Octopus (DVD)

I am quite the purveyor of "so bad it's good" cinema, so when some friends saw this in their local CEX store for a whopping 10p, they grabbed it and we watched it with the expectations that we'd experience a hilariously shlocky ride. Surprisingly, though, it's an odd mix, because, for a straight to DVD film, it has fairly high production values (despite being shot in full frame ratio), with plenty of explosions and some passable visual effects here and there. Still, it delivers on the fronts of shoddy acting, a horrendous script, and some of the most inane plotting known to man. The film opens with a scene occuring during the Cuban Missile Crisis, ...  Read the complete review