Polo stars as a detective overseeing the investigation of a serial killer with a love of Shakespeare. Thompson plays a police profiler who has returned from psychiatric leave and gets drawn into the case. Pellegrino plays a target of the killer, and Yoakam plays a colorful club owner who becomes a source during the investigation. Pollak has a supporting role as the psychiatrist who treats Thompson’s character.
Bad Meat is just bad. The 2011 movie was originally supposed to be directed by Rob Schmidt (Wrong Turn) back when it was announced in 2007. Then, in 2008, production was halted with the movie about 75% done. After the actors in the movie had received some credibility for their TV roles, the movie resumed production and was finished. Schmidt then pulled an Alan Smithee and slapped the name Lulu Jarmen on the film.
If you actually attempt to watch Bad Meat, you’ll see exactly why.
A group of troubled teens are sent to a boot camp of sorts. However, those running the camp are ridiculous, badly written caricatures – which could work in the right set up. These counselors, however, just make little sense. They’re porking each other left and right, yelling and harassing the kids and there really is no point for anything they do. Speaking of pork, the cook at the camp ends up making a stew with whatever Jeffrey Corbin may have guessed was for dinner (Meatballs reference, folks) and this infected meat of sorts ends up turning the counselors into crazed cannibals.
The story is full of plot holes. It seems as though there may have once been a logical thought behind it, but it must have been lost in the years this film was in limbo. In the end it really has few, if any, redeeming qualities. I could make a list everything wrong with the movie, like how are these people even allowed to be in charge of kids? But really, the time and effort to do so is not worth it.
That being said, if you are into Troma type films, where there is tons of puke and gore, this movie may be up your alley. There are scenes of a camp counselor played by Mark Pellegrino where he is doused in his own spew. There is a scene where one of the ferocious dogs that has eaten the tainted meat is dissected. If you could care less about a story and just want to be grossed out, Bad Meat will deliver. Sort of.
The characters are under developed and unlikeable. The storyline is pointless. The movie just abruptly ends without explanation. Bad Meat is just bad; avoid it at all costs.
A Boot Camp for troubled teens becomes a nightmarish charnel house when spoiled meat transforms the staff from sadistic fascists into something much, much worse… Get ready for spilt blood, vomit, faeces and bile – and not only on screen – in the strangest, weirdest destined-for-cult-dom gross-out in ages.
With a trailer and art already available, we’ve scored a few weird images from Bad Meat, the Lulu Jarmen-directed pic from Jinga Films.
“A Boot Camp for troubled teens becomes a nightmarish charnel house when spoiled meat transforms the staff from sadistic fascists into something much, much worse… Get ready for spilt blood, vomit, faeces and bile – and not only on screen – in the strangest, weirdest destined-for-cult-dom gross-out in ages.”
Elizabeth Harnois, Dave Franco, Mark Pellegrino, Tahj Mowry and Jessica Parker Kennedy all star. READ MORE
Years after locking down Wrong Turn‘s Rob Schmidt and falling into financial trouble, it appeared that Bad Meat was a doomed project. Quietly the film was completed under the direction of Lulu Jarmen and will world premiere this UK at the Film4 Frightfest Halloween All-Nighter this past October. From Jinga Films, the gore-fest will play at AFM this week in hopes of landing distribution. Hoping to garner attention, a pretty great sales trailer has been released featuring a whole lotta gore!
“A Boot Camp for troubled teens becomes a nightmarish charnel house when spoiled meat transforms the staff from sadistic fascists into something much, much worse… Get ready for spilt blood, vomit, faeces and bile – and not only on screen – in the strangest, weirdest destined-for-cult-dom gross-out in ages.”
Elizabeth Harnois, Dave Franco, Mark Pellegrino, Tahj Mowry and Jessica Parker Kennedy all star. READ MORE
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