Review of Man-Thing

Man-Thing (2005)
1/10
It was bad before it even began
30 April 2005
Okay, may I just say that the location of this film, which is fictional but highly suggestive of the bayous of Louisiana, judging from the "Seminole Legend" aspect, the prolific use of alligator imagery, the mangrove swamps, the place names and people's names, and the Southern accents, is really not done justice by its having been filmed in Australia with an Australian cast. Five minutes into the film, I realized from the fake Southern accents with the heavy Australian flavor that it was made in Australia (further confirmed by a trip to IMDb and a look at the countries of origin and the number of Australian actors in the cast). I'm from the South. I know a fake Southern accent when I hear one. Then I discovered that the Native American character was actually played by a Maori actor from New Zealand. Talk about your creative license. There are oh so very many other things wrong with this film, but the horrible fake accents and use of a Maori actor to play a Native American character overshadow them all.
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