Dangerous Men is completely pure

April 24, 2006 7:37 AM

Dangerous Men (embedded video, sound) A film started in the 70's/80's, finished in the 90's and unleased in 2005. Variety said, "Dangerous Men by John S. Rad will strike horror in the hearts of anyone." trailer (nsfw, mpeg)
posted by phirleh (32 comments total)

Holy Crap. That preview bears repeat viewings.

Where the hell is Black Pepper?
posted by saladin at 7:48 AM on April 24, 2006

More assholes pointing guns.
posted by Nicholas West at 7:56 AM on April 24, 2006

My money's on that trailer being the absolute cream of that movie's crop. Monster-a-Go-Go had a similar production life, albeit over a shorter lifespan. The results were horrific there as well.
posted by Busithoth at 8:01 AM on April 24, 2006

I actually saw this. It's out of this world. Word is director John Rad paid the theatres to show it...
posted by Lillitatiana at 8:07 AM on April 24, 2006

trailers on an internet?
posted by blue_beetle at 8:11 AM on April 24, 2006

"It's like nothing you've ever seen."

Except in every B movie, Vancouver shot TV show, and 70s soft-core porn.

(At least based on that clip.)
posted by ?! at 8:14 AM on April 24, 2006

Gah!
If only I wasn't at work...

I love my crappy films.
posted by slimepuppy at 8:17 AM on April 24, 2006

There's a little bit more info on the film and its creator in this LA Weekly article.
posted by phirleh at 8:28 AM on April 24, 2006

"..You'll be streaming in a trailer, down by the internet!"
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 8:34 AM on April 24, 2006

With a poster like this, how can the movie not succeed?


posted by NationalKato at 8:37 AM on April 24, 2006

Wow. That trailer was allovertheplace. Those men certainly seem dangerous. Especially the naked one.
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:57 AM on April 24, 2006

my
love
splendors
of
the moment
posted by Peter H at 9:03 AM on April 24, 2006

From the LA Weekly article:

Cumulative sales from all five theaters for the week were reportedly $70 ...
posted by jefbla at 9:12 AM on April 24, 2006

Metafilter: An unforgettable suspense, mystery drama.
posted by unixrat at 9:29 AM on April 24, 2006

I thought it was a joke, at first... somebody chopped up a bunch of 70s and 80s B movies, and spliced them together. Poorly.
posted by deliquescent at 9:30 AM on April 24, 2006

That's incredible picture quality for a film shot in "3mm".
posted by JT at 9:32 AM on April 24, 2006

JT : "That's incredible picture quality for a film shot in '3mm'."

Nonono, not "3mm", it should say "3Mm". 3 megameters.
posted by Bugbread at 9:54 AM on April 24, 2006

I thought it was a joke, at first... somebody chopped up a bunch of 70s and 80s B movies, and spliced them together. Poorly.

My sentiments exactly.
posted by AmyMay at 10:23 AM on April 24, 2006

I'd like to see it a la Mystery Science Theater 3000.
posted by idest at 10:27 AM on April 24, 2006

LOL, I agree, that would be great idest. And the ONLY way I would actually watch it.
posted by AmyMay at 10:47 AM on April 24, 2006

Idea* even...
posted by AmyMay at 11:13 AM on April 24, 2006

Is this the one with the snakes that are on that plane?

Or are we in for a summer of "So BAD it's good" movies?

And

is that a bad thing?
posted by Cookiebastard at 11:18 AM on April 24, 2006

Argh!

What's the point of 24 meg broadband if I can't download the trailer for Dangerous Men in less than 10 minutes!? The anticipation is killing me...

The synopsis is pure gold.

DANGEROUS MEN, an action, adventure, comedy, drama, is a film with many characters...

John Rad, you had me at 'an action'.
posted by slimepuppy at 12:23 PM on April 24, 2006

I am waiting for the Turkish remake.
posted by everichon at 12:24 PM on April 24, 2006

please spread the word to myspace

Dangerous Men currently has 2 friends, both of whom are invisible. Sometimes stuff like this is so funny I think I'm going to hemorrhage, and at other times, today for instance, it makes me want to weep.
posted by nylon at 12:29 PM on April 24, 2006

At the crossing point between 00:02:12-00:02:13 (woman on the beach avec cheesy song) in the trailer, you can hear someone yell 'Action!'

I need to see this movie.
posted by slimepuppy at 12:35 PM on April 24, 2006

I've seen it. Some of the action sequences are set up in such baffling ways that you really start to wonder how things ended up the way they did. They aren't just bad, or unreasonably fantastic, or poorly executed... they're all of those things, but their real problems go much deeper. It's kind of fascinating, especially when you consider it took the guy something like 20 years to make the film.

Also, he uses the same couple of songs throughout the film even when incredibly inappropriate, dialogue is often unintelligable, and you can forget about continuity of any kind. If you're into bad movies, you really should find a way to see this one.
posted by mosessmith at 12:37 PM on April 24, 2006

I've been wondering all day about the 5th bullet point on the "News" page: Talented men, women also vocalists needed, please contact us!
posted by idest at 2:59 PM on April 24, 2006

with a cast of several!
posted by hal9k at 3:13 PM on April 24, 2006

You know that when "Dangerous" meets "Men" and causes an explosion there's some serious danger going on.
posted by mijuta at 5:11 PM on April 24, 2006

I'm just impressed they were able to film in in 3mm.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:05 PM on April 24, 2006

IMDB trivia:


"When the plot completely changes 2/3 into the movie, it is because Director Rad, John S. fired the lead actress."
posted by johngoren at 11:12 PM on April 24, 2006