Snuck in a few non-cannon efforts.
Choke
A fairly accurate adaptation of the chuck palahniuk novel, Choke sadly does not quite work as a film in its own right. It follows Sam Rockwell as Victor, a sex addict left messed up by his insane mother Ida (Anjelica Huston) a recidivist criminal with a history of abducting Victor as a child and taking him on 'adventures'. Victor has taken responsibility for his mothers care and the huge medical expenses means he has dropped out of medical school and is working in a colonial theme park to raise the required funds. To cover the shortfall he goes to restaurants and chokes on food, the idea is the person who saves him then feels a sense of responsibility for his life that will translate to cheques.
Gradually he discovers his scam has brought comfort to the people who saved him, he also discovers that he has an innate ability to comfort the residents of his mothers care home. His mothers doctor Paige Marshall reads his mothers diary and reveals he may actually be a clone of Jesus christ. The film is not wholly successful at translating the books themes of addiction and salvation. Its idea that issues like addiction come from modern living which in the book is compared to life in a zoo does not really work. The film however is fun and worth a look at the right price.
Jurassic piranha
How do you deliver a shark based creature feature with no money for the actual shark. If your the makers of this bizarre DTV effort then you write in that the sharks are actually miniaturised and actually work like a virus. The film is something of a weird disjointed mess, I had no idea who half the characters were. Suddenly Kevin Sobo turns up as a senator who does not like wearing pants and occasionally stuff happens. when there are effects the are terrible. The film has an appeal for fans of terrible films and should be worth a punt in poundland.
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