![]() ![]() If you can take your films with a grain of salt, you'll find a lot to love about Thou Shalt Not. I'm not going to say that the film is well acted, particularly well shot, or even well written, but it is definitely a lot of fun. When a local nutzoid cult leader kidnaps his girlfriend, the old soldiers are back on the hunt, and they won't stop until everyone responsible is dead. Just when things are getting back to normal, his remaining Army buddies show up to shoot the shit, and some guns. He gets home and begins to try and put his life back together, including getting back together his girl from high school. Stryker is a bit worse for the wear, with nothing but a bum leg and a loyal dog to show for his work. ![]() The film opens on an Army team in 'Nam, they've suffered through some serious shit, but several manage to make it out alive, including Sgt. However, Becker's team help to make this film, in all of it's goofy shoestring glory, a rapid fire blast of exploitative fun. There's no hiding the seams on this film, it looks and is very cheaply made. I really enjoyed the film, based on a Super 8 short called Stryker's War starring Bruce Campbell, for what it was, a gory, bloody, over the top exploitation film on a nickel budget. Except was Becker's first feature, and while it is extremely entertaining, it definitely shows a bit of an unsteady hand. Truly one of the most fruitful artistic extended partnerships in the history of exploitation cinema. Together they've done everything from the Evil Deadseries, to Zena: Warrior Princess, to Spider-Man, to Alien Apocalypse and beyond. Intruder, writer Evil Dead 2), Bruce Campbell (Bruce Fucking Campbell), and producer Rob Tapert. The group includes such exploitation favorites as the Raimi Brothers (Sam, Ted, Ivan), Becker ( Thou Shalt Not Kill. That small core crew of people went on to make a huge impression on the low budget feature world. Becker was in charge of the lighting on Sam Raimi's breakout feature, The Evil Dead. This all culminates in him snapping and killing the cult who are responsible for everything after he got home.Synapse Films' Intruder was one of the finest Blu-ray releases of 2011, and they've followed it up with another of the films from the Michigan Mafia, Josh Becker's Thou Shalt Not Kill. Trauma Conga Line: Stryker gets shot in the leg and loses half his platoon in Vietnam, then when he gets back he loses a close friend to murder, his girlfriend is kidnapped and his dog is killed.The Sociopath: The cult leader, who claims that he is the Second Coming of Christ, and can therefore murder anybody he wants.Roaring Rampage of Revenge: A war veteran calls up his old buddies to destroy a cult that killed his girlfriend and her dad. ![]()
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