A Blue-Collar Adventurer
di Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times
A low-budget, high-value creature feature, “Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer” harks back to the drive-in classics of yesteryear with unapologetic nostalgia and undisguised affection.
A morose young plumber with serious rage issues, Jack (Trevor Matthews) attends counseling to process his tragic past and night school to please his high-maintenance girlfriend (Rachel Skarsten). But when his science teacher (a hilarious Robert Englund) transforms into a cross between the centerpiece of “Slither” and Jabba the Hutt, Jack becomes the only barrier to the thing’s decidedly nonvegan eating preferences. [...]
di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1605 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 15 agosto 2008