Random, not so brutal attacks on women at shows starring the J.M.R. are causing a bit of a stir with the local moms attic police dept.  These are the only people that appear to be concerned with the killings.  I guess I probably wouldn’t be to worried either, considering I’m of the opposite sex  and do not particularly enjoy the sounds and style of the music the band plays.

     As a fan of extreme underground films and a huge fan of Troma (which may be putting this film to mass production) I do have to say I was highly disappointed in this film.  I am writing this review in complete respect to the guys, specifically for the reasons they decided to make it, most just talk about making a film, they got up, out and did it.  While watching the film I immediately said to myself that it looked like it was made more for promotion of the band rather than for true film making purposes as well as for true horror fans.  In the special features portion of the disc you will find the guys discussing the fact that they did it to promote their band.

     With all the bands favorite things (when it comes to film and life) in there own random places throughout the film, they pieced the stuff together, put it to disc and began promoting.  They would like to think that this film is filled with filth, gore, and all things extreme… But they are terrifyingly wrong.  

     I would have liked to say yes, this film does compare to the old H.G. Lewis films; well sorry, I cant.  Also this in no way compares to even the worst of old grind house cinema.  Of course the guys who made the film and people interviewed on the disc such as Art Ettinger (of Ultra Violent Magazine) and Fred Vogel (of Toe Tag Pictures), were all way too kind when talking about ‘Gone The Way Of Flesh‘.  I have, in my life time, bore witness to hundreds upon hundreds of films that would give a migraine to even the worst film lover, this is one of those films.  After 10 minutes I wanted to eject the film and bury it under the rest of my collection.

     My friends, I am not bashing the fact that they made the film.  For this fact I give tremendous merit and I have taken into account that they had never done anything of the type and it probably will bring more publicity to the band itself.  I do hope they get what they wanted by releasing this, and yes I look forward to seeing the sequel which is supposedly being put together with guest appearances by Lloyd Kauffman and Ron Jeremy.

     My problem overall is the fact that these guys are fans of the genre and know what it would take to make something semi decent but used none of the knowledge they have and just did a throw together film.  Even on a $700 budget and being over the course of three years many directors have succeeded in releasing top notch underground, extreme independent works.  I do hope the sequel, if ever released, does more for the industry than this film did. But personally I think they should focus on their music.

     Gentlemen, this is a music video, not a film.  Stick to what you are truly good at doing, that is unless your next venture into the world of celluloid is truly a works worth seeing.

     I would also like to mention that aside from random concert footage, a small amount of drug use and some worthless, gore less and filth less killings, this movie has no real plot for me to discuss or any kind of story line in general.  I do believe they have it in them and the real story is in the back of their brains. When that comes forward, place that on a platter and send it my way, just leave band promotions out next time.

     For Story line I give this film a 1.  Plain and simple folks… there is none, just randomness strewn out on the floor and pieced together into film footage.  That’s all.  I’m sorry I can say no more.

     For Cinematography I give a 3.  I love me some hand held filming, so more credit is given here.  If only the entire film was shot with the original DV camera they had and kept that graininess I would have enjoyed the look quite a bit more.  All in all to clean for what was trying to be pulled off with this film.

     For score I give a 5.  Being mostly the band who created the film it was pretty o.k.  Though I didn’t particularly like the mediocre sound the Jason Martinko Revue, I can appreciate them using there own tunes, but like I said the film is more of a music video than a film.

     For Gore I give a 0.  It was flat out horrendous and in no way in tradition of anything I have ever sat back and viewed before.  Even good old H.G. Lewis gets a 10 compared to the gore in this film.

     Oh I forgot to mention the acting, for that I give a 1.  I have rarely seen worse… that’s a lie, I have seen worse and at the very least, just as bad.  Still my opinion stands.

     As for the film as a whole, dig a hole and hide it from human eyes, I give this film a 2.  Nice try guys but no win.  I wish I had more hands so I could give more thumbs down.  Was this a comedy, a music video, a “horror movie” or a naked chick flick?  If it’s all that combined, that’s all fine and well, but please tell me what I just watched.  All I can get out of it was nothing, not even filth, just junk.  Like I said earlier, you like the good stuff so use your knowledge of and what you’ve learned, and gimme something worth my time.