Why on earth was this movie made? The writing (Sam Levinson and Brian Watanabe) created a story out of a potpourri of potty mouth words and strange instruments of mayhem (nearly everyone in the film gets slaughtered), and Director Fouad Mikati hired a group of actors to participate in this mess, and superimposed film clips of presidents Bush and Obama to make it seem pertinent. Sad.
Apparently beneath the White House there is a group of crazies run by the Devil (Jeffrey Tambor) and the Empress (Ellen Barkin) who control two groups - Alpha and Omega - to protect information about previous governmental faux pas. The members of these two groups are intent on killing each other after using every form of foul language and behavior known. The Devil is murdered after he engages Operation Engame that will explode the underground facility and there is a rush to find a way out before the cataclysm. The fighting groups are composed of actors such as Ellen Barkin, Rob Corddry (the only one in the cast that has a weak glimmer of interest), Zach Galifianakis as wee would expect in a film this awful, Ving Rhames, Emilie de Ravin, Maggie Q, Odette Yustman, Brandon T. Jackson, Joe Anderson (who could be said to have the lead role), and a troop of others who probably wouldn't mind if their names were not associated with this blood bath/toilet story. Perhaps some will find it a cult movie. For others, a few minutes is all it will take to realize you'll be wasting time finishing it.
Grady Harp.
Apparently beneath the White House there is a group of crazies run by the Devil (Jeffrey Tambor) and the Empress (Ellen Barkin) who control two groups - Alpha and Omega - to protect information about previous governmental faux pas. The members of these two groups are intent on killing each other after using every form of foul language and behavior known. The Devil is murdered after he engages Operation Engame that will explode the underground facility and there is a rush to find a way out before the cataclysm. The fighting groups are composed of actors such as Ellen Barkin, Rob Corddry (the only one in the cast that has a weak glimmer of interest), Zach Galifianakis as wee would expect in a film this awful, Ving Rhames, Emilie de Ravin, Maggie Q, Odette Yustman, Brandon T. Jackson, Joe Anderson (who could be said to have the lead role), and a troop of others who probably wouldn't mind if their names were not associated with this blood bath/toilet story. Perhaps some will find it a cult movie. For others, a few minutes is all it will take to realize you'll be wasting time finishing it.
Grady Harp.