I liked it.Not great mind you,but if this is the work of the worst,than either my standards are at an all time low,or he shaped up for this one.Bill(Brendan Fletcher)is a 23 year old living with his parents,who want him out.He has a hard time dealing with people,and is always listening to various talk radio programs spewing on about terrorism,money problems,population control,etc.You can see that Bill seems impressionable and as seen in flash forwards you can tell he is planning something terrible.Bill arms himself heavily,gets on a homemade suit of kevlar and goes through his town on a massacre.He kills anyone he comes in contact with,and does so in a pretty horrifying and realistic manner.There is one scene in a bingo hall that does not work as it takes a comic sidestep in the middle of what amounts to watching a school shooter at work.
There is a pretty interesting twist to Bill's rampage that enhanced the film for me and makes you look at the character in a different light than you did earlier.Brendan Fletcher is a mostly unknown young Canadian actor who really owns this movie,portraying Bill as a maladjusted young man,who is much smarter than anyone thinks.I will probably never watch another Uwe Boll film again,so I can say I was one for one.3.5 stars.
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