely feels as though there was never a script. It has too many characters, all of whom are defined by one quirk and nothing else. Pandemonium feels as though someone who had their sense of humour surgically removed is attempting to ape a Mel Brooks movie by going through all the motions. Just in case the Racism was feeling lonely. Thinking the gag funnier the longer it is played out, this is the closest I have ever come to crying with boredom.Īt one point we cut to an airplane, Tokyo Air, where, of course, Godzilla Jr. Several minutes are dedicated to a girl who is obsessed with brushing her teeth, the joke being that she has tooth shaped teddies, uses too much toothpaste and brushes her teeth twice. This occurs about 5 minutes after the initial set-up, long after we have seen the joke coming. Nothing.Ī ludicrous amount of effort is put into the first major joke in which 5 cheerleaders are standing in a row, while holding giant fake vegetables, at which point the killer skewers them with a javelin, thus prompting the headline ‘Cheerleaders are Shisk-ka-bobbed!’. To make this point as irrefutably clear as possible: There is One Joke, and One Joke Only in this entire film. This sort of problem is irrelevant in spoof films provided the film itself is actually funny. If he wasn’t technically a love interest, and happened to have a horse with which to ride off into the sunset, he would have no function in the film whatsoever. We cut to his ‘antics’ at several points of the narrative in the vain hopes to make him interesting/relevant, but to no avail. The mountie, as mentioned, is irrelevant to the plot, even in a plot as flippant as this. It constantly derails itself, losing its narrative focus completely and working within the moment in the hopes of producing an immediate laugh. Pandemonium, on the other hand, just can’t decide on any sort of narrative arc. This is a ludicrous scene, but it only appears as such when placed in contrast to the Western setting which, in turn, makes it hilarious. ![]() Take the musical number sequence from Blazing Saddles for example. Spoof has a tendency to do this, but in small, concentrated doses. ![]() It doesn’t flow with any sort of narrative sense. To say this film has a ‘main’ problem feels naïve. There’s also a Canadian Mountie present for arbitrary reasons and, well, there’s isn’t much more to say because the events of the film are just a mass of incoherent contradictions that defy any sort of synopsis. Taking the generic slasher as its premise (with a dash of Carrie for good measure), we focus on a cheerleading camp that sees its six cheerleaders being killed, one by one, by an unseen maniac. However, it is important to remember that, while Mel Brooks’ reign of hilarity was a golden age for spoof, there were still quite a few duds speckled among the gems.Īn hour and seventeen minutes has never felt so long. When Mel Brooks left the director’s chair, there was definitely something lacking from there on. With the Scary Movie franchise outright refusing to die, it’s pretty easy to make the assumption that spoof hit its lowest point at the turn of the millennium. Starring: Candice Azzara, Carol Kane and Judge Reinhold Tom Smothers stars as the brave mountie, who along with his trusty horse and bitter deputy Paul Reubens must track down a killer who is stalking coeds at a nearby cheerleader camp. ![]()
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