Here’s some new imagery from M. Shawn Crahan’s pulp-esque Officer Downe, which had its World Premiere at the Nightfall portion of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Who is Crahan? He’s best known as “Clown” from Slipknot – and he’s allegedly delivered one helluva bloodbath.
Adapted from the 2010 graphic novel, “Officer Down takes you into a hyper-real Los Angeles for the story of a savage LA policeman who is repeatedly resurrected and returned to active duty via dark science technology. When a rookie officer named Gable is recruited as back up, he discovers there’s much more to the titular super-cop than a mindless law enforcement drone warring against a twisted rouges gallery of over-the-top super-villains. ”
Kim Coates, Tyler Ross, Lauren Luna Velez, Meadow Williams, Alison Lohman, and Sona Eyambe star.
Kalyn reviewed the film, in which she stated:
“This balls-to-the-wall Robocop wannabe not only falls short of the movies it references, but it also simultaneously fails to be funny enough to distract its viewers from the fact that the character of Officer Downe isn’t necessarily indestructible, or even a good fighter really – he just has a great team that can bring him back from the dead every time he answers a call and is promptly and kind of easily killed. It’s too bad, because Kim Coats does a terrific job of playing the hardass cop who will do whatever it takes to get the job done, and loves to deliver one-liners along the way, it would just be nice if he had a little more to work with.”
